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Qualifications
Biography
Simon is currently Director of the School of Culture, History and Language (since 2016). He completed his PhD at ANU on the Late Quaternary Environmental History of the Tari Basin, Papua New Guinea, in 1994. While holding postdoctoral positions at the Smithsonian (STRI, Panama) and at the University of Cambridge he continued to pursue his interest in the role of past climate change and human activity on tropical and temperate ecosystems through work in the Amazon Basin and southern South America. His research is currently focussed on the application of high-resolution palaeoecological analysis to our understanding of the impact of climate variability and human activity on terrestrial ecosystems of the Pacific and Indian Oceans during the Holocene. He is also developing e-Research tools in palaeoecology such as the Australasian Pollen and Spore Atlas and the PalaeoWorks website. He is currently using his knowledge of Australian pollen to explore the impact of atmospheric pollen and spores on respiratory health.
Career highlights
I am currently serving 5 years membership of the International Advisory Board for the Graduate School of Human Development in Landscapes, University of Kiel (Germany). I am Chair of the College of Asia and the Pacific Reconciliation Action Plan committee (2010-) and elected Chair of the College Forum (CAP 2007-2008); Director of the Centre for Archaeological Research (2006-2009); President of the Australasian Quaternary Association (2000-2004); QEII (ARC) Research Fellow investigating the impact of El Niño-related climate variability on tropical rain forest ecosystems of the Western Pacific (1998-2004); Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Plant Sciences, Cambridge University (1995-1997); Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama (1994-1995).
Research interests
Palaeoecology, Palynology; Palaeoclimatology; Fire History, Indian Ocean, Melanesia, Australia and Pacific Islands; See interview in Quarterly Bulletin, Dec 2003 (Download PDF); see PalaeoWorks website for full details on research and publication downloads.
Teaching
Keywords
- GB Physical geography
- Palaeoecology
- GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
- Cultural Landscapes
- QH301 Biology
- Vegetation History
- Fire History
Expertise Areas
- Palaeoecology
- Palynology
- Quaternary Environments
- Aerobiology
- Archaeological Science
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1) Cultural water values and indigenous engagement and 2) nature-based solutions for flood mitigation/adaptation
Prinsley, R. & Haberle, S.
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
1/03/23 → 28/02/26
Project: Research
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Long range toxic metal pollution in Australia and the Southern Ocean
Schneider, L., Griffiths, A., Haberle, S., Saunders, K. M. & Sun, R.
Australian National University (ANU), Australian Research Council (ARC)
23/12/22 → 23/12/25
Project: Research
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Long-term Agroecological Histories of Small Tropical Island Complexes of the Indian Ocean World
1/09/21 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
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Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH) Externally led by University of Wollongong
O'Connor, S., Roberts, R. G., Asmussen, B., Bird, M. I., Bradshaw, C., Brook, B., Cohen, T. J., Curnoe, D., David, B., Delannoy, J., Haberle, S., Jacobs, Z., Johnson, C. N., Knowles, C., Leavesley, M., Miller, G. H., Nakata, N. M., Russell, L., Slack, M., Stevenson, J., Storey, M., Turney, C. & Ulm, S.
Australian National University (ANU), Australian Research Council (ARC)
30/06/17 → 30/07/24
Project: Research
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Unravelling the mystery of the mighty ape's last stand
Haberle, S., Westaway, K. E., Ciochon, R. & Zhang, Y.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/01/17 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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Changing plant functional diversity over the last 12,000 years provides perspectives for tracking future changes in vegetation communities
Adeleye, M., Haberle, S., Gallagher, R. V., Andrew, S. C. & Herbert, A., 2023, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 7, p. 224-235Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Corrigendum to "Late Holocene climate anomaly concurrent with fire activity and ecosystem shifts in the eastern Australian Highlands"
Thomas, Z., Mooney, S., Cadd, H. R., Baker, A., Turney, C., Schneider, L., Hogg, A. G., Haberle, S., Green, K., Weyrich, L., Perez, V., Moore, N. E. & Zawadzki, A., 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 811, p. 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Demonstrating the potential of amberat middens for understanding late Quaternary palaeoenvironments in the Central Pilbara, western Australia
McBride, E., Wallis, L., Hopf, F., Haberle, S. & Dardengo, M., 2022, In: Quaternary International. 634Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Disruption of cultural burning promotes shrub encroachment and unprecedented wildfires
Mariani, M., Connor, S., Theuerkauf, M., Herbert, A., KuneÅ¡, P., Bowman, D. M. J. S., Fletcher, M-S., Head, L., Kershaw, A. P., Haberle, S., Stevenson, J., Adeleye, M., Cadd, H., Hopf, F. & Briles, C., 2022, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 20, 5, p. 292-300Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Ecosystem transformation following the mid-nineteenth century cessation of Aboriginal fire management in Cape Pillar, Tasmania
Adeleye, M., Haberle, S., Ondei, S. & Bowman, D. M. J. S., 2022, In: Regional Environmental Change. 22, 3, p. 1-14Research output: Contribution to journal › Article