Centre for Plants, Atmosphere and Water (C-PAW)
About us
My research investigates the ways plants and ecosystems respond to their environment, from the controls of mortality in individual plants under stress to global carbon and water cycles. My primary areas of interest are the ecophysiology and ecohydrology of groundwater-dependent ecosystems, plant stress responses to extreme heat and drought, and the responses of agriculture and dryland ecosystems to droughts and flooding rains. This is work of high social and environmental impact addresses global challenges in the plant-climate-water nexus — how we manage our water, agricultural and natural resources in the face of climate extremes and climate change.
Collaborations
Within UTS
Alfredo Huete, Ecosystem Dynamics Health and Resilience
Qiang Yu, Ecological Modelling Research Group
Brad Murray
John Zhou
External
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
OzFlux
Hunter Water Corp
Midcoast Council