Senior Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne
I study pollen preserved in sediments, in order to understand how vegetation and climate have changed in the past. My research interest is broadly in environmental change, over Cenozoic (the past ~65 million years) to historical time frames.
Ice ages were not as dry as we thought, according to surprising new Australian cave study
Feb 08, 2024 12:27 pm UTC| Nature
During ice ages, dry, frozen terrain extended over much of northern Europe, Asia and North America. Many plants and animals retreated from these desolate, harsh landscapes and sought refuge in pockets of more hospitable...
Unique pollen signatures in Australian honey could help tackle a counterfeit industry
Aug 08, 2018 12:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Australian honey, produced from domesticated European honey bees mostly foraging in native vegetation, is unique. Under the microscope, most Australian honey samples can be distinguished from honey produced in other...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US election: why it’s not the protesters’ votes that the Democrats should worry about
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects