Tianhua He
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Environment and Agriculture
Curtin University
Australia
Biography
Tianhua He has received undergraduate education in Central China Agriculture University (Wuhan) in the major of plant pathology and agriculture entomology. In 1999, Tianhua He have earned my PhD at Peking University (Beijing) in the field of plant conservation biology. Tianhua He then took up a postdoctoral fellowship for the next two years at the Institute of Botany at the Chinese Academy of Sciences to work on conservation genetics of rare dipterocarps in China. After moving to Australia in 2002, Tianhua He have worked at Curtin University, University of Western Australia and Kings Park and Botanic Garden on a series of ARC-funded projects focusing on the (meta)population genetics, ecology, evolution, conservation and restoration of Australian native plants, focusing on banksias in particular. Taking up a research (80%) and teaching (20%) position at Curtin University in 2012, Tianhua He currently lead two ARC Discovery project on: 1, reconstruct the evolutionary history of the Proteaceae in the context of fire, drought and climate change, and 2, evolutionary adaptation of Australian native flora to recent climate change. Teaching-wise,Tianhua He unit co-ordinator for third year BioMonitoring, and give guest lectures in other units.
Research Interest
Origin and evolution of plant functional traits in relation to fire Conservation and restoration genetics Gene movement in plant populations Evolutionary adaptation to climate change Dynamics and maintenance of biodiversity Molecular and evolutionary ecology Plant-animal interactions, particularly between plant and seed dispersers.
Publications
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El-Amhir, S. H., B. B. Lamont, T. He, and G. Yan. 2017. "Small-seeded Hakea species tolerate cotyledon loss better than large-seeded congeners." Scientific Reports 7
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Lamont, B. B., T. He, and J. G. Pausas. 2017. "African geoxyles evolved in response to fire; frost came later." Evolutionary Ecology 31 (5): 603-617.
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Wittkuhn, R. S., B. B. Lamont, and T. He. 2017. "Combustion temperatures and nutrient transfers when grasstrees burn." Forest Ecology and Management 399: 179-187.