Chris Dunne

Dieback Project Officer
Dieback Working Group
C:/ Shire of Kalamunda

Professional Objectives

To continue to work with industry and the community on reducing the impact of plant diseases in agriculture, horticulture and native plant communities in Western Australia. To further develop my teaching skills by experiencing a range of different teaching environments.

Academic Qualifications:

• 1993-1996 Bachelor of Science (Biological Science).
• 1997-1998 Grad. Dip. Science (Biotechnology).
• 1998-1999 1st class Honours in Science (Plant Pathology).
• 2000 - current PhD (Plant Pathology). Submitted March 2004. (Click here for an abstract of PhD)

Scholarships and Awards:

• 1999 Australian Research Council - SPIRT Ph.D. Scholarship
• 2002 Murdoch University Travel Award
• 2002 Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Travel Award
  

Relevant Work History:

• 1997 - 1998: School of Studies, Private Tutor to TEE students
• 1998 - 2000: Alcoa Australia, Field Assistant
• 1999: DEC, Field Assistant
• 1998 - current: Murdoch University, Laboratory demonstrator/tutor, Research Assistant & Field Assistant
• 2002 - 2003: Australian Institute of Holistic Medicine, Microbiology Lecturer
• 2003 - current: Dieback Working Group, Dieback Project Coordinator
  

Publications:

• C.P. Dunne, M. Glen, I.C. Tommerup, B.L. Shearer and G.E.St.J. Hardy (2002) Sequence variation in the rDNA ITS of Australian Armillaria species and intra-specific variation in A. luteobubalina. Australasian Plant Pathology. 31(3): In press.
• Dunne, C.P. (1999) Armillaria luteobubalina in the Coastal Dune System and Eucalypt Wandoo Forest of the South-West, Western Australia. Honours Thesis. Murdoch University, Western Australia.
• Dunne, C.P. (1999) Pseudohomothallism in Armillaria luteobubalina from Western Australia. Proceedings of the 12th biennial Australasian plant Pathology Society conference, Canberra, Australia.
• Dunne, C.P. (1999-2002) Floriculture Newsletter - Project Update. Editions 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56. Agriculture Western Australia.
• Dunne, C.P., Dell, B. and G.E.St.J. Hardy (2003) Sudden Death in Proteas in the Southwest of Western Australia. Acta Horticulture 602, pp 39-44.
• Dunne, C.P., Dell, B. and G.E.St.J. Hardy (2003) The Effect of Biofumigants on the Vegetative Growth of Five Phytophthora Species in vitro. Acta Horticulture 602, pp 45-52.
• Dunne, C.P. (2002) The effect of Biofumigants on the vegetative growth of Phytophthora species in vitro. Journal of the International Protea Association. 42: 25:27.
• Dunne, C.P. (2002) Control of Sudden Death of cultivated proteas from South-West of Western Australia using biofumigation and other horticultural control techniques. Ph.D. Thesis. Murdoch University, Western Australia. In draft.
  

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