Staff
Professor Kingsley Dixon, Team Leader
Dr Deanna Rokich, Restoration Ecologist (currently on leave)
Dr Ben Miller, Ecologist
Dr Lucy Commander, Seed Ecologist
Optimising seed-use to restore a Threatened Ecological Community on a Banded Iron Formation (Industry Partner: Sinosteel Midwest Corporation).
Dr C. Ellery Mayence, Restoration Ecologist
Borrow Pit and saline environment restoration in a World Heritage Area (Industry Partner: Shark Bay Salt).
Dr Luis Merino Martin, Ecohydrologist
Understanding soil water processes and relations to restore a Threatened Ecological Community on a Banded Iron Formation (Industry Partner: Sinosteel Midwest Corporation).
Peter Golos, Restoration Ecologist
Restoration of contaminated sites and post mined landscapes in the Great Sandy Desert (Industry Partner: Nifty Copper)
Dr Jason Stevens, Restoration Ecophysiologist
(See Restoration Ecophysiology)
Dr David Merritt, Seed Scientist
(See Seed Science and Restoration Seed banking)
Dr John Statton, Marine Restoration Ecologist
Current PhD Students
Rachael Ord
Post removal of Pinus pinaster plantations in Western Australia: Implications for reinstatement of Banksia woodland, a historical ecosystem assemblage.
Cameron Mounsey
Vegetation spatial pattern as an indicator of restoration success
Completed PhDs
Sacha Ruoss (submitted)
Restoration Ecology and Conservation of Rare Banded Ironstone Plants in an Arid Biodiversity Hotspot.
Mark Bundock (submitted)
Herbicide and adjuvant effects on native vegetation in Western Australia
Peter Golos (2012)
Restoring vegetation on waste rock dumps at Telfer mine site in Australia’s Great Sandy Desert: Topsoil management and plant establishment
Steve Benigno (2012)
Restoration in a postmine environment: Using ecophysiological techniques to improve the seedling establishment of framework Banksia woodland seedlings
David Leach (2012)
Impact of fire suppressing agents on native vegetation in Western Australia.
John Statton (2011)
Ecophysiology of early seedling growth and development for the effective translocation of seed-based propagules for restoration of seagrass (Posidonia australis) in Cockburn Sound.
Giuseppe Messina (2010)
Deriving Research Benchmarks for Nationally Threatened Plant Species occurring on Westralia Airports Corporation Land.
Alasdair Grigg (2009)
Restoration ecology of arid zone plants.
Lucy Commander (2008)
Seed biology and rehabilitation in the arid zone: a study in the Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Western Australia.