Melbourne School of Land and Environment Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science

Dr Katherine Whittaker

Position Marketing, Communication and Education Coordinator
Address Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science
Melbourne School of Land and Environment
University of Melbourne
Water Street, Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 3363
E-Mail k.whittaker@unimelb.edu.au
Phone + 61 3 5321 4321

 

Biography

Katherine studied forest science (Honours) and science at the University of Melbourne from 1995 to 2000. After working for short periods with the Queensland Forestry Research Institute, University of Melbourne School of Botany and the Department of Sustainability she returned to the University to undertake a PhD. Completed in 2007, her project investigated fluxes of carbon dioxide from woody tissues of plantation Eucalyptus globulusand was part of a larger project studying carbon budgets in Eucalypt plantations.

Katherine is currently employed by the Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science in a communications and education coordination role. She is primarily involved in coordination, administration and marketing of the University's new Master of Forest Ecosystem Science. Further information about the Master of Forest Ecosystem Science is available at www.forests.unimelb.edu.au

 

 

 

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