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Senior Lecturer, Fire Ecology and Management |
| Address |
The University of Melbourne
Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science
University of Melbourne
Water St, Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 3363 |
| Email |
kgt@unimelb.edu.au |
| Phone |
+61 3 53214162 |
| Curriculum Vitae |
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Teaching and Research Supervision |
Teaching - Undergraduate courses:
- Coordinator of 220-307 Fire Ecology and Management in the B.For.Sc. course
- 50% contributor of 220-311 Forest Values in the B.For.Sc. course.
- Participate in major excursions.
- There are between 10 and 20 students in each subject.
Teaching - Postgraduate courses:
- Coordinator of 220-410 Bushfire Planning and Management in the M.For.Eco.Sc. course.
- Coordinator of 220-502 Bushfires and Climate in the M.For.Eco.Sc. course
Supervision of Current Postgraduate and Honours students:
- Ami Hallam (PhD candidate) The Impacts of Sambar Deer on Forested Ecosystems. Due Nov 2007.
- Anne Miehs (PhD candidate) The effect of fire regime on coarse woody debris as habitat and biodiversity conservation in SW Victorian forests.
Supervision of completed projects:
- Tess Courtney (Honours) Development of a seedbank assessment method in the Brisbane Ranges N.P. Completed Nov 2007.
- Naomi Robinson (DSE Graduate Program) The ecological effect of chained and burnt fire breaks on the edge of the Big Desert National Park. Completed 2007.
- Arn Tolsma (PhD) The Effects of Fire and Grazing, with Particular Emphasis on Physiological Effects and Impact on Grasslands and Alpine Communities. Completed 2002.
- Andreia de Siqueira (PhD) Assessing and Managing factors affecting of Fire Danger in Brazil. Due in Dec 2005.
- Nick Collett (PhD) Prediction of damaging insect outbreaks in Blue-gum plantations in Victoria. (Submission due mid-2002) Deferred.
- Andrew Macaulay (M.For.Sci.) Effect of spotting on the rate of spread of bushfires in eucalypt forests. Completed 2003.
- Rachel Briggs (Honours) The effect of fire intensity and frequency on habitat trees in the Brisbane Ranges. Completed Nov 2006.
- Hayden Regan (Honours) The use of fire in the restoration of grassy woodland in Point Napean National Park. Completed Nov 2006.
- Robert Morris (Honours) The effect of fire frequency on the understorey structure and composition in the Brisbane Ranges. Completed Nov. 2006.
- Nick Guyett (Honours) Factors affecting the productivity of fire suppression resources in the Grampians wildfire 2006. Completed Nov. 2006.
- Alex Stubbings (Honours) The effects of fire on the availability of logs and their hollows as habitat. Completed October 2003.
- Angus Spreckley (Honours) Determining the factors affecting the effectiveness of backburning and control lines in the 2003 wildfires. Completed October 2003.
- Amelia Needoba (Honours) Developing a method to assess the level of risk to plant populations by a particular fire regime. Completed February 2004.
- Stephen Rymer (Honours) Regeneration of chained and rolled firebreaks in the desert heath/mallee. Completed October 2003.
- Leigh Smith (Honours) Improving the ecological management process for fire in Victoria. Delivered December 2002
- Brad Godson (CFA project) Understanding the occurrence of fire in plantations in Victoria. First report delivered February 2002.
- Darius Culvenor (PhD) Automated Tree Delineation from High Resolution Imagery for the Prediction of Forest Structure. Completed 2001.
- Frith Jarrad (Honours) Monitoring system for ecological burning on public land in Victoria. Completed in November 2001.
- Jason Laverty (Honours) Mapping the patchiness of low intensity prescribed fires in NSW. Deferred in 2001
- Kelly Howlett (Honours) Evaluation and development of assessment techniques for survival of buildings in fire-prone areas. Completed October 2000.
- Steve Blake (Honours) Quantification of the probability and spotting pattern in front of bushfires in eucalypt forest. Completed October 2000.
- Angus McLean (Honours) Analysis of the psychology and modes of operation of forest arsonists. Completed October 2000.
- Joel Mortyn (Honours) Analysis of the effects of spring and autumn fire regimes on vegetation in the Wombat State Forest. Completed October 2000.
- Chris Lindorff (Honours) Towards Ecologically Sustainable Fire Regimes in the Grampians National Park: A Case Study of Heathlands. Completed December 1999.
- Kathryn Jones (Honours) Fine Fuel Availability in Low Intensity Prescribed Fires. Completed October 1999.
- Jennifer Brick (Honours) Understorey Population Dynamics in the Wombat State Forest Study Area: Poa sieberiana. Completed October 1999.
- Rinske Poulier (Honours) The Effectiveness of Post-fire Rehabilitation in Reducing the Impact of Fire Suppression Works. Completed November 1999.
- Andrew Macaulay (Honours) When do Spot Fires have a Significant Impact on the Forward Rate of Spread of the Fire Front?. Completed October 1999.
- Craig Gloury (Honours) The distribution and edaphic/bioclimatic analyses of summer-flowering Eucalyptus tricarpa. Completed November 1998.
- Peter Murray (Honours) Quantative Analysis of Species Diversity and Effects of Site Variability in the Secondary Dipterocarp Forest at Huay Som Forest Research Station, Northern Thailand. Completed October 1997.
Specialist lectures to professional fire-fighters and fire managers, such as:
- National Fire Behaviour Analyst course for wildfire and prescribed burning fire behaviour predictions. Started August 2007.
- Advanced fire investigations course, coordinated by Dept. Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), attended by about 15 specialists from W.A., N.S.W., Qld., Vic., and S.A., held in Benalla, Victoria, November 1999.
- Advanced fire behaviour prediction course, coordinated by the Country Fire Authority, Victoria, attended by about 40 senior professional CFA fire officers, held at Fiskville, Victoria, September 1999.
- Level 2 Fire Planning Officers Course, coordinated by NRE, attended by about 25 officers, held in Creswick, Victoria.
- Fire Ecology Workshops, coordinated by NRE, attended by about 50 NRE and Parks Victoria officers at each of 5 venues (Mildura, Ballarat, Benalla, Paynesville, Melbourne), September 1998.
- Level 2 Fire Operations Course, coordinated by NRE, attended by about 25 officers, held in Creswick, Victoria, 1998.
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