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
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Sabrina De Zen (2024–)
Thermal load sensitivity of photosynthesis in Australian native species
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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
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Thomas Hanley (2022–)
Alpine plant plasticity in morphological and physiological traits in response to temperature and drought​​
Current Honours Students
Shrejal Choudhary (2026)
Exploring damage and recovery in native Australian plants when exposed to heatwaves
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Clare Finnigan (2026)
Effects of repeated heatwaves on commercially important Eucalypts
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
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Tara Walker (2025)
Thermal load sensitivity of Australian seeds.
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Kate Farkas (2024)
How do heat and drought affect alpine soil invertebrates?
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Catie Pottinger (2023)
Alpine plant thermal tolerance and its relation to microclimate.
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Michelle Bird (2023)
Alpine plant thermal tolerance in a microclimate.
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Aaron Midson (2022)
Applicability of optical dendrometry for estimating water stress in Eucalyptus pauciflora.
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Tenzin Norzin (2021)
The causes and consequences of variation in respiration: responses of the alpine plant, Wahlenbergia ceracea, to a warming climate.
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Alexandra Catling (2018)
Phenotypic plasticity to heat and cold: characterising thermal reaction norms of key plant traits in the Australian alpine waxy bluebell.