Nerida Gaye Wilson is an invertebrate marine molecular biologist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation[1] who has interests in diversity, systematics, phylogeny, phylogeography and behavior.

Her work with NOAA on Antarctic Marine Living Resources has been used to regulate exploratory benthic fisheries.

She remained at University of Queensland but moved departments to the Centre for Marine Studies for her PhD (awarded 2004).

[3] Wilson began her career using histology to recover phylogenetically conserved characters, but then utilized molecular data to help understand the evolutionary history of organisms.

Wilson has participated in numerous deep sea and Antarctic expeditions, using traditional methods and Remotely Operated Vehicles to obtain samples.

[10] Wilson is committed to a fair, equitable scientific community and has run mentoring workshops (2013, 2015) in conjunction with SASB conferences.