The Spirit of Endurance: learning about resilience from Australian vegetation (Research Week 2020)

Event Name
The Spirit of Endurance: learning about resilience from Australian vegetation (Research Week 2020)
Date
22 October 2020
Time
04:30 pm - 05:30 pm
Location
Online

Address (Room): Online

Description

The Spirit of Endurance: learning about resilience from Australian vegetation WSU’s first ARC Laureate, Professor Belinda Medlyn, has been researching the impact of climate change on Australia’s vegetation for nearly thirty years. Over that time, her work has shifted from trying to predict the likely effects decades into the future, to documenting the effects of droughts, heatwaves and fires as they happen around us. In this Laureate Address, Professor Medlyn will reflect on her career as a scientist, educator and mother. She will describe what we have learnt about the resilience of Australian vegetation to climate stress, and what lessons we can draw for the future.

Speakers: Distinguished Professor Belinda Medlyn

Web page: https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/researchweek

Contact
Name: Amy Hill

a.hill@westernsydney.edu.au

School / Department: DVCREI