Nanjappa Ashwath
Associate Professor
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
Queensland University of Technology
Australia
Biography
Associate Professor Nanjappa Ashwath is an active researcher, lecturer and a post graduate supervisor. His research focuses on Australian plants, which ranges from seed biology, tissue culture, genetics, plant propagation, contaminated site remediation to ecosystem reconstruction. He teaches into botany, land management, landscape ecology and environmental science courses. He currently supervises more than 10 PhD and Master’s students most of which come from developing countries. Assoc Prof Ashwath has won Vice Chancellor’s award for research. Prior to joining CQUni he had served as a Research Scientist at CSIRO and at the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Research Interest
Environmental Science and Management - Environmental Rehabilitation (excl. Bioremediation)