Austin Jenish is a Legal Researcher and writer, and a recent graduate from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He completed a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Science double degree, majoring in genetics. Austin currently works at a boutique law firm and also volunteers as a scientific researcher with the Genetic Support Network of Victoria. He previously served for nearly two years as a conservation status assessor with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and has contributed both environmental law and public policy research for various NGOs. Through Monash Law Clinics, he prepared an environmental litigation memorandum for a barrister and researched to assist the Cook Islands in their submissions to the UN Plastic Pollution Treaty negotiations.