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Research Interests
My main research focus is to understand how plants
respond to environmental stress. Plant responses
can be monitored at a range of levels from the molecular
to the ecological and my research encompasses all
of these levels. These techniques are applied to
research into plants from a range of stressful environments
(Antarctica to Australian salt marshes), plant insect
and weed interactions and also to thermoregulatory
(hot) plants.
For potential research topics and information, see
following pages:
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Cool plants
- Antarctic plants and global change
- Using remote sensing to map Antarctic
flora
 Research
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Antarctic
Diary
Online
Lecture (Flash)
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Hot plants
Thermogenesis and thermoregulation in plants
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Plant Stress Ecophysiology
- Weed ecophysiology
- Plants and disturbance
- Seagrasses
- Mangroves and salt marshes
- Plants and disease
- Early detection of Phylloxera infestation
in vines
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Teaching
Photosynthesis in Silico multimedia
teaching CD.
Details and Purchase..
Representative Publications
Searchable Publication List
Watling, J.R., Robinson, S.A. Seymour, R.S (2006)
Contribution of the alternative pathway to respiration
during thermogenesis in flowers of the sacred lotus.
Plant Physiology 140, 1367-1373
Paper
in PDF (681k)
Wasley, J., Robinson, S.A., Popp, M., Lovelock,
C.E. (2006) Climate change manipulations show Antarctic
flora is more strongly affected by elevated nutrients
than water. Global Change Biology 12 1800-1812.
Wasley, J., Robinson, S.A., Popp, M., Lovelock,
C.E. (2006) Some like it wet – biological characteristics
underpinning tolerance of extreme water events in
Antarctic bryophytes. Functional Plant Biology 33
443-455.
Robinson, S.A., Turnbull, J.D. Lovelock, C.E. (2005)
Impact of changes in natural UV radiation on pigment
composition, surface reflectance and photosynthetic
function of the Antarctic moss, Grimmia antarctici.
Global Change Biology 11, 476–489.
Paper
in PDF (681k)
(This is an electronic version of an article published
in Global Change Biology: complete citation information
for the final version of the paper, as published
in the print edition of Global Change Biology, is
available on the Blackwell Synergy online delivery
service, accessible via the journal's website at http://
www.blackwellpublishing.com/GCB or http://www.blackwell-synergy.com.)
Dunn, J.L., Turnbull, J.D., Robinson, S.A. (2004)
Comparison of solvent regimes for the extraction of
photosynthetic pigments from leaves of higher plants.
Functional Plant Biology 31: 195-202
Paper
in PDF (83k)
Robinson, S.A., Wasley, J. and Tobin, A.K. (2003)
Living on the edge-plants and global change in continental
and maritime Antarctica. Global Change Biology 9 1681-1717
Paper
in PDF (432k)
Robinson, S.A., Slade, A.P., Fox, G.G., Phillips,
R., Ratcliffe, R.G. and Stewart, G.R. (1991). The role
of glutamate dehydrogenase in plant nitrogen metabolism.
Plant Physiol. 95 509-516
Paper
in PDF (1419k)
Current Students
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Rebecca Miller
Thermoregulation in plants
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PhD Students
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Laurence Clarke
Genetic variation in the cosmopolitan moss
Ceratodon purpureus.
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Nicole Grant
Thermoregulation in the sacred lotus. Details...
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Emilie Ens
Does Bitou Bush impair the health and fitness
of native coastal vegetation. (With Kris
French)
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Masters
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Johanna Turnbull
(Masters Research)
DNA damage in Antarctic mosses
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Mary Rosengren
(Doctor of Creative Arts)
Project
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Neelima Sathe
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Honours
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Shih-Ping Su
Bioactive compounds in Ceratodon purpureus
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Abbreviated CV
Academic Degrees
1980-1983 B.Sc. First Class Honours (Genetics
and Botany) University College London
1987-1990 PhD (Botany), University College London,
Title of Thesis: Nitrogen metabolism in carrot
cell suspension cultures.
Academic and Research Appointments
2005- Director Institute for Conservation Biology
2004- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences,
The University of Wollongong.
2000- 2004 Senior Lecturer, Biological Sciences,
The University of Wollongong.
1996-1999 Lecturer, Biological Sciences, The
University of Wollongong.
1992-1996 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Research
School of Biological Sciences, The Australian
National University.
1990-1991 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Duke
University, North Carolina
1985-1986 Graduate Certificate in Science Education
(Biology) Centre for Science Education, Kings
College London
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