Jake Eckersley

Mr, Postdoctoral fellow

  • The University of Western Australia (M092), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

  • The University of Western Australia (M090), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

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Biography

I am currently employed as a postdoctoral fellow at UWA, where I am examining the ecology of stinking passionflower, a major environmental weed northern Australia's tropics. I have broad research interests in dryland ecology and biogeochemistry, plant functional ecology, riparian ecology, and vegetation remote-sensing.

Prior to my current role, I worked with the Mayfield lab the University of Melbourne, where I conducted field surveys examining plant/plant and plant/environment interactions in WA's annual wildflower communities. 

My PhD sought to charactarise the phenology of riverine vegetation of the Fortescue River catchment in the semi-arid/subtropical Pilbara region. To do so, I developed a suite of methods for measuring leaf area index (LAI) using ground and satellite-based remote sensing. I then used these methods, coupled with a large-scale space for time litterfall study, to examine the potential effects of shifting rainfall patterns and hydrologic regimes on plant growth, senesence and reproductive phenology.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Education/Academic qualification

Botany, Honours (first class), The University of Western Australia

Award Date: 1 Nov 2019

Botany/Zoology, Bachelor, The University of Western Australia

Award Date: 1 Nov 2018

Marketing, Bachelor, Curtin University

… → 11 Jan 2014

Award Date: 1 Nov 2014

Industry keywords

  • Environmental
  • Space

Research expertise keywords

  • River ecology
  • Remote sensing
  • Drylands
  • Australia
  • Botany
  • Hydrology
  • carbon cycle

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