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Adam Frew

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University I am a Research Fellow at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, NSW. I investigate soil-plant-insect interactions. Specifically I try and understand how plant traits drive insect herbivory. I have a particular interest in the role of silicon in plant biology and ecology, as well as how arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi alter plant-invertebrate interactions in the soil. I obtained my PhD from the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University where I studied the impacts of silicon and AM fungi on plant-insect interactions belowground. Prior to this I completed my BSc (Honours) at the University of St Andrews in Scotland where I studied how silicon enhances barley resistance to insect herbivores. I am currently an Associate Editor for Austral Ecology and for Pedobiologia (Journal of Soil Ecology).