Gunnar Keppel is an Associate Professor in Environmental Biology at Adelaide University.
I am an applied ecologist, who focuses on using his broad background in ecology to address pressing questions in conservation biology. I have extensive experience working in both Pacific Islands and Australia. More information about my current position is available on this web page.
I was born in Rotenburg an der Fulda in Hessen, Germany, but moved to Fiji at a young age. I studied at the University of the South Pacific, where I also worked as a lecturer for 4 years. During my Masters I investigated the population genetics and conservation of the Pacific cycad, Cycas seemannii. My PhD project at the University of Queensland looked at the ecology and biogeography of rain forests on islands in the South-west Pacific.
From 2010, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Curtin University on a project investigating the potential of granite outcrops to function as refugia from climate change. The project was led by Assoc. Prof. Grant Wardell-Johnson. I was an Alexander von Humboldt fellow at the University of Goettingen for 12 months (2017/18) and a MAK’IT fellow at AMAP in Montpellier for 6 months.
Biodiversity in Oceania 