Dr Stuart Pearse Email & Phone Number

East Perth, Wa, Au

East Perth, Wa, Au

Accountable for all projects, processes and personnel in the Biodiversity team. My responsibilities included: • Managing team function• Overseeing the execution of all projects• Progress, status and budget reporting• Business plan development• Personnel mentoring, management and performance review• Recruitment• Technical advice• Client liaison and business development• Negotiation• Innovation• Report review and approval• Participation in the Astron Management Committee

East Perth, Wa, Au

Whilst Supervising Scientist of the Monitoring and Approvals team, I was responsible for:• Project leadership• Report writing and technical leadership• Mentoring and coaching• Facilitator of the Mine Closure team and the Astron Science Committee• Client liaison and business development• Product and process innovation• New site reconnaissance, monitoring program design and implementation• Vegetation Health Monitoring and Management Plans• Mine Closure Plans

East Perth, Wa, Au

As a Senior Scientist in the Plant Water Ecology team I was responsible for:• Provision of technical advice and direction on projects as Project Leader including advice and direction on and management of field methodologies, data management, data analysis and the preparation of report content. • Technical briefings, advice and direction during project proposal, project initiation, project status review, pre-mobilisation / demobilisation and project milestone meetings. • Conducting and managing field surveys, investigations and monitoring programs. • Undertaking and managing the preparation of technical and scientific documents and reports.• Undertaking and managing data analysis. • Undertaking technical review of all project deliverables prior to submission to management.• Technical client liaison. • Assisting with the preparation of various field survey documentation and with scheduling and resource allocation. • Liaison with regard to budget, deliverables, scheduling, resourcing and logistics.• Undertaking liaison with GIS and data analysis personnel on technical issues. • Undertaking project progress and status reporting to the Manager as part of the Project Management Team • Assisting with the preparation of proposals and tenders, product development and improvement, and process / procedure development and improvement.

Perth, Western Australia, Au

My role was primarily research intensive, with a teaching and postgraduate research supervision component. I was responsible for achieving my component of the team’s research objectives as well as various other tasks including:• Meeting with government and industry partners to discuss research objectives and present outcomes.• Planning, conducting and statistically analysing experiments and field investigations.• Project coordination of an ARC Linkage Project and preparation of progress reports for the Australian Research Council and government/private industry partners.• Preparation of research results and review of literature for publication of scientific manuscripts in international journals.• Co-supervision and training of PhD and Honours students.• Preparation of grant and award applications.• General laboratory administration.• Presentation of results at national/international conferences.• Facilitation of Problems Based Learning (PBL) tasks, tutoring and laboratory/field demonstrating and marking of undergraduate assignments and exams.• Peer reviewing publications for international scientific journals.• Local Organising Committee member and speaker for the international conference ‘Rhizosphere 3’ held in Perth in September 2011.• Selection, employment and training of casual staff.

I was nominated by the Australian Academy of Science to the Japanese government to receive a prestigious Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship, which I completed within the Division of Crop Production and Environment. I participated in a diverse international research team.

Perth, Western Australia, Au

Responsible for authoring manuscripts for international plant science journals.

Beijing, Cn

Funded by a prestigious Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Holdings Limited Award I spent 6 months researching in China. I participated in a research group studying the benefits of intercropping phosphorus-acquisition efficient grain legumes with maize for improving the productivity of China’s farming systems.

Perth, Western Australia, Au

Whilst a PhD candidate I demonstrated and/or tutored for the units Whole Plant Physiology, Plant Physiological Ecology, Biometrics, Ecosystem Processes. I also hired, trained and supervised casual employees for the provision of technical support.

Perth, Western Australia, Au

At the UWA Shenton Park Field Station I provided technical support to the Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture and the Cooperative Research Centre for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity.

Docklands, Victoria, Au

Doctor Of Philosophy, Plant Physiology

B.Sc. Natural Resource Management (Hon)

Secondary Education