Martin Westgate

I am an ecologist & data scientist from Canberra, Australia. I lead the Science & Decision Support Team at the Atlas of Living Australia. Previously, I was a Research Fellow in biodiversity science at the Fenner School of Environment & Society, ANU.

I am a former winner of the ESA Next Generation Ecologist Award, and was part of the team that won the Australian Museum’s Eureka Prize for Applied Environmental Research in 2022. More recently, my team won joint first place in the 2025 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge, and I was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to address challenges in biodiversity informatics.