Kirsten M. Parris wata masanin ilimin birane ne na Australiya, Farfesa na Ilimin birane a cikin Makarantar Tsarin Halitta da Kimiyyar Gandun daji a Jami'ar Melbourne da Mataimakin Darakta na Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria . Har ila yau, tana jagorantar Cibiyar Nazarin Kimiyyar Muhalli ta ƙasa ta Nazarin Tsabtace iska da Yankin Gari (CAUL). An haife ta a Kew, Victoria a shekara ta 1969. A cikin shekara ta 1993 ta sami BSc (Hons) daga Jami'ar Melbourne, kuma a shekara ta 1994 ta sami BA daga wannan makarantar. An ba ta digirin digirgir daga jami’ar kasar Ostiraliya a shekara ta 2000. Ta yi aiki a matsayin malami kuma mai bincike a Australia da Amurka kafin ta shiga Jami'ar Melbourne a shekara ta 2007. Ta karɓi tallafin bincike daga Kungiyar Nazarin Australiya, Sashen Muhalli da Makamashi, da sauran hukumomin gwamnati. Ta wallafa littafi guda a matsayin marubuciya guda ɗaya, Ecology of Urban Environments (Wiley Blackwell, a shekara ta 2016), guda da aka shirya, Cauyuka don Mutane da Yanayi (CAUL Hub, 2020), fiye da takardun bincike 60 da babin littafi guda biyar.