Researchers
Our Research Associates include a large panel of academic researchers with expertise in diverse areas of public policy, drawn from across several universities in Queensland and beyond. Many researchers also have significant experience inside the public service.
These experts can offer an additional source of policy advice for those developing or commenting on public policy in Queensland. All members, their research fields, and their contact details, are listed below.
| Name | Professor Hugh Possingham FAA BSc PhD |
|---|---|
| Position | Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow |
| Organisation/Company | University of Queensland |
| Specialisations / Bio | Specialisations
Professor Hugh Possingham is a mathematical ecologist who completed a DPhil at Oxford University in 1987 on ‘A model of resource renewal and depletion'. He has held appointments at Stanford University, the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales and the University of Adelaide, doing research on the application of mathematical and computational tools to understanding ecological systems. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science In 2000 he took up a joint appointment between the Departments of Zoology and Entomology, and Mathematics at the University of Queensland and in 2001 became the Foundation Director of the University’s Ecology Centre. Professor Possingham has done pioneering work on the viability of populations of endangered species and the application of decision theory to conservation biology. He has made contributions to marine, behavioural, population and community ecology and is also a vocal conservation spokesperson and consultant to government on ecological planning issues. Pure and applied population ecology. The Spatial Ecology Lab is a group of about 30 people comprised of students, postdocs and visitors, headed by Professor Hugh Possingham, who use mathematical and statistical tools to solve problems in ecology and conservation. Lab members range from empirical ecologists to mathematicians. Recent research successes include: producing the software that rezoned the Great Barrier Reef, a new theory of optimal monitoring, advances in metapopulation theory, tests of spatial population models, decision support tools for fire, weed and pest management, protocls for optimal monitoring and decsion support for setting global conservation priorities. Collaboraters come from all over the world including: The United States, UK, Germany, France, Italy and South America. |
| Phone | 07 3365 2527 |
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| Website | uq.edu.au |