About the Editors-in-Chief

Co-Editor-in-Chief - John Morgan

A/Prof John Morgan is a plant ecologist at La Trobe University who specialises in understanding how native plant communities change over the long-term. He has worked for more than 20 years in the alpine and temperate grassy ecosystems of southern Australia and has concentrated much of his research on understanding the long-term changes that occur in species composition in the context of climate change, land-use change, ecological management and plant invasions. He is passionate about translating his science into practical conservation outcomes.

Associate Professor John Morgan
Email j.morgan@latrobe.edu.au

Co-Editor-in-Chief - Mark Ooi

Dr. Mark Ooi’s research career has been driven by an interest in the great outdoors and has focused on plant and fire ecology. A lot of his work is developed with an aim to better understand how plant population dynamics are driven by fire regimes and shifts in climate, and his research interests range from investigating mechanisms of functional plant response, to trait distribution patterns and applied biological conservation. He has published over 80 research papers and collaborates on projects across Australia, as well as in Europe, China and Brazil. After completing his PhD, Mark worked at the University of Wollongong, completed postdoctoral research at the University of Sheffield, and now leads a lab as a Senior Research Fellow at UNSW in Sydney. He has over 7 years’ experience as an Associate Editor, most recently with the Australian Journal of Botany, has held roles advising government, professional societies and granting bodies, and been awarded a Eureka Prize as part of the NSW Bushfire Hub.

Dr Mark Ooi
Email mark.ooi@unsw.edu.au