Richard J. Hobbs

Murdoch University
School of Environmental Science
Murdoch Western Australia 6150
Phone: +61 (08) 9360 2191
Fax: +61 (08) 9360 7412
email: rhobbs@essun1.murdoch.edu.au

1982 Ph.D. University of Aberdeen, thesis title "Post-fire Succession in Heathland Communities"

Positions held

• 1981 Part-time research fellow, Department of Botany, University of Aberdeen, funded by Countryside Commission for Scotland, working on establishment of dune grasses
• 1981-2 SRC Research Fellow, Department of Botany, University of Aberdeen, working with Dr Richard Johnston on computing techniques associated with laser-Doppler microscopy of phloem flows
• 1982-4 NERC/NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, California, working with Dr Hal Mooney on serpentine grassland dynamics and shrub invasion of grassland
• 1984-87 Research Scientist, CSIRO, Division of Wildlife & Ecology
• 1987-90 Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO, Division of Wildlife &Ecology
• 1990-95 Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Wildlife & Ecology
• 1995-2000 Senior Principal Research Scientist (CSOF8), CSIRO Wildlife & Ecology
• 2000-present Professor of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, Western Australia

Research interests

Ecologist, with experience in Australia, United Kingdom, Europe and United States. Particular interests are vegetation dynamics, biotic invasions, management of remnant vegetation, restoration ecology, conservation biology and landscape ecology. Current research focuses on management and rehabilitation of remnant vegetation in agricultural areas, and landscape-scale restoration planning and management.

Currently Project Leader, "Restoration Ecology" and co-project leader "Integrating conservation with production", within the program "Sustainable Landscapes"