!!Hugh Possingham - Curriculum Vitae
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__EDUCATION__
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*1980 - 1982	B.Sc. The University of Adelaide, Australia. \\
*1983		B.Sc. (Hons.) 1st class, Applied Mathematics\\
*1984 - 1987	D.Phil., Oxford University, St John’s College
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__EMPLOYMENT__
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*2000 -Professor of Mathematics and Professor of Ecology, The University of Queensland (40%)\\
*2022 Chief Scientist, Accounting for Nature (10%)\\
*2022 Co-chair, Biodiversity Council (10%)
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__FIELDS OF RESEARCH__\\
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Conservation Biology: using tools from decision science and economics to solve conservation problems, setting conservation priorities, biodiversity and climate change.\\
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Basic ecology:  metapopulation dynamics, stochastic population modelling, landscape ecology.\\
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__FUNDING SUPPORT__\\
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$85 million at universities (all sources), and raised >$50 million of philanthropic funds.\\
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__RESEARCH IMPACT (ONE EXAMPLE)__\\
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Over the past two decades collaborators and my lab developed a systematic conservation planning tool – Marxan – that is now used by >20000 users in >150 countries worldwide changing the face of about 10% of the planet’s surface. \\
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__RECENT SELECTED SERVICE (BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, 31 IN ALL)__
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*Conservation International Science Advisory Committee\\
*Vice-President, BirdLife Australia, plus three subcommittees\\
*Advisory Board Chair, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network\\
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__SELECTED RECENT SPEAKING ROLES__\\
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I deliver 20-50 invited seminars and talks at international, national and local events each year, including multiple plenaries and keynotes.\\
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*2024 talks at Oxford University and in Chile (several universities), many regional talks\\
*Feb 2021 British Ecological Society webinar on optimal monitoring (>400 online attendees)\\
*May 2019 Royal Society Breakfast in London on the future of biodiversity, UK\\
*May 2019 Third annual “EO Wilson lecture”, Oldenburg University, Germany\\
*May 2019 Invited seminar, University of Rome, Italy\\
*May 2019 Invited seminar, European Union Joint Research Commission, Ispra, Italy\\
*Apr 2018 "Alfred Newton Prize Lecture", British Ornithologists annual meeting, UK
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__MENTORING AND RESEARCH TRAINING__
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*Postdoctoral Fellows – 57 (many now full Professors in the UK, USA and Australia)\\
*PhD students completed – 92 (12 now full Professors in Canada, USA, Colombia, UK and Australia)\\
*Honours students - 64
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__PUBLICATIONS – SUMMARY DATA (AUGUST 1, 2024)__
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*h-index: 127 Web of Science; \\
*2016 - 2024 ISI Highly-cited Researcher (8 years so far), 17 highly cited papers in last 10 years (top 1%)\\
*Policy mentions: 93 of publications have been cited in policy documents from agencies including United Nations, National Academies of Sciences, European Union
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__Media attention:__ 108 of publications have been mentioned by news outlets 847 times, in e.g. The Los Angeles Times, Le Monde, New Scientist, National Geographic, Huffington Post.\\ \\[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW edit hpossingham}][{ALLOW upload hpossingham}][{ALLOW comment All}]