Professor Kingsley Dixon

Keynote speaker for "Conservation of Threatened Species" on Day Three of the Scientific Program.

Kingsley Dixon is Adjunct Professor at the School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia and also the Director of Science at the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, Perth, Western Australia.

Kingsley's interests include plant form and function as they relate to natural systems and species. Core activities include conservation of rare and threatened species, restoration of degraded landscapes, horticultural and agricultural development of indigenous Australian plants. Underpinning these core areas are specialist activities in seed science, germplasm conservation, orchid biology and conservation, specialist systems of nutrition including mycorrhiza, cluster root and carnivory, biotechnology (in vitro systems) and genetics. Recent activities extend to the biology, genetic diversity and restoration of seagrasses (Posidonia) in Western Australia.

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