Danish student takes advantage of exchange program

Rune Juelsborg Karsten, a Danish exchange student from Copenhagen, has just spent a semester with Plant Science. He received a Crown Princess Mary Scholarship to assist him with his study in Tasmania and has really enjoyed his time here, challenging himself in a new environment, improving his English, making new friends and contacts and learning about totally different vegetation types, especially when he was enrolled in Field Botany within weeks of landing in Australia!

Hear Rune talk about his Tasmanian experience.

Plant Science goes worldwide! March 2007.

Aquatic Botany student Ben Mooney has been awarded the inaugural Tasmanian Fullbright postdoctoral scholarship. Ben will conduct part of his PhD research on fish killing dinoflagellates (Karlodinium) at the University of Maryland Center of Marine Biotechnology in the US.

Full story on Ben Mooney can be found here (opens in new window).

Plant Science expertise goes to Korea when Aquatic Botany student, Tae Gyu Park, has completed his PhD thesis on another group of toxic dinoflagellates (Pfiesteria) and in March 2007 will return to his native Korea to take up a position at Pukyong National University.

Plant Science celebrates its botanical achievers, March 2007.

School of Plant Science staff, students and families gathered recently at a cocktail party in Hobart to celebrate the achievements of its students and to present Honours prizes and scholarships worth in excess of $24,000. The School is extremely grateful to all the benefactors who continue to support our students.

Prizes (for 2006) Dr Winifred Curtis Prize: 1st year Plant Science: Emma Flukes | Australian Federation of University Women Prize: 2nd year Plant Science: Anneka Ferguson and Scott McAdam | Prof. WD Jackson Prize: 3rd year Plant Science: Corey Hudson and David Tng | Lola Jackson Prize: best Botany Honours thesis: Matthew Larcombe | Prof. WD Jackson Prize: best Genetics Honours thesis: Lim Chee Liew

Honours scholarships: Three scholarships each worth $4000, to honour the School’s foundation Professor of Botany, Professor H.N. Barber were awarded to: Daniel Hodge, Yui Osanai, Michelle Storer. | David Tng and Corey Hudson were winners of the two $5000 Prof. Bill Jackson Tasmanian University Scholarships and Clare Brooker was awarded the $2000 DJ Motors Botany Field Work Scholarship for 2007. .

Plant Science Scholarships 2006. 4th April 2006.

The School of Plant Science presented Honours prizes and scholarships worth in excess of $20,000 at a recent ceremony in Hobart.

The prestigious Bill Jackson Scholarship valued at $5000 was awarded to Matthew Larcombe. Matt will investigate the conservation and ecology of Hardenbergia violacea. Four scholarships each worth $4000 honour the School's foundation Professor of Botany, Professor H.N. Barber. The legacy of his world-renowned work in ecological and evolution genetics will be perpetuated by students (back, left to right) Lim Chee Liew, Michaela Nolan, Misty Lambert and (front) Amity Williams.

Full story can be found at UniTAS online here on page 6.

Professor Jim Reid, Inaugural Distinguished Service Medal Award. 28th March 2006.

'The Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to an individual member of staff, who, over a number of years, has made an outstanding contribution and has provided distinguished service to UTAS.'

'Jim's contributions to teaching & learning, grants funding, research publications, professional contributions, international recognition, and engagement in each of these areas are considerable. Jim has made significant ongoing contributions to teaching & learning...as well as playing an integral part in the teaching program in the School of Plant Science. During his teaching career he also embraced new initiatives...and has been pivotal in embedding these in the School and Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology.'

Full story can be found at UniTAS online here on page 3.