Remko Duursma

Brief description

Dr Remko Duursma's research focuses on modelling vegetation function, including photosynthesis, growth, water use and radiation absorption of trees and forests. Dr Duursma joined Western in 2008 after a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He received his PhD in Natural Resources in 2004 at the University of Idaho, USA, and an MSc in Forestry from Wageningen University, the Netherlands, in 1999. At the Institute, his research is currently on the development of models to predict the effects of elevated CO2 and changes in precipitation on water use and carbon uptake by Australian forests as part of the Hawkesbury Forest Experiment. His areas of research/teaching expertise includes Plant Ecophysiology; Forest Hydrology; Forest Growth and Production Models; Process-Based Models of Vegetation Function; Dr Remko Duursma researches modelling vegetation function, including photosynthesis, growth, water use and radiation absorption of trees and forests within the Hawkesbury Institute of the Environment at Western Sydney University . After obtaining his PhD in Natural Resources from the University of Idaho, Dr Duursma worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Helsinki, before joining Western in 2008. He is currently researching the development of models to predict the effects of elevated CO2 and changes in precipitation on water use and carbon uptake by Australian forests as part of the Hawkesbury Forest Experiment. His areas of research include Plant Ecophysiology; Forest Hydrology; Forest Growth and Production Models; Process-Based Models of Vegetation Function; Mathematical Modelling; Quantitative Methods; Computational Methods and Data Analysis.

R12398_1:Dr Remko Duursma's research focuses on modelling vegetation function, including photosynthesis, growth, water use and radiation absorption of trees and forests. Dr Duursma joined UWS in 2008 after a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He received his PhD in Natural Resources in 2004 at the University of Idaho, USA, and an MSc in Forestry from Wageningen University, the Netherlands, in 1999. At the Institute, his research is currently on the development of models to predict the effects of elevated CO2 and changes in precipitation on water use and carbon uptake by Australian forests as part of the Hawkesbury Forest Experiment. His areas of research/teaching expertise includes Plant Ecophysiology; Forest Hydrology; Forest Growth and Production Models; Process-Based Models of Vegetation Function; Dr Remko Duursma researches modelling vegetation function, including photosynthesis, growth, water use and radiation absorption of trees and forests within the Hawkesbury Institute of the Environment at the University of Western Sydney (UWS). After obtaining his PhD in Natural Resources from the University of Idaho, Dr Duursma worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Helsinki, before joining UWS in 2008. He is currently researching the development of models to predict the effects of elevated CO2 and changes in precipitation on water use and carbon uptake by Australian forests as part of the Hawkesbury Forest Experiment. His areas of research include Plant Ecophysiology; Forest Hydrology; Forest Growth and Production Models; Process-Based Models of Vegetation Function; Mathematical Modelling; Quantitative Methods; Computational Methods and Data Analysis.