About — BioGeo

Dr Andrew Mackey

Founder & Principal Scientist

The person behind the work

Andrew Mackey is a geospatial scientist with 15 years of experience across ecology, government, and infrastructure. He founded BioGeo to work independently, providing spatial modelling and analysis directly to the clients who need it.

His work spans multi-criteria decision analysis, corridor connectivity, habitat and species distribution modelling, and the development of spatial decision-support platforms. Recent projects include developable land and infrastructure corridor assessments for the Queensland Office of the Coordinator-General, threatened species route modelling for the Department of Transport and Main Roads, and operational network optimisation for Seqwater. Earlier work spans the resources, energy, and conservation sectors.

Andrew holds a PhD in ecological science from Edith Cowan University, where he received the Faculty Research Medal, and has published peer-reviewed research in his field. His approach reflects that background: transparent methods, defensible results, and analysis that holds up to technical review.

BioGeo is a one-person practice by design. Clients work with Andrew directly, from first conversation to final delivery — no account managers, no junior hand-offs.

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About BioGeo

BioGeo is Andrew's independent consulting practice, established to deliver senior geospatial science to clients who need rigorous analysis rather than generic GIS outputs. It operates as a profit-for-purpose business — $5 from every billable hour goes to wildlife conservation, and clients choose the cause.

BioGeo works across government, infrastructure, energy, resources, and conservation sectors. Government clients value the combination of scientific rigour and independent accountability — there are no firm interests influencing the methodology or the findings. Environmental consultancies bring BioGeo in when they need specialist modelling capability that goes beyond their in-house GIS team.

Beyond consulting, BioGeo contributes pro-bono analysis and discounted services to conservation organisations, supports postgraduate GIS researchers, and donates professional time to ecological and wildlife conservation programs.

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Science with purpose

Every project funds wildlife conservation. Clients choose the cause — Wildlife Queensland, AWC, WPSQ, or another organisation of their choosing. The same rigour that goes into the geospatial work goes into making that commitment real.

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