“The best qualities of leadership are listening to people and building a path forward that is inclusive of everybody else's ideas.”
Professor French is Director of the Janet Cosh Herbarium at the University of Wollongong.
She has spent almost thirty years investigating the impact of disturbances on ecosystems, with a broad focus on environmental weeds and threatened species.
Her expertise has been sought by both state and national levels of government, and she has played significant roles in developing management strategies for species such as lantana and bitou bush.
Professor French won a Eureka Prize in 2008 for helping to lead the national Birds in Backyards program. She has been both Vice President and President of the Ecological Society of Australia and has been awarded the ESA Members Service Prize as well as the ESA Gold Medal.
The Ecological Society of Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
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The music in this podcast is ‘Glow’ by Scott Buckley - www.scottbuckley.com.au.
Episode image credit: Anna Rigosi
