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Dr Adam Frew

Dr Adam Frew
Name Adam Frew
Position Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Section Centre for Crop Health (Operations)
Phone +61 7 4631 5535
Extension 5535
Email
Qualifications BSc(Hons) St Andrews , PhD Western Sydney
Homepage https://www.adamfrew.net/
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Biography

Dr Adam Frew is an ecologist interested in plant interactions with fungi and herbivores. The main focus of his research is the ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and how the mycorrhizal symbiosis can affect plant defences against herbivores. His research also looks to understand how mycorrhizal fungal communities respond to environmental change and/or land management within agricultural and natural ecosystems. Adam is currently an ARC DECRA fellow and forms part of the ecology at USQ team. Previously he taught into a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses on ecology, environmental science and sustainability. Prior to his appointment at USQ, Adam completed his PhD at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University before taking on a Charles Sturt University Postdoctoral Research Fellowship based in Wagga Wagga, NSW.

Research Career


  • Ecology ( 060200 )
  • Microbial Ecology ( 060504 )
  • Plant Biology ( 060700 )
  • Ecological Impacts of Climate Change ( 050101 )
  • Soil Biology ( 050303 )
  • Ecology ( 310300 )
  • Soil Biology ( 410603 )
  • Plant Biology ( 310800 )
  • Microbial Ecology ( 310703 )
  • Ecological Impacts Of Climate Change And Ecological Adaptation ( 410102 )
  • Microbiology ( 310700 )
  • Climate Change Impacts And Adaptation ( 410100 )
  • Soil Sciences ( 410600 )

Ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; plant-herbivore interactions; plant defense against insect herbivores; community ecology; sustainable plant production


Memberships:
Member of Ecological Society of Australia
Member of British Ecological Society
Member of Equity and Diversity working group for the Ecological Society of Australia

Journal Editorial Appointments:
Associate Editor for Functional Ecology
Associate Editor for Pedobiologia (Journal of Soil Ecology)


  • Centre for Crop Health (CCH)

Teaching


REN1201 Environmental Studies (ONC & ONL)
REN2200 Ecology for Sustainability (ONC & ONL)
REN8101 Environment, Society & Sustainability (ONL)
REN8202 Conservation for Sustainable Futures (ONL)
REN3302 Sustainable Resource Use (ONC & ONL)
REN8302 Sustainability Science (ONL)


3 Years

Supervision


  • Microbial Ecology ( 060504 )
  • Ecological Impacts of Climate Change ( 050101 )
  • Soil Biology ( 050303 )
  • Ecology ( 310300 )
  • Soil Biology ( 410603 )
  • Plant Biology ( 310800 )
  • Microbial Ecology ( 310703 )
  • Ecological Impacts Of Climate Change And Ecological Adaptation ( 410102 )
  • Microbiology ( 310700 )
  • Climate Change Impacts And Adaptation ( 410100 )
  • Soil Sciences ( 410600 )