Hot Science topics 

Find out about our current research programs & projects

Horticultural research

• NSW Seedbank
• Seed Biology
• Rainforest Seeds
• Terrestrial Orchids

Systematics research

• Evolution of the Proteaceae
• Biology of Myrtaceae
• Evolution of Cyperaceae
• DNA studies of Restionaceae
• Evolution of Vallisneria
• Australian 'Bush Potato'
• Trees of Papua New Guinea
• Marine algae
• Australian freshwater algae
• Lepidoziaceae - Southern Liverworts
• She-oaks - tough survivors
• Cycas - ancient survivors
• DNA of ground orchids

Ecology research

• Ecology of Cumberland Plain Woodland
• NSW Vegetation Project
• Evolution and conservation
• Botany of Botany Bay
• Plants, vegetation, landscape, country
• DNA studies of Elaeocarpaceae
• Habitat Fragmentation
• Floristic Lists of NSW

Plant pathology research

• Cotton Wilt
• Fungal leaf spot on eucalypts
• Australian fungi
• Phythophthora in national parks in NSW
• Fusarium wilt
• Soilborne diseases in Vietnam