The ASPS Committee is comprised of elected volunteers from the Australian plant-science community.
President
Professor Martha Ludwig
University of Western Australia, WA martha.ludwig@uwa.edu.au
Research interests: Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell biology
Elected: November 2021
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
Dr Kim Johnson
Animal, Plant and Soil Science, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment. Biology, La Trobe University, VIC K.Johnson@latrobe.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
President Elect
Professor Brent Kaiser
University of Sydney, NSW brent.kaiser@sydney.edu.au Academic website
Research interests: Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant/Microbe interactions
Elected: Nov 2023
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.