May 16, 2017
Patricia Selkirk
Anctarctic Ecosystem

PATRICIA SELKIRK  Patricia Selkirk, AAM is an Australian plant biologist and ecologist. Her career has focused on Antarctic and subantarctic terrestrial ecosystems and she is recognized as being a pioneering female Australian Antarctic scientist. Dr Selkirk has made significant contributions to Antarctic science in several capacities:

  • as a member of national scientific committees (such as ASAC, ANCAR and AREG);
  • as an academic at Macquarie University (through student research supervision and the development of an Antarctic studies unit); and
  • through her scientific research (both on the Antarctic continent and subantarctic islands).