Past Lab Members

Post-Doc

Natalie Jones

Community ecology and theoretical ecologist. Currently a lecturer in Ecology at Griffith University (Website)

Abigail Pastore

Eco-Evolutionay Dynamics. (Google Scholar Profile)

Claire Wainwright

Community Ecology and Restoration Ecology. Currently a scientist with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (Google Scholar Profile)

Michael Sams

Functional ecology. Currently with EPA Victoria (Google Scholar Profile)

John Dwyer

Community Ecology. Currently a Senior Lecturer at UQ (Lab website)

Tori Reynolds

(Also PhD) Community ecology, wild pollinators, landscape ecology, crop pollination. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Queensland (Personal Website)

Wilma Hart (Blaser)

Crop pollination and agroforestry. Currently a postdoctoral research fellow at UQ.

PhD

Isis Arend da Silva

Species interactions, seed and germination ecology

Ali Catling

Species interactions, functional traits, population dynamics

Catherine Bowler

Species coexistence, higher-order interactions and below-ground mechanisms of plant interactions.

Travis Britton

Species interactions effects on tree growth, higher order interactions. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment.

Grace Leung

Pollination ecology, landscape ecology in agricultural landscapes.

Malyon Bimler

(Also postdoc) Community ecology, species interactions and network ecology. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Melbourne.

Carrie Sims

Species interactions, community assembly, species dispersal. Currently an Experimental Research Technician with the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Trace Martyn

Community ecology, higher-order interactions and the spatial dynamics of species interactions. Currently a postdoctoral research associate at Yale (Personal Website)

Maia Raymundo

Community ecology, dispersal and invasive species. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University (Google Scholar Profile)

Sofia López

Ecosystem services, pollination, ecological modelling, conservation. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Queensland School of Earth and Environmental Science (ResearchGate Profile)

Lachlan Charles

(Also Lab Manager) Community assembly, seed dispersal, landscape ecology. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Riverside (Google Scholar Profile)

Timothy Staples

Functional diversity, neighbourhood interactions, diversity and productivity trade-offs. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Queensland (Personal Website)

Alana Danne

Invertebrate pests, biological control, orchards.

Manu Saunders

Ecosystem function, insects, pollination, ecosystem services. Currently a lecturer at the University of New England (Saunders Ecology Lab, Ecology is not a dirty word…)

Alex Haller

Conservation biology, grassland ecology, restoration, population genetics.

Simon Hart

Community assembly, marine communities, competition and colonisation. Currently a lecturer at the University of Queensland (UQ profile).

Tobias Smith

(Also Lab Manager) Bees, stingless bees, wild pollinators, landscape ecology. Currently a researcher at the University of Queensland (Bee ID workshops UQ, ResearchGate Profile)

Masters

Ren Hu

Land-use change, functional trait diversity, ecosystem services.

Eric Katovai

Rainforest gap-dynamics, tropical rainforests, plant functional diversity, forestry practices. Currently a researcher at The University of the South Pacific, Fiji (Current profile)

Emma Ladoucer

Applied conservation, restoration, human dominated landscapes. Currently a postdoc at The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (Google Scholar Profile)

Honours

Tom McMahon

Forest ecology, species interactions

Aurora Eide Robertson

Insect herbivory, functional trait diversity, community ecology

Forbes Saurels

Bee diversity, functional trait diversity, ecosystem restoration

Daniel Delany

Species coexistence, spatial variation and seed ecology

Tayla Lawrie

Species coexistence, invasion ecology.

Jessica McCabe

Climate change, plant-herbivore insect relationships, alpine plants, community ecology. Currently a Scientist at the Department of Environment and Science.

Kimberley Riddell

Pollination, higher-order interactions. Currently an Ecologist at Cardno.

Travis Britton

(Also Research Assistant, PhD) Climate change, alpine plant community ecology, functional traits. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (Western Sydney University).

Amy Westman

Pollination, urban ecosystems, ecosystem services. Currently an Ecologist at Saunders Havill Group.

Chrissy Elmer

(Also Lab Manager and Research Assistant) Plant ecology, drought stress. Currently a Scientific Officer at Accounting for Nature Ltd.

Loy Xingwen

(Also Lab Manager and Research Assistant) Plant ecology, competition, pollination networks, coexistence. Currently working as an ecologist Southeastern Center for Conservation based at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, USA (Personal Website)

Hao Ran Lai

(Also Lab Manager and Research Assistant) Functional and species diversity, subtropical rainforests, land-use change. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Canterbury, NZ (Google Scholar Profile)

Alexandra Nance

Microbial community ecology, soil crusts, invasion dynamics. Currently a PhD researcher at Monash University.

Adam Maxwell

Bee diversity, tropical forest fragmentation, restoration.

Karen Palmer

Biological control, insects, Macadamia.

Delphia Manietta

Novel plant communities, life history strategies, competition. Currently working as a Radiographer.

Sophie Connors

Rainforest restoration, tree growth and survival.

Tanya Kenyon

Dung beetles, ecosystem processes, tropical forest. Currently a PhD researcher in the Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, University of Queensland (Current Profile)

Margaux Hein

Butterflies and dung beetles, tropical habitat fragmentation. Currently a marine science consultant at MER (Google Scholar Profile)

Meghan Farr

Ecosystem services, biological controls, insect pests, Macadamia. Currently working as an Environmental Consultant at CO2 Australia.

Laura Sonter

Tropical forest, habitat fragmentation, restoration. Currently a Research Fellow at UQ (Google Scholar Profile)

Research Assistant

Lucy Hurrey

Lab Manager and Research Assistant. Currently a Project Officer in the Faculty of Science, UQ (Google Scholar Profile)

John Park

Plant ecology projects, rainforest and annual wildflowers. Currently a PhD researcher at the University of Chicago (Personal Website)

Chloe Boyle

Seed dispersal, rainforest plant traits.

Monica Radovski

Rainforest tree growth, restoration.

Loic Chalmandrier

Plant functional traits, land use change. Currently at the University of Canterbury, NZ. (Google Scholar Profile)

Alanna Main

Germination strategies, climate change.

Alana Burley

Lab Manager and Research Assistant. Reforestation, conservation, carbon sequestration, tropical rainforest. Currently a senior scientist at NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (ResearchGate Profile)

Laurianne Olliver

Insect diversity, tropical rainforest, habitat fragmentation.

Visiting Scholar

Larissa Rocha

Visited from Brazil. Tropical rainforest, functional diversity, plant communities, reproductive traits. (Selected publications)

Leander Love-Anderegg

Visited from the US. Tree biogeography, drought stress gradients, competition. Currently at the University of California, Berkeley (Google Scholar Profile)