The speaker's presentation can be found here: Peter Ralph Talk (36 MB PDF).
Peter Ralph is an Associate Professor at UTS and the Executive Director of the Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster (C3). He has over 15 years experience in the areas of photosynthetic physiology and ecology of marine plants and is widely regarded as a world expert in this field. His research team has made significant contributions to the physiology of marine plants, including corals, Antarctic sea-ice algae, seagrasses and macroalgae. His group includes senior research fellows, 3 post docs, 7 PhD students and 4 Honours. His team has on-going research collaborations with Danish, German, UK, US and Canadian photobiologists. Peter has been addressing questions fundamental to advancing knowledge of marine photosynthetic organisms that survive at the edge of their environmental envelope. His group is currently developing mechanistic models of microalgal photo-physiology, as well as developing a fluorescence-based proxy of primary production.Details of events scheduled for the remainder of the current year by the Southern Highlands branch can be found on its website, while details of events of previous years can be found here.
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