About “Michael Douglas”

I did my degree at Monash University and did honours in freshwater ecology with Sam Lake. I then worked at the ABC Television as a researcher and producer on natural history documentaries between 1989-1991.In 1991 I moved to Darwin to do a PhD on the effects of catchment fire management on intermittent streams through Monash University.In 1995 I took up a position at Charles Darwin University (CDU) and was lecturing in ecology and environmental science until 2005. Since then I have focussed primarily on research and have played a key role in establishing and leading large collaborative research initiatives. Since 2006 I have been the Director of TRaCK – the Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge consortium and in 2011 I became the Director of the NERP Northern Australia Hub – one of only five research hubs established under the National Environmental Research Program.In 2016 I became Hub Leader of the National Environmental Science Program’s Northern Australian Environmental Resources Hub and moved to UWA.