Master of Science - Macquarie University – Management of bottlenose dolphins exposed to tourism.

Bachelor of Science (Honours) - University of Queensland – Impacts of provisioning wild dolphins.

Bachelor of Science - Flinders University of South Australia – Marine biology & environmental science.

Simon is a member of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. He is also a reviewer for scientific journals including: Biological Conservation, Journal of Experimental Biology and Marine Ecology, Tourism in Marine Environments, and Aquatic Mammals

Research Fellow, Murdoch University: Research projects including 'Reducing dolphin bycatch in the Pilbara finfish trawl fishery' (WA), collaborating on the 'sponging' dolphin project in the western gulf of Shark Bay (WA) and assessing pearl oyster aquaculture impacts on dolphins in Port Stephens (NSW).

Technical Assistant – Dragon Research, Australian National University.

Senior Marine Mammal Observer – Bass Strait, Australia; Okinawa, Japan; California, USA.

Research Associate – Shark Bay Male Dolphin Project, University of New South Wales.

Biopsy, photo-ID, boat handling and animal handling, dolphin and turtle research, Shark Bay, WA

Coastal surveys, boat handling, biopsy sampling and photo-ID, coastal cetaceans, NSW & Qld

Shore-based theodolite tracking, grey whales, California, USA

Photo-ID, boat handling, theodolite tracking dolphins, managing assistants, Port Stephens, NSW

Observation and handling, Australian & New Zealand fur seals, NSW & SA; Hawaiian Monk Seals USA

Assessing and mitigating against the impacts of human activities (primarily tourism, fisheries and coastal development) on marine megafauna. Animal behaviour and conservation biology in general.

• Allen, S., Constantine, R., Bejder, L., Waples, K. & Harcourt, R. In Review. ‘Can’t sleep, can’t eat – let’s split’: Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin responses to tour boats in Port Stephens, Australia. Cetacean Research & Management

• Allen, S., Samuels, A., Constantine, R. & Bejder, L. Accepted. Dolphin and whale watching around Australia: Is it “Ecotourism”? Tourism in Marine Environments

• Allen, E., Sinclair, D.,Allen, S. and Peters, R. In Press. Amphibolurus muricatus (Jacky Dragon). Avian Predation. Herpetological Review

• Bejder, L., Samuels, A., Whitehead, H., Finn, H. and Allen., S. 2009. Impact assessment research: use and misuse of habituation, sensitisation and tolerance to describe wildlife responses to anthropogenic stimuli. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 395: 177-185

• Wiszniewski, J., Allen, S.J., & Moller, L.M. 2009. Social cohesion in a hierarchically structured embayment population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins. Animal Behaviour 77 (6): 1449-1457.

• Allen, S., Smith, H., Waples, K. & Harcourt, R. 2007. The voluntary code of conduct for dolphin watching in Port Stephens, Australia: Is self-regulation an effective management tool? Journal of Cetacean Research & Management

• Bilgmann, K., Griffiths, O., Allen, S. & Möller, L. 2007. A biopsy pole system for bow-riding dolphins: sampling success, behavioral responses and test for sampling bias. Marine Mammal Science 23(1): 218-225.

• Möller, L., Wiszniewski, J., Allen, S. & Beheregaray, L. 2007. Habitat type promotes rapid and localized genetic differentiation in dolphins. Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research 58: 640-648

• Möller, L., Beheregaray, L., Allen, S. & Harcourt, R. 2006. Association patterns and kinship in female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) of southeastern Australia. Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology 61: 109-117.

• Allen, S. & Huveneers, C. 2005. First Record of an Australian Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus feeding on a Wobbegong Shark Orectolobus ornatus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of NSW 126: 95-97.

• Allen, S., Marsh, H. & Hodgson, A. 2004. Occurrence and conservation of the dugong (Sirenia: Dugongidae) in NSW. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of NSW 125: 211-216.

• Allen, S. & Bejder, L. 2003. Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis sightings on the Australian coast and the increasing potential for entanglement. Pacific Conservation Biology 9(3): 228-233.

• Möller, L.M., Allen, S.J. & Harcourt, R.G. 2002. Group characteristics, site fidelity and seasonal abundance of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Jervis Bay and Port Stephens, southeastern Australia. Australian Mammalogy 24(1): 11-21.

Simon is a contributor to the recent texts 'The Mammals of Australia' and 'Encyclopedia of Tourism and Recreation in Marine Environments'. His wildlife photography has also been published in scientific journals, popular magazines, calendars, field guides (e.g. Guide to Marine Mammals of Australia and New Zealand) and reference volumes (e.g. 'Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues' and 'Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates').

• Allen, S., Bejder, L. & Loneragan, N. 2007. Dolphin bycatch in the Pilbara Fish Trawl Interim Managed Fishery - Summary Report. Report to WA Dept of Fisheries, Perth. 12pp.

• Allen, S.J. 2007. Port Stephens Pearls Dolphin Monitoring Program Preliminary Report. Report to NSW Dept. of Planning, Sydney. 14pp.

• *Allen, S.J. 2006. Short-term effects of dolphin watching in Port Stephens, NSW. 2nd National Whale and Dolphin Research Conference, Adelaide, S.A.

• Allen, S., Harcourt, R. & Waples, K. 2003. Responses by bottlenose dolphins to approach by boats, Port Stephens, NSW. Report to NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. 20pp.

• Paton, D., Gibbs, N., Childerhouse, S. & Allen, S. 2002. Assessment of the potential impacts of the proposed commercial pearl oyster operation in Port Stephens on whales, dolphins and turtles. Report to NSW Parks & Wildlife Service. 50pp.

• *Allen, S.J., & Harcourt, R.G. 2001. Big brother is watching: Assessing the behaviour of tour vessels around bottlenose dolphins. 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Vancouver, B.C.

• Allen, S.J., Möller, L.M. & Harcourt, R.G. 2000. Port Stephens Bottlenose Dolphin Population Survey II. Report to NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. 20pp.

• Corkeron, P.J., Burnell, S.R., Noad, M. & Allen, S. 1999. A marine mammal survey in the waters off Newcastle. Report to Australian Department of Defence. 20pp.

• *Allen, S.J. & Neil, D.T. 1996. The effects of provisioning on wild bottlenose dolphins, Moreton Bay, Australia. 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Aus. Nat. Uni., Canberra, A.C.T.