Dr Peter Speldewinde
WATR 7100 – Catchment and aquatic ecosystem health
Ecologist
Peter Speldewinde is an assistant professor with The University of Western Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management. Peter teaches restoration ecology at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. With a background in ecology and endangered species management, and a PhD in population health Peter’s main research interests are the impacts of ecosystem degradation on human health. In particular, how ecosystem degradation impacts on vector-borne disease and water-borne pathogens, and can ecosystem restoration be used as a tool to reduce disease rates?
PhD topic:
Human health and indicators of ecosystem degradation in Western Australia
