Centre Director
Professor John Herbohn
Director, Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; Project Coordinator of Project Tarsier
General enquiries
- Email: [email protected]
Address
Tropical Forests and People Research Centre
Level 1, Building B
University of the Sunshine Coast
90 Sippy Downs Drive
Sippy Downs, Queensland, 4556
Australia
Members
The Tropical Forests and People Research Centre brings together around 50 researchers interested in the interactions between people and tropical forests. The Centre is based around multidisciplinary projects and a desire of its members to work collaboratively to address complex problems associated with reforestation and forest management in the tropics.
Our members include social and biophysical scientists with expertise in forest reforestation and rehabilitation, ecology, forest science, silviculture, hydrology, soil science, anthropology, livelihood systems, economics, supply chains, finance and policy.
Associate Professor Grahame Applegate
Deputy Coordinator, Project Tarsier and Team Leader of Reforestation and HSSE
Dr Dora Carias Vega
Acting Project Tarsier Team Leader of Social Engagement and Livelihood Coordinator
Dr Alexandra Catling
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Forest Ecology and Field Data
Professor F.E. “Jack” Putz
Research Professor, Forest Research Institute
Dr Bob Fisher
Senior Research Fellow (Social Science research and PhD supervision related to Project Tarsier)
Dr Madaline Healey
Senior Research Fellow | Forest Research Institute
Dr Nick Kokkas
Remote Sensing/GIS Analyst | Team Leader of Biophysical & Data Management, Project Tarsier
Associate Professor David Lee
Plant Genetics, Forest Research Institute
Professor Andrew Marshall
ARC Future Fellow, Forest Research Institute
Calum McRae
Remote Sensing/GIS Analyst | Project Tarsier
Dr John Meadows
Research Fellow, Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, Forest Research Institute
Dr Camila Moura Nogueira Ribeiro
Casual/Admin Projects, Forest Research Institute
Luiz Pereira
Environmental Engineer and Project Tarsier Reforestation Team Member
Dr Claudia Romero
Senior Research Fellow, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Specialist
Professor Alison Shapcott
Professor, Vegetation and Plant Ecology | Member, Centre for Bioinnovation | School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Dr Liz Sousa Ota
Project Lead Research, Carbon Modelling, Monitoring and Evaluation | Project Tarsier Team Leader of Social Engagement
Adjunct members
The Tropical Forests and People Research Centre includes Adjunct researchers who complement the team and extend the current and integral work into the areas of ecology, hydrology and biology.
Their expertise, often significant track records and experience provide additional depth for the team and provide key input into grant development, peer review of publications and mentoring of researchers across the team.
Adjunct staff play a vital role in strategic planning activities across the year and provide expert advice on how the Centre can position itself for the future growth and increase social and economic impact locally, nationally and globally.
- Donald Gilmour
- Laura Graham
- Jeff Sayer
- William Jackson
- Robert Congdon
- Agni Klintuni Boedhiharto
Students
Research students are fundamental to the success of the Tropical Forests and People Research Centre.
We strive to provide:
- Interesting projects and research support based around existing projects,
- Collegiate, stimulating and challenging environment e.g. active lab group driven by students,
- Supervisory teams with broad skill base,
- Generic field skills, and
- ’Systems thinking’ skills and capacity to work as part of trans-disciplinary teams.
| Student | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Lief Erikson Gamalo | Impacts of Reforestation for Carbon on Terrestrial Vertebrate Wildlife Within a Biodiversity Hotspot in the Philippines |
| Milad Dehghani Pour Tal Gerdooei | Improving Smallholders’ Livelihoods to Support Reforestation in Tropical Forests |
| Tomiwa Oluwajuwon | Assisted Natural Regeneration in Forest Restoration in the Philippines with Global Implications |
| Charlotte Raven |
The influence of disturbance and vine proliferation on invertebrate indicators of rainforest function |
| Fellice Gabrielle Catelo |
Improving carbon accumulation monitoring of early stage reforestation using multisource LiDAR: A case study in the Philippines. |
| Jenny Vivian |
The effect of reforestation using Acacia mangium on above-and below-ground ecosystem properties. |
| Thi Minh Ngoc Tran | Inclusive value chain development and forest landscape restoration: Opportunities, obstacles and future implications |
| Charles Galabuzi | Unlocking the wood fuel value chain's potential: Charcoal production in Uganda |
| Vitoria Duarte Derisso | The impact of logging on lianas and tree–liana interactions at the end of the first timber harvesting cycle in Eastern Amazonia |
Professional staff
Christo Snyman
Project Manager and Finance Manager and Team Leader of Administration, Financial and Logistics Team | Project Tarsier
Kelly Stewart
General Manager, Forest Research Institute and Australian Forest and Wood Innovations Centre for Sustainable Futures
Alicia Gutierrez Brown
Senior Forest Research Communications Officer, Forest Research Institute and Australian Forest and Wood Innovations Centre for Sustainable Futures
Michelle Tapp
Research Administration Assistant, Forest Research Institute
Kerri Salmon
Research Support and Administrative Officer, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science and Forest Research Institute