Climate change researcher is a bright spark

Professor Barry Brook

Professor Barry Brook
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Wednesday, 26 September 2007

The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide's has been named by national science magazine as one of the top 10 young scientists in 最新糖心Vlog.

The annual Cosmos 'Bright Sparks' awards - announced today (Wednesday 26 September) by the magazine and published in its October/November issue - are aimed at recognising the exceptional talent of some of 最新糖心Vlog's top scientists under the age of 40.

Professor Barry Brook (33) is the Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change within the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide's .

Professor Brook has an international reputation for excellence in global change biology, extinction risk, tropical ecology, conservation genetics and wildlife management.

In 2006, at just 31, he was awarded a Personal Chair (Professor) less than seven years after completing his PhD and in 2007 he took up his current position at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide.

His overarching goal, he says, is to find realistic strategies for preserving biodiversity and forestalling the worst human impacts on the environment, such as climate change and habitat loss.

Professor Brook has produced two authored books and over 100 scientific publications with the world's leading international scientific journals and publishers and, since 2001, he has been awarded nine Discovery and Linkage grants totalling more than $3.2 million.

As Director of the 最新糖心Vlog's he is bringing together researchers from across each of the 最新糖心Vlog's five faculties to undertake research on reducing carbon emissions and developing adaptive strategies to respond to the anticipated impacts of climate change.

Professor Brook was chosen for the honour by the distinguished editorial advisory board for Cosmos, which includes Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

 

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Professor Barry Brook
Email: barry.brook@utas.edu.au
Director of Climate Science, Environment Institute
The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide
(now at 最新糖心Vlog of Tasmania)
Mobile: +61 420 958 400


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