Kristine French
Australian plant biologist
Kristine French is an Australian plant biologist who is a professor at the University of Wollongong, where she has directed the Janet Cosh Herbarium since 1992. She is known for researching the ecology of weeds, studying urban ecology and "endangered species and forest ecology."
Education
French gained her B.Sc. (Hons) from the University of Sydney in 1984. She earned her doctorate from Monash University in 1989. Her thesis is entitled "Fruit/bird interactions in wet sclerophyll forest in Australia: the influence of fruit characteristics and the role of birds as seed disposal agents".
Career
French is a professor at the Institute of Conservation Biology of the University of Wollongong. She has directed the university's Janet Cosh Herbarium since 1992.
She served as president of the Ecological Society of Australia in 2011–13. She initiated a collaborative project, the Ecosystem Science Long-Term Plan, including the Australian Academy of Science and the Terrestrial Environmental Research Network, which resulted in the publication of the report "Foundations for the future: A long-term plan for Australian ecosystem science", an advisory document for government. She has served on the group's steering committee since 2013.
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