The ASPS Committee is comprised of elected volunteers from the Australian plant-science community.
President
Professor Brent Kaiser
University of Sydney, NSW brent.kaiser@sydney.edu.au
Research interests: Genetics/Molecular Biology and Plant/Microbe interactions
Elected: November 2023
Honorary Treasurer
Dr Mark Waters
The University of Western Australia, WA mark.waters@uwa.edu.au
Research interests: Genetics/Molecular Biology, Plant Development
Elected: November 2022
Honorary Secretary
Associate Professor Mary Byrne
School of Life and Environmental Sciences. Sydney University, NSW mary.byrne@sydney.edu.au
Research Interests: Cell Biology, Genetics/Molecular Biology
Elected: November 2021
Public Officer
Dr John Evans
Research School of Biology, Australian National University john.evans@anu.edu.au Academic website
Research Interests: Global Change, Cell/Tissue Physiology
Past President
Professor Martha Ludwig
University of Western Australia, WA martha.ludwig@uwa.edu.au Academic website
Research interests: Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell biology
Elected: Nov 2021
ASPS Committee Meetings involve the members of the Executive Committee (President, Past President/President Elect, Hon. Treasurer, Hon. Secretary, Public Officer), the seven discipline representatives and research student representatives, and invited non-elected members (Editor of Functional Plant Biology, Editor of Phytogen, Editor of Plants in Action).
Nomination forms for committee positions can be downloaded here.
Previous ASPS Committees can be found here.