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Patrick Meir is a Professor in the Research School of Biology at the Australian National University (ANU), where he holds an ARC Future Fellowship. He is affiliated with the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions (ICEDS) and leads significant research on tropical forest ecosystems and their responses to climate change.
His educational background includes an undergraduate degree in Biology from Oxford University (1990) and a PhD in Ecological Science from Edinburgh University (1996). Prior to joining ANU in 2012, he held academic positions at the University of Edinburgh, including a lectureship in the School of Geosciences (2002) and Chair in Ecosystem Science (2010), as well as a Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Fellowship (2009-2010).
Meir's research focuses on tropical forest ecosystems, specifically examining how climate, soils, and species composition influence ecosystem functioning. His work spans plant and soil ecophysiology, carbon cycle dynamics, drought responses in Amazonian forests, soil respiration mechanisms, and the application of remote sensing for understanding tropical biomass. He has conducted extensive field research across multiple countries, with significant emphasis on the Amazon rainforest.
Analysis of his publication record reveals consistent focus on climate-forest interactions, particularly drought impacts on carbon cycling in tropical ecosystems. His research combines field experiments, modeling approaches, and remote sensing techniques to understand ecosystem responses to environmental change, with significant contributions to understanding soil respiration temperature sensitivity, nutrient constraints on photosynthesis, and forest vulnerability to climate extremes.
- ARC Future Fellowship (FT3), 2012
- Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Fellowship, 2009
Meir actively supervises multiple research projects including Amazalert, studies on soil respiration across tropical elevation gradients, investigations into climate and evolutionary controls on leaf respiration, and research on tree mortality in tropical forests. His work involves substantial field components across Amazonia, Southeast Asia, and Australia, often in collaboration with international research teams. He has secured significant research funding through his ARC Future Fellowship and collaborative grants focused on understanding climate-forest interactions.
His research group conducts field experiments including large-scale soil translocation studies in the Peruvian Andes and drought impact assessments in Amazonian forests. The team integrates physiological measurements, ecosystem modeling, and remote sensing approaches to understand tropical forest responses to environmental change, with particular attention to carbon cycling processes under changing climate conditions.
