Dr. Tom Fairman

Dr. Tom Fairman

by | Sep 22, 2021

Tom is a forest scientist whose work with FLARE focuses on future fire risks. Broadly, his research interests relate to the role of fire in landscapes with a focus on compounding disturbances and shifting fire regimes, and the consequences that this has for ecosystem...
Dr. Matthew Swan

Dr. Matthew Swan

by | Sep 22, 2021

Matt is an ecologist based at the University of Melbourne Creswick Campus. His research is focused on how fire regimes affect the structure and function of ecosystems and the implications of this for plants and animals (but mostly animals). He is also interested in...
Dr. Bonnie Wintle

Dr. Bonnie Wintle

by | Sep 11, 2024

Bonnie is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist. With a background in plant ecology, she has also dabbled in philosophy of science and social and behavioural sciences. After completing a PhD in 2013, her postdoctoral work involved horizon scanning to anticipate...
Dr. Kate Parkins

Dr. Kate Parkins

by | Sep 22, 2021

Kate is an ecologist currently working as a bushfire risk analyst in the FLARE Wildfire research group. Her current research interests include fire risk modelling, particularly the integration of environmental assets into risk planning, fire management and forest...
Dr. Erica Marshall

Dr. Erica Marshall

by | Sep 22, 2021

Erica is a quantitative ecologist interested in bringing together novel modelling methods to help solve complex policy and management decisions. Erica completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne in 2020 which focused on simulating the impacts of policy decisions...