Bruce is a Principal Research Scientist with CSIRO in Perth, Western Australia and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia. With experience working across government and academia and collaborating with a diversity of stakeholders, Bruce combines science strategy and leadership with applied research delivery and science communication.

His portfolio of work focuses on the impacts of global environmental change on biological diversity and the role of species interaction networks in shaping ecological communities. He leads initiatives that translate novel research findings into improved management solutions, addressing high priority challenges at the nexus of climate change, species invasions and landscape change.

A common theme underpinning his current research is how plant fitness is influenced by abiotic, biotic and dispersal drivers, and how this fitness, in turn, impacts on population and community dynamics.  Bruce’s research spans a variety of ecosystems, with a particular focus on the tropical regions of northern Australia and SE Asia. He complements this field-based research with controlled-condition experiments and modelling.