Andrew Rozefelds

Dr Andrew Rozefelds is Principal Curator and Head of Geosciences, in the Biodiversity and Geosciences Program in the Queensland Museum. Andrew rejoined the Queensland Museum in 2011, after working in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery as the Curator of Higher Plants and then Deputy Director of Collections and Research. He previously worked at the Queensland Museum from 1977 to 1991 in invertebrate zoology and geology and was involved in palaeontological fieldwork throughout Queensland. He completed a Bachelor of Applied Sciences at Central Queensland University in 1988 and an Honours in Botany at the University of Adelaide in 1990. In 1991 he left the Museum to undertake a PhD in botany at the University of Melbourne, with one year spent at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He has written over 100 peer reviewed and popular articles. His research is focused on the origins, evolution and history of the modern Australian flora. Andrew has used various experimental approaches to study living and fossil plant material, including synchrotron imaging at the Australian Synchrotron. He has also published papers on fossil vertebrates and invertebrates, modern plant systematics and weed sciences, biographical research and other areas. He has described over 14 new species of living plants and a similar number of fossil plants. He was awarded a Queensland Smithsonian Fellowship to work at the Natural History Museum in 2016. He is currently preparing for his Churchill Fellowship reviewing the fossil plant record of Northern Australia, undertaking field work when opportunities arise and completing existing projects and commitments.

Research Projects

Green History - New fossil sites in central Queensland are revealing the origins and history of the modern Australian flora.

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