Professor David Lindenmayer
Fenner School of Environment and Society
ANU College of Science
Professor David Lindenmayer is a Research Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society.
Professor Lindenmayer is a world-leading expert in forest ecology and resource management, conservation science, and biodiversity conservation. He currently runs five large-scale, long-term research programs in south-eastern Australia, primarily associated with developing ways to conserve biodiversity in farmland, wood production forests, plantations, and reserves.
He has maintained some of the largest, long-term research programs in Australia, with some exceeding 38 years in duration.
Professor Lindenmayer has published more than 1,360 scientific articles including 870 peer-reviewed papers in international scientific journals. He has also published 48 books, including many award-winning textbooks and other seminal books. He is among the world’s most productive and most highly-cited scientists, particularly in forest ecology and conservation biology.
Professor Lindenmayer held a prestigious Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship from 2013-2018. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (elected 2008), a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (elected in 2019), and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2014.
His research has been recognised through numerous awards, including the Eureka Science Prize (twice), Whitley Award (10 times), the Serventy Medal for Ornithology, and the Australian Natural History Medallion. In 2018, he was awarded the prestigious Whittaker Medal from the Ecological Society of America.
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Science superstars honoured by academy
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