I've been a fire ecologist for over 20 years.  I majored in Botany as an undergraduate at Sydney University, and started to learn about fire while doing a Masters of Environmental Management at Griffith University (awarded 1999).  In 2005 I completed a PhD in fire ecology at Western Sydney University.  I've worked in research, environmental education and community development.

Ecologists study relationships between organisms and their environment.   My primary interest is in how Australian native plants respond to fire, but inevitably other organisms – like birds, insects, fungi and people – and other aspects of the environment – like soils, climate, CO2 and government policy – come into the picture.  Ecological relationships are complex, things join to other things, that’s part of the delight of studying how life functions on this planet.