Prof Goldsworthy has been undertaking research in the field of marine biology for 25 years, specialising in the ecology of marine mammals and seabirds, ecosystem trophodynamics, the ecological effects of fishing and operational and trophic interactions with fisheries. He completed his PhD at Monash University in 1992 on fur seal populations in South Australia and the sub-Antarctic, and then undertook a two-year Post-doctoral Research Fellowship with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, where he used molecular genetic methods to investigate hybridisation and population structure in fur seal populations. He then worked for two years monitoring the impacts of the Iron Baron oil spill on little penguin populations in Tasmania, then at CSIRO Marine Research investigating the ecological effects of sub-Antarctic fisheries for Patagonian toothfish. In 2000, he took up a lecturing position in the Zoology Department at La Trobe University, where he established the Sea Mammal Ecology Group. In 2004 he moved to South Australia to take up a position as Principal Scientist with SARDI Aquatic Sciences where he heads the Threatened, Endangered and Protected Species (TEPS) program.He coordinates a number of significant research programs that focus around foraging and population ecology of TEPS, and their trophic and operational interactions with commercial fisheries. His research has underpinned conservation and management programs that enable the recovery of the species and the development and introduction of sustainable fisheries practices. Simon works closely with Government natural resource managers, with industry and environment representatives. He is well respected for his knowledge and integrity, and his wiliness to engage and interact with stakeholders to achieve evidence based management outcomes.