Tim Curran

@timcurran.bsky.social

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Assoc. Prof. of Ecology at Lincoln Uni, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Scientist, teacher, dad, bibliophile, cricket tragic, snorkeler, rockpooler (fond of crabs). Uses traits to understand plant responses to disturbance. Likes to BBQ plants.

Lincoln uni students measuring plant flammability on the plant BBQ. It's lots of fun!
A Casuarina collina going up in flames as part of a flammability test in New Caledonia
Group of panelists discussing generational insights of fire science.
Plane on runway at Naarm Melbourne airport. Sadly not ours...
Cover of the book Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences
Te Tohu Taiao award to Andrew Jeffs of U Auckland
Jo Monks giving presidential address
The study area and some papers from the excellent PhD thesis by Julian Radford-Smith
John Dwyer's suggested tips for urban trees in various locations...
Take home points for John Dwyer's talk
Green chiton under a rock intestinal zone
Horse mussel in my hand
Neptune's lace seaweed, high tide mark, Pile Bay
Pie crust crab at high tide mark, Pile Bay
Sun setting in Lyttleton Harbour from above Pile Bay!
Ksenia Trifonova accepts first prize in the Lincoln University 3 minute thesis competition from Provost Chad Hewitt
Nathan Campbell wins the Masters section of Lincoln University's 3MT.
View of the Lewis Pass valley looking south. Mountains on either side
diagram of bushfire attack mechanisms, in particular showing how trees can block radiant heat and embers from oncoming bushfires.
Year 8 science and the Clontarf Academy at Gunnedah High measure how well spinifex burns. In short, very well!
The signage on the admin block at Gunnedah High School. est. 1961
Jointed Mistletoe being tested on the plant bbq
Peel High students measure the flammability of spinifex, guided by Boyd Wright. It burns well!
A longhorn beetle on a white sheet under the moth light
Kerrie Saunders of Yinarrma in her element, sharing her amazing knowledge of bush foods and Gomeroi/Guumbraay culture in the bush tucker section of the Moree Botanical Gardens, NSW.
Male eastern blue groper (medium grey with bright blue flashes) eyes off the camera in front of brown algae (seaweeds). Taken at Shelley Beach, Manly, Sydney.
Cover of Ronni Salt's Aussie noir novel, Gunnawah.
A rainbow lorikeet in a small tree (Cotoneaster) feeding on its fruit.