Members

Current

Dr Daniel Falster
ARC Future Fellow - Lab Leader

How does competition shape the ecology, population dynamics, and traits of species and communities?

Dr Elizabeth Wenk
Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-)

Compiling AusTraits - a data compilation on traits of Australian plants. Writes hiking guides.

Fonti Kar
Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-)

R package development

Philip Zylstra
Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-)

Evolution of tall Eucalypts. Flammability dynamics.

Saskia Grootemaat
Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-)

Evolution of tall Eucalypts

Isaac Towers
Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-)

Using traits to predict Eucalypt futures

Andrew O'Reilly-Nugent
Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-)

Carbon famring projects. Extending plant model.

Theresa O'Brien
MSc Candidate (2020-)

Tropical tree life histories

Fiona Robinson
PhD Candidate (2021-)

Climate change impact on carbon farming projects

Rebecca Stolper
MPhil Candidate (2020-)

Tree growth & mortality

Sophie Yang
Research Assistant (2022-); Honours Student (2021-22)

Fire response strategies in Australian plants

Collaborating students and post-docs based in other labs.

David Coleman
Project Officer (WSU)

AusTraits

Dr Saras Windecker
Postdoctoral Fellow (Uni Melb)

Trait-based species distributions

Baptiste Wijas
PhD Candidate (lead supervisor: Mike Letnic)

Modelling how top predators impact vegetation and nutrient dynamics in the ecosystem

Alumni

Lily Dun
Research assistant (2021-22); Honours Student (2021)

Floral traits, Competition for light

Gillian Kowalick
Honours Student (2022); Volunteer (2021)

Vessel size in Australian plants

Mitchell Henry
Programmer (2021-2022)

Improving the plant model

Willem Magney
Honours Student (2021-22)

Gradients in Mulga traits

Dony Indiarto
PhD Candidate (2018-22)

Plant functional traits and species range shifts

Charlie Hinchliffe
PhD Candidate (2018-22)

Community ecology, ecosystem processes, and population dynamics of fish and zooplankton in the aquatic environment.

Ashleigh Ford
Casual research assistant (2022); Honours Student (2021)

Plant growth rates; Dendrochronology in Australian trees

Gary Truong
Project Officer (2021-22)

AusTraits

Rafael Schouten
Research Assistant (2019-20)

Extending & generalising the plant model. Loves Julia, reluctantly uses R.

Simon Gorta
Research Assistant (2019-20)

Investigating historical clearing activity in Myall Lakes National Park to compare past and present vegetation compositions, tree sizes and abundance and carbon sequestration in the landscape

Fabrice Samonte
Intern & Research Assistant (2019-20)

Global forest height & extending datastorr

Caitlin Baxter
Research Assistant (2019-20)

Compiling AusTraits - a data compilation on traits of Australian plants.

John Wilshire
Honours student (2019)

Tracking long-term changes in a floodplain vegetation community

Dr Emma Gray
PhD Candidate (2013-17)

Growth rates and functional traits of tropical rainforest and savanna species

Dr James Camac
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-16)

Partitioning growth-dependent and growth-independent causes of tree mortality

Dr Anaïs Gibert
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-16)

Meta-analysis testing how traits impact plant growth

Dr Rich FitzJohn
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-16)

Completely overhauled our software and workflows.

Dr Georges Kunstler
Visiting Researcher (2013-15)

Global analysis- effect of traits on competition

Dr Deigo Barneche
Researcher assistant (2013-14)

Biomass and allometry database

Dr Angelica Vårhammer
Researcher assistant (2013-14)

Biomass and allometry database