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Matt Hamilton
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Matt Hamilton, of the
University of Tasmania, who has been
using his quantitative genetics skills and knowledge of tree
breeding to assist with work in CRC programs 2 and 4, is
leaving. Matt did his PhD at the University of Tasmania in
the
CRC
for Sustainable Production Forestry and for the past 6 months
has been working part-time with the Biodiversity project on
analysis of
Mycosphaerella damage in field trials in
northwest Tasmania in project 4.2.10. As a testament to the
transferability of skills acquired in forestry, Matt will be
joining the fish breeding program at the
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric
Research laboratories in Hobart. In his PhD, Matt studied the
quantitative genetics and breeding of traits relevant to a solid
wood breeding objective (e.g. appearance grade sawn timber) in
Eucalyptus globulus and
Eucalyptus nitens and
their inter-correlations with pulp-wood selection traits. He
has subsequently been working under an ARC linkage grant and has
produced recent reviews on
E. nitens genetic parameters
and breeding in Australia. Matt also successfully coordinated the
recent
National
Forestry Masters course on Plantations and the Environment held
in mid-September by the University of Tasmania. While
the final product might be a little different, Matt's extensive
experience in genetics and breeding will no doubt be readily
transferable to fisheries. Matt will be greatly missed by all his
colleagues and students, but we look forward to sampling the fruits
of his labour in our dining rooms - good luck, Matt!
