Postgraduate students
Kathryn Fuller has just started her PhD at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University, and her primary supervisor is A/Prof Matthias Boer, with co-supervision from me. Kate is undertaking research with the NSW Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub, and will be developing models of fuel properties.
Shiva Khanal is currently undertaking a PhD on quantification of national forest cover and carbon stocks in support of the REDD+ Programme in Nepal. Shiva is based at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University, and his primary supervisor is A/Prof Matthias Boer, with co-supervision from Prof Belinda Medlyn and myself.
Dr Tonantzin Tarin completed her PhD at the University of Technology Sydney, with her primary supervisor Prof Derek Eamus, with co-supervision from me. Tonantzin’s PhD investigated water use efficiency at a range of temporal and spatial scales, ranging from leaf-level to entire ecosystem measurements. Tonantzin is currently based at The University of Deleware.
Undergraduate students
Ben Foster was a student at Western Sydney University. Ben joined us for a Summer internship (2018/2019) where he researched the role of plant physiology in controlling fuel moisture content dynamics. Ben continued this research for another year, as part of his undergraduate studies.
