The ASPS Committee is comprised of elected volunteers from the Australian plant-science community.
President
Associate Professor Kathleen Soole
Flinders University, SA kathleen.soole@flinders.edu.au Academic website
Research interests: Cell/Tissue Physiology and Cell biology
Elected: October 2017
Honorary Treasurer
Dr Mike Haydon
The Melbourne University, VIC m.haydon@unimelb.edu.au Academic website
Research interests:
Elected: November 2019
Honorary Secretary
Dr Simon Williams
Plant Structural Immunology,Research School of Biology, ANU, ACT Simon.Williams@anu.edu.au
Research Interests:
Elected: November 2019
Public Officer
Dr John Evans
Research School of Biology, Australian National University john.evans@anu.edu.au Academic website
Research Interests: Global Change, Cell/Tissue Physiology
Past President
Professor Sergey Shabala
School of Land and Food, The University of Tasmania Sergey.Shabala@utas.edu.au Academic website
Research interests: stress physiology; membrane transport; abiotic stress signalling; ecophysiology
Elected: October 2015
ASPS Committee Meetings involve the members of the Executive Committee (President, Past President/President Elect, Hon. Treasurer, Hon. Secretary, Public Officer), the seven discipline representatives and research student representatives, and invited non-elected members (Editor of Functional Plant Biology, Editor of Phytogen, Editor of Plants in Action).
Nomination forms for committee positions can be downloaded here.
Previous ASPS Committees can be found here.