Alison Pouliot is a natural historian and environmental photographer with research interests in terrestrial and freshwater ecology, visual representation of environmental change, and human interactions with and perceptions of the natural world.

She is active in Australian and international biodiversity conservation and research and her writing and images appear in both academic and popular literature (alisonpouliot.com). Alison lectures in Australia and internationally across a range of photographic, environmental and ecological themes.

Her PhD at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU, explored perceptions of fungi across hemispheres and her recent book The Allure of Fungi (CSIRO Publishing) poses fundamental questions about human-fungus liaisons. Her latest book, Wild Mushrooming: a guide for foragers, is co-authored with Tom May (CSIRO Publishing).