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Rachael Helene Nolan

Dr. Rachael Helene Nolan

Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Rachael H. Nolan graduated from Monash University in 2004 with an honors degree in Environmental Science. She then worked as a research assistant at Monash University. She received her PhD from The University of Melbourne in 2013. Before her Ph.D., she worked as a consultant ecologist/botanist. Rachael is currently based at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University. She works at the intersection of plant ecophysiology, fire ecology, and forest fire management. Her research bridges science, policy, and management, aiming to provide an early warning of the risk of bushfires and to predict their impacts on ecosystems under a changing climate.

Research Keywords & Expertise

Forest
Wildfire
Fire
fuel moisture
Evapotranspiration

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Fire
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Forest
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Wildfire
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fuel moisture
6%
ecophysiology
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Evapotranspiration

Short Biography

Rachael H. Nolan graduated from Monash University in 2004 with an honors degree in Environmental Science. She then worked as a research assistant at Monash University. She received her PhD from The University of Melbourne in 2013. Before her Ph.D., she worked as a consultant ecologist/botanist. Rachael is currently based at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University. She works at the intersection of plant ecophysiology, fire ecology, and forest fire management. Her research bridges science, policy, and management, aiming to provide an early warning of the risk of bushfires and to predict their impacts on ecosystems under a changing climate.