Biography
Alexander holds a Masters degree in Biological Sciences from Germany and a PhD from Australia, which related to wildlife ecology and conservation. Postdoctoral research focused on environmental flows and employment as senior environmental scientist in the commercial sector of environmental and resource management followed. His main interests combine natural resource management, wildlife management and ecological sustainable development. His work integrates biophysical and socio-economic data to inform sustainable natural resource management in Australia. He was the Northern Inland Catchments lead in the multi-agency Bioregional Assessment Program (http://www.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/). Alexander is working in the Geological Bioregional Assessment Program (https://www.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/geological-and-bioregional-assessment-program) and undertakes research to improve the resilience of communities and regions to drought, and climate change induced challenges.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexander-Herr
Professional Areas
Fields of Research
Current
- Environmental Management (050205)
- Natural Resource Management (050209)
- Wildlife and Habitat Management (050211)
- Environmental Science and Management not elsewhere classified (050299)
- Carbon Sequestration Science (050301)
- Environmental Impact Assessment (050204)
- Terrestrial Ecology (060208)
- Population Ecology (060207)
- Freshwater Ecology (060204)
- Agriculture, Land and Farm Management not elsewhere classified (070199)
- Crop and Pasture Production not elsewhere classified (070399)
- Forestry Management and Environment (070504)
- Forestry Biomass and Bioproducts (070502)
Current Roles
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Climate resilience research
Identify options for adaptations to drought, natural disasters and climate change. -
Northern Inland Catchments Project Lead
Bioregional Assessment Programme -
Ecological discipline leader
Bioregional Assessment Programme -
Agricultural biomass task leader
Sustainable Biomass Production (ETF) -
Spatial analysis and integration task leader
Opportunities for and challenges of climate adaptation and resource efficiency in coastal Australia
Achievements and Awards
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2014-2014
Australian River Prize for Lake Eyre Basin Partnership
International River Foundation -
2018-2018
Chairman's Medal: https://csiropedia.csiro.au/chairmans-medal/#Chairman'sMedal-2018
CSIRO
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2012-2014
Technical Working Group Biomass - key issues for feedstocks in bioenergy (NSW DPI)
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2013-2014
Technical advisory group ecology research - Office of Water Science, DEO
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2013-2014
Technical reference committee - Lake Eyre Basin Springs Assessment (QLD DSITIA)
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2018-2021
Southern Ranges Regional Advisory Council, NSW DPI
ORCID 0000-0001-6081-3597