Students
I've been fortunate to supervise, co-supervise, and mentor some great students!
Current PhD Students
Tara Walker (2026–)
Understanding the future of Australian native seed banks in a warming climate
Sabrina De Zen (2024–)
Thermal load sensitivity of photosynthesis in Australian native species
Catie Pottinger (2024–)
Thermal load sensitivity of plant species from different biomes across their life stages
James King (2022–)
Abiotic stress responses in alpine flora
Thomas Hanley (2022–)
Alpine plant plasticity in morphological and physiological traits in response to temperature and drought
Current Honours Students
Shrejal Choudhary (2026)
Assessing thermal load sensitivity in coastal rainforest tree species Guioa semiglauca
Clare Finnigan (2026)
Effects of warming and drought on snowgum growth and metabolome
Current Masters Students
Wahidullah Rahmani (2025)
Heat exposure and duration reveal differences in thermal tolerance landscapes among urban tree species
Current FRT-India Students
Narashiman Nagendra Rao (2026)
Thermal sensitivity of reproductive tissue in Wahlenbergia ceracea
Completed PhD Students
Rocco Notarnicola (2018–2022)
An alpine plant’s responses to warming temperatures: from plasticity to molecular pathways. (PhD conferred November 2022)
Completed Honours Students
Ella Wishart (2025)
Identifying the impact of heat stress on pollen viability and vigour in Wahlenbergia
Liv Handfield (2025)
Light and temperature effects on thermal load sensitivity in snowgums
Tara Walker (2025)
Thermal load sensitivity of Australian seeds.
Kate Farkas (2024)
How do heat and drought affect alpine soil invertebrates?
Catie Pottinger (2023)
Alpine plant thermal tolerance and its relation to microclimate.
Michelle Bird (2023)
Alpine plant thermal tolerance in a microclimate.
Aaron Midson (2022)
Applicability of optical dendrometry for estimating water stress in Eucalyptus pauciflora.
Tenzin Norzin (2021)
The causes and consequences of variation in respiration: responses of the alpine plant, Wahlenbergia ceracea, to a warming climate.
Alexandra Catling (2018)
Phenotypic plasticity to heat and cold: characterising thermal reaction norms of key plant traits in the Australian alpine waxy bluebell.