2025 Seminar Series
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Presentation title |
| 4 February | Professor Richard Betts | Met Office Hadley Centre / University of Exeter |
Earth system models and global climate policy questions: How can FACE experiments help assess and improve confidence in projections?AmazonFACE: A large-scale Free-Air CO2 Enrichment experiment in the Amazon rainforest |
| Doctor Anja Rammig | Technical University of Munich | AmazonFACE: A large-scale Free-Air CO2 Enrichment experiment in the Amazon rainforest | |
| 25 February | Doctor Iliane Matos | Plant Ecophysiology Lab | Linking the form and function of leaf venation networks |
| 4 March | Doctor Mirindi Eric Dusenge | The Australian National University Research School of Biology | Acclimation of photosynthesis and leaf respiration to warming and elevated CO2: Results from experimental field studies in boreal and tropical regions |
| 11 March | Doctor Eamonn Wooster | Gulbali Institute Charles Sturt University |
Predator-prey interactions in the Anthropocene |
| 25 March | Doctor Orpheus Butler | Griffith University | Nutritional physiology of soil microorganisms: Recent advances and implications for long-term ecosystem development |
| 1 April | Professor Peter Reich | WSU / U Minnesota | From plant traits to biodiversity-ecosystem function to climate mitigation and justice: A journey across scales, disciplines and domains |
| 8 April | Doctor Dat Pham | Australian Plant Phenomics Network (APPN) | Leveraging AI solutions for quantifying carbon from space in the Asia-Pacific region |
| 29 April | Doctor James Risbey and Doctor Tess Parker | CSIRO | Large ensemble assessment of weather and climate extremes and Drought in Australia |
| 6 May | Doctor Maeghan Jenkins Doctor James Barker |
NSW Rural Fire Service DCCEEW Applied Bushfire Science Program |
The Australian fire danger rating system: improving the system for the future A collaborative approach to applying fire intervals |
| 13 May | Doctor Noriko Kanai Associate Professor Ben Moore |
Western Sydney University School of Science Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment |
Exploring magnetic resonance techniques in studies of plant-derived natural fibres What exactly are plant cell walls made of and why does it matter? |
| 20 May | Professor Brad Ripley | The Rhodes University Elevated CO2 Facility | The role of increasing atmospheric CO2 in woody encroachment: an experimental approach |
| 25 May | Doctor Eddie Brzostek | West Virginia University | The long and winding road towards integrating plant-microbial interactions into ecosystem models |
| 29 May | Doctor Jenny Bhatnagar | Boston University | The extraordinary capabilities of fungi and how we are changing them |
| 3 June | Doctor Thomas Jeffries | Western Sydney University | The 1900 Sydney plague pandemic: environment and outrage |
| 4 June | Doctor Caitlin Moore | The University of Western Australia | Measuring biophysical change in our native and managed ecosystems |
| 10 June | Professor Jim Whelan | Australian Academy of Science and Australian National University | From molecular to macro-phenotyping to provide new knowledge for plant breeding |
| 17 June | Dr Maxim Prokchorchik | University of Sydney | Genomics, phylogenomics and virulence factor characterisation in clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae |
| 24 June | A/Professor Gaelen Burke | University of Georgia | The function and evolution of beneficial viruses of parasitoid wasps |
| 5 August | Dr Roland Gamsjaeger | School of Science, WSU | Structural and functional characterisation of proteins – potential applications in plant/environmental sciences? |
| 12 August | *Professor Brendan Choat | HIE, WSU | A smart sensor network for the Blue Mountains Hub for Ecology and Conservation |
| 18 August | A/ Professor Jan Pisek | Tartu University (Estonia) | Leaf Inclination Angle under Elevated Atmospheric CO2 - A Comparison of Results from the BIFoR and EucFACE Free-Air CO2 Enrichment Experiments |
| 19 August | Professor Melodie McGeoh | Monash University | Bulk biodiversity: what is it and what do we need to understand to protect it? |
| 26 August | Dr Zaineb Khalil | University of Queensland | From soil to solutions: Advanced screening platforms for microbial bioactives |
| 2 September | Dr Vanessa Ferdinand | University of Melbourne | Windows into animal cognition in the wild: a new take on computational behavioural ecology |
| 10 September | Professor Marco Carlucci | Federal University of Paraná (Brazil) | Ecology of the southern Atlantic Forest: from forest-grassland dynamics to conservation and restoration at large scales |
| 23 September | Professor Zhong-hua Chen | University of Adelaide | Genome Evolution and Functional Analysis of Abiotic Stress Response in Ferns |
| 7 October | Ms Nicole Bison | University of British Columbia, Canada | The evolution, ecology and kinetic basis of PSII heat tolerance |
| 14 October | A/Professor Susanna Venn | Deakin University | An update on the condition, threats and future of Australian alpine snowpatch plant communities |
| 15 October | Professor Lisa Shipley | Washington State University | The plant-herbivore arms race: Tactics used by deer to resist chemical warfare |
| 21 October | Professor Dianne Brunton | Auckland University | 25 years of researching birdsong, behaviour, and conservation in New Zealand: building synergies and capability |
| 28 October | *Dr Tadeo Sáez Sandino | HIE, WSU | Global change factors and soil microbiomes shape soil carbon storage worldwide’ |
| 4 November | Dr Michelle Ryan | School of Science, WSU | The Hawkesbury-Nepean Platypus Project - Research, conservation and community action in the Hawkesbury-Nepean |
| 11 November | Professor Enrico Rezende | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | Studying thermal tolerance in a warming world |
| 17 November | Professor Colin Osborne | Sheffield University, UK | Climate change impacts in tropical grasslands – the role of C4 photosynthesis |