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Annual Krebs Lecture series hosted by the Institute of Applied Ecology at the University of Canberra

Join us for an engaging lecture by Professor Hugh Possingham, Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, co-chair of the 'Biodiversity Council' and Chief Scientist for 'Accounting for Nature'.

"This talk is not for the faint-hearted" says Hugh who will share stories on how science and maths have influenced policy, or not. The examples could include biodiversity offsetting, allocation of funds to threatened species, long-term monitoring, land-clearing, designing marine protected areas, wildlife management etc.

"My choice will be based on whim because I am the only speaker, but I will leave plenty of time for dispute and questioning" says Hugh.

Here is a link to the recording of Hugh's lecture.

About Hugh

Professor Hugh Possingham was born in Adelaide and completed a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Applied Mathematics at the University of Adelaide in 1984. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University and completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Mathematics at Oxford in 1987.

Hugh returned to Australia on a Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship, undertaking research at the Australian National University into the application of population viability analysis to conservation. He re-joined the University of Adelaide as a staff member and was selected as the inaugural Chair of Environmental Management in 1995. In 2000, Hugh took up a Chair in the departments of Mathematics and Biological Sciences at the University of Queensland. In 2001, he became director of The Ecology Centre, where he was awarded three Australian Research Council Fellowships: Professorial, Federation and Laureate

In 2013, he was the first Australian to be elected an Ecological Society of America Fellow, and in 2016 he was elected Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States. He has a Google Scholar h-index of 157 with 80,000 citations.

Hugh is currently appointed at the University of Queensland as the Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, is a co-chair of the “Biodiversity Council” and is Chief Scientist of “Accounting for Nature”.

Mostly he just likes watching birds and puzzling over orchids.