SABINE NOOTEN PhD student Tel: +61 2 9850 8191 Fax: +61 2 9850 8245 E-mail: sabine.nooten[at]mq.edu.au

Background

I studied biology at the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-University in Frankfurt Main in Germany and graduated with a diploma degree. The title of my thesis was: “Cloning, expression and characterisation of a beta-carotene hydroxylase from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC 6301”.

Research

My research focuses on the impacts of climate change on plant insect interactions. I am interested in insect herbivore communities on Australian native plant species and how climate change affects their structure and composition. I am determining the structure and composition of arthropod communities on host plant species across their native range. More specifically my interest lies in the effects of a warmer climate on these communities. I am conducting a large scale transplant experiment across a latitudinal gradient on the east coast of Australia. I am also looking at rates of herbivory and their seasonal shifts.

Further interests

Climate change, plant–insect interactions, insect communities, birds and arid land ecology.

Address

Building E8C 142

Department of Biological Sciences

Macquarie University

North Ryde

NSW 2109

Photo by Sabine Nooten

Photo by Sabine Nooten