Downey, Paul Owen   (fl. 1995 - )

Education & Experience

- Intern - Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Canberra, Jan 1995 - Mar 1995.

- BSc Honours, ANU, Canberra, on 'Host-mistletoe combinations in Australia', 1996.

- PhD thesis, UNE (Armadale, NSW) 2002:
    'Disturbance and invasion ecology of Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius (L.) link ) in Australia'.

- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, North Dakota State University, USA, 2001.

- Senior Research Officer, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2002.

- Program Leader (Weeds), Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (NSW), 2002 - 2010.

- Visiting Research Fellow, Macquarie University 2008 - 2010.

- Associate Professor in Plant Ecology, University of Canberra, 2010 - 2018.

- Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Canberra, Jul 2018 - .

- CEO, Environmenal Management Consulting (Paul Downey), Canberra, Australia, 2015 - .

General

- National Program Development Officer (advisory role), Greening Australia, 2012 - 2013.
- Visiting Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch Uni, South Africa, 2015.
- Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee - member, Office of Gene Technology Regulator, 2020 - 2022.

He has worked for and within government agencies, academia/research organisations, as well as with the private sector, NGOs and community and indigenous groups, in numerous countries including South Africa and Bhutan.

As a consultant he specialises in projects at the policy-management-research [science] interface around conservation, threatened species, park management, invasive species management, risk assessment, biosecurity, adaptive management, monitoring and evaluation, prioritisation and conservation triage.

Source: Extracted from:
https://blogs.sun.ac.za/cib/visiting-associates/prof-paul-downey/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-downey-599b6764/details/experience/
ANBG Library: BSc Hon. thesis 'Host-mistletoe combinations in Australia', Downey, P.O. ANU, 1996. https://une.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61UNE_INST/9v3hra/alma9955294102706
Portrait Photo: ~2015, https://blogs.sun.ac.za/cib/visiting-associates/prof-paul-downey/

Collecting localities for 'Downey, P.O.' from AVH (2024)

Data from 1,220 specimens