- 2010-current: PhD. Interactive effects of alien plant invasion and landscape modification on native communities. Institute for Conservation Biology and Environmental Management, University of Wollongong. Supervisors: Prof Kris French and Prof Sharon Robinson.
- 2007: Bachelor of Science (Biology) Honours – Advanced, First Class (90 %), University of Wollongong. Thesis title: The Effect of the Woody Plant Invader Lantana camara on Vascular Plant Diversity in Wet Sclerophyll Forest.
- 2004-2006: Bachelor of Science (Geoscience and Biology), University of Wollongong.
- 2003: HSC Broken Hill (Willyama High School), UAI 98.7.
Ben Gooden - Ecological Research 