Tree Health experts

Dr Paul Barber

Tree function and health: urban, plantation and native forests

Dr Paul Barber is an expert in the diagnosis and management of tree health disorders in urban, plantation and native forests, and in particular, how biotic and abiotic factors impact on tree function and health.

He has research collaborations in arboriculture, plant pathology, taxonomy, mycology, climate modelling, remote sensing, landscape ecology, eco-hydrology, plant physiology, soil science, and restoration ecology.

Dr Barber is currently Business Manager of the State Centre of Excellence on Climate Change, Woodland and Forest Health.

Professor Giles Hardy

Forest pathology and natural ecosytems; ecosystem function and health

Dr Treena Burgess

Fungal genetics, forest biosecurity, forest pathology and natural ecosytem health

Dr Treena Burgess is an expert in molecular phylogenetics (population genetics) and fungal population genetics and an experienced forest pathologist, especially in biotic factors associated in tree decline.

She has research collaborations in Australia and world-wide in forest biosecurity, tree pathology, fungal genetics, Phytophthora (dieback) identification and genetics, fungal molecular taxonomy and the role of endophytes (a fungus that lives within a plant without causing disease) and latent pathogens in a changing climate.