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ACADEMIC CAREER

1989 - B.Sc, Postgrad. Dip. Sci . Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand.
1994 - PhD. Otago University, Dunedin New Zealand.
1994 - 1997. Postdoctoral Fellow, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University.
1997 - 2002. Research Fellow, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University.
2002 - 2006. CRC for Greenhouse Accounting project leader 'Modelling and Decision Support Tools'.
2006 - Present. Senior Research Fellow, UNSW; Bushfire CRC Highfire project.

RESEARCH

My research interests focus on the structure and functioning of ecological communities. Some of the questions that interest me include how ecosystems respond to changes in climate, disturbance regimes and management; how spatial and temporal environmental variability promotes biodiversity and influences community structure, and how environmental factors and species interactions interact to determine the distribution of species through space and time. I am particularly interested in the development and field-testing of ecological theory, statistical ecology, and in the application of mathematical models for ecological analysis.

My current research within the Highfire project of the Bushfire CRC focuses on tree, grass and shrub dynamics within subalpine Australia, with a particular focus on landscape-scale changes in vegetation distribution and the implications for fuel management and fire risk.

A full list of publications, research photos, software downloads and other materials
can be found at my personal website, www.steverox.info

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: +61 2 6281 8487
Mobile: 0429 447 150
Fax: +61 2 6281 8382
Email: stephen.roxburgh@ensisjv.com