Hilary Rose Dawson

Hilary Rose Dawson is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian National University's Division of Ecology and Evolution. Her research focuses on how abiotic disturbances like fire and drought impact plant-soil-fungi interactions across temporal and spatial scales. She specializes in both aboveground plant traits/carbon fluxes and belowground soil carbon/mycorrhizal networks.

Education:

• PhD in Biology (University of Oregon, 2024)
• Bachelor of Human Ecology (College of the Atlantic, 2018)

Research emphasizes:

• Climate change impacts on plant functional diversity
• Soil biogeochemical processes under environmental stress
• Truffle ecology using innovative methods like truffle dog surveys

Her recent work combines field botany with remote sensing technologies (Sentinel-2/Landsat) for ecological mapping. She serves as Reviewing Editor for Applications in Plant Sciences (2024-2026).