Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Dr Maria Gibson
  Phone   +61 3 925 17466
Email   maria.gibson@deakin.edu.au
Position   Senior Lecturer
Campus   Burwood
Research grouping   Marine and Freshwater Science
Wildlife and Conservation Biology

Research interests

  1. Plant ecology: interrelationships and conservation
  2. Phytoremediation
  3. Cryptogamic botany: bryophytes, lichens and algae

Career

BSc (Hons), PhD Monash University
Royal Botanic Gardens - Technical Assistant
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - Lecturer
Deakin University (1990 - current) - Tutor, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer

Key publications

Birtchnell, M.J. and Gibson, M. (2008) Flowering Ecology of honey-Producing Flora in South-East Australia Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australia

Morley, S. and Gibson, M. (2004) Cool Temperate Rainforest Lichens of Victoria, Australia: Floristics and Distribution The Bryologist Vol. 107, No. 1, pp. 62-74 , American Bryological and Lichenological Society, United States

Hudek, L., Rai, L, Freestone, D., Michalczyk, A., Gibson, M., Song, Y. and Ackland, M. (2009) Bioinformatic and Expression Analyses of Genes Mediating Zinc Homeostasis in Nostoc punctiforme Applied and Environmental Microbiology Vol 75, No 3, pp. 784-791 American Society for Microbiology, USA

Gibson, M. (2005) Bryophyte reproductive ecology and conservation Danthonia Vol 14, No 1, pp. 20-22 Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Australia

Gibson, M. (2003) Reproduction in Sphacelaria biradiata Askenasy (Sphacelariales, Phaeophyceae) in Southern Australia, The Victorian Naturalist Vol 120, No 5, pp. 171-178 Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, Australia

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Professional activities

Judge, Banksia Environmental Awards
Editor, The Victorian Naturalist
Committee member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
Bachelor of Science Coordinator, Burwood Campus
Fellow, College of Deakin Distinguished Educators

 

PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Amanda May Exploration of an historical cultural landscape: implications for management Emma CarlosThe habitat value of weeds for wildlife: implications for weed management  

 

Teaching areas

Plant Biology/Ecology
Vegetation Management
Pest Plants


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8th February 2013