Geoff graduated with BAppSc (Environmental Biology) (Hons), University of Technology Sydney in 1992 and completed his PhD in ecology at ANU in 1998. Since his appointment in 1996, Geoff has been the lecturer in fire science.

Professional Activities

Geoff convenes the 'Fire in the Environment' course and contributes to 'Weather, Climate & Fire' and 'Environmental Biogeography'. Geoff is a researcher in Project B.1.2 of the Bushfire CRC, addressing the effectiveness of varied approaches to managing bushfire risk. He leads projects on the importance of climate change for fire management and carbon dynamics, funded by the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change and the Australian Greenhouse Office. He co-leads an international group of researchers comparing the behaviour of landscape-fire-succession models, funded by the US National Centre for Environmental Analysis and Synthesis, the Canadian Forest Service and the US National Fire Plan. Geoff is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Wildland Fire, and a member of the NSW Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council. He also represents The ANU on the Bushfire CRC Stakeholder Advisory Council.

Academic Highlights

Geoff was awarded the 2007 ANU College of Science Supervision Award.

Selected Publications

Cary GJ, Flannigan MD, Keane RJ, Bradstock RA, Davies ID, Lenihan JM, Li C, Logan KA, Parson RA (in press) Relative importance of fuel management, ignition management and weather for area burned: Evidence from five landscape-fire-succession models. International Journal of Wildland Fire.

Gardner RH, Jopp F, Cary GJ, and Verburg PH. 2008 World Congress Highlights Need for Action: An Editorial for Landscape Ecology. Landscape Ecology 23: 1-2.

Vivian LM, Cary GJ, Bradstock RA, Gill AM. 2008. Influence of fire severity on the regeneration, recruitment and distribution of eucalypts in the Cotter River Catchment, ACT. Austral Ecology 33: 55-67.

King K, Bradstock R, Cary GJ, Chapman J. and Marsden-Smedley. J. 2008. The relative importance of fine scale fuel mosaics on reducing fire risk. International Journal of Wildland Fire 17: 421-430.

Keane RE, Cary GJ, Davies ID, Flannigan MD, Gardner RH, Lavorel S, Lenihan JM, Li C, Rupp TS. 2007. Understanding global fire dynamics by classifying and comparing spatial models of vegetation and fire dynamics. In (Eds Canadell J, Pataki D, Pitelka L) 'Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World' pp 139-148. (Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg).