The Fish Department - Visitors
Phoebe Hill
Phoebe Hill in the tank area with a Banded Wobbegong, November 2007. Photo: A. Hay © Australian Museum. View larger image.
Phoebe Hill is a PhD student at the University of Sydney, New South Wales. She is working in collaboration with Taronga Zoo and DPI Fisheries.
Phoebe is working on the reproductive biology and evolution of viviparity in sharks. Of particular interest are embryo development and the structure and function of the uterus in relation to maternal-embryonic gas exchange.
During her visits to the Australian Museum she examined specimens of wobbegong sharks.
Phoebe visited the Australian Museum on several occasions during November 2007.
