Tertiary qualifications in:

• agricultural and forest science
• plant functional genomics
• remote-sensing imagery and spatial data analysis

Botanical interests in:

• tropical succulents (Euphorbia and Aloe)
• floras of remote oceanic islands (arctic/antarctic, temperate, subtropical and tropical)
• laurisilva
• subtropical & tropical oligotrophic vegetation (Venezuelan tepuis, South African fynbos, Australian wallum, New Caledonian maquis)
• Dracaena
• Zamia
• mosses
• lycopods and ferns
• equatorial alpines (Espeletia, Bonnetia, Lobelia, Dendrosenecio, Erica)
• native flora of Queensland (Australia)