I am an ecologist and biogeographer in the School of Natural Sciences. I mainly work with plants and lichens. My research centres on how climate change is redistributing species across space, and the consequences of this for ecosystem functioning and community dynamics. I tend to work in environments that are already climatically stressful for plants, namely drylands and high mountains.

As a Macquarie University Lighthouse Fellow (MQLF), I am currently leading a project to predict how climate change might modify the ranges of mosses and lichens. My focus is on species that form a ‘biocrust’, i.e., a very tiny layer of vegetation on the soil that covers about 10 % of the global land surface.

If you are a prospective Masters student, PACE student or summer intern, and are interested in doing a project on tiny plants, please contact me via email.