About “Samantha Setterfield”

I have over 25 years experience in tropical ecology focussed on three interrelated areas of research: (i) tropical savanna and wetland ecology, (ii) invasive plant ecology, and (iii) weed risk management. I joined UWA in 2016, after an extensive period in northern Australia I completed my Honours in Botany at Monash University, and then moved to Darwin to take up a PhD opportunity investigating the effects of fire on tropical savannas within CSIRO’s Kapalga Fire Experiment in Kakadu National Park. I took up a lecturing position at Charles Darwin University (CDU) during which I led the Education programme of the Tropical Savannas CRC. I then moved into a lecturing role in the undergraduate programme at CDU and continued to build my research programme on tropical plant ecology.My research is highly collaborative with well-established partnerships with numerous research organisations and research users. In particular, I have extensively collaborated with Professor Michael Douglas (UWA), Dr Natalie Rossiter-Rachor (CDU) and Prof Lindsay Hutley (CDU).