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Dr Kathryn Reardon-Smith

Dr Kathryn Reardon-Smith
Name Kathryn Reardon-Smith
Pronoun She/Her/Hers
Position Senior Lecturer
Section School of Agriculture and Environmental Science
Office T320
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 2380
Extension 2380
Email
Qualifications BNaturalResources(Hons) UNE , MSc Deakin , PhD USQ
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/809w2/dr-kathryn-reardon-smith
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Biography

Kate is a senior researcher with the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) Centre for Applied Climate Sciences and a senior lecturer within the UniSQ School of Agriculture and Environmental Science. She currently works on industry- and agency-funded (e.g., MLA/MDC; QDAF) projects researching enhanced support for climate-risk decision-making and adaptation, with a particular focus on sustainable landscape condition and function, in agricultural (cropping and livestock grazing) production systems. Her research focuses on the condition of soil and water resources and natural ecosystems in agricultural production landscapes, particularly in response to climate variability and management. In this, she collaborates with industry stakeholders and research partners to co-design systems-level models that enable scenario testing of natural resource management, including policy, decisions and the value of seasonal climate forecasts in agricultural decision-making. She has over 20 years of professional and community experience as an ecologist and environmental scientist, spanning a range of fields including agri-ecology, climate risk management and sustainable land and water management systems.

Research Career


  • Crop and Pasture Production not elsewhere classified ( 070399 )
  • Agriculture, Land and Farm Management not elsewhere classified ( 070199 )
  • Environmental Science and Management ( 050200 )
  • Agriculture ( 300200 )
  • Environmental Management ( 410400 )
  • Ecological Applications ( 410200 )
  • Ecosystem Function ( 410203 )
  • Conservation And Biodiversity ( 410401 )
  • Agricultural Systems Analysis And Modelling ( 300207 )

Agro-ecosystems
Floodplain woodland ecosystems
Natural resource policy and management
Climate risk management


Ecological Society of Australia (ESA)
Australian Floodplain Association (AFA)
Australian Freshwater Science Society (AFSS)
Wildlife Queensland


  • Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment (ILSE)
  • Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems (CSAS)
  • Centre for Applied Climate Sciences (CACS)

Teaching


CLI2201 Climate Change and Variability
CLI3302 Adaptation to Climate Change
IDK2203 Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Perspectives
WAT1101 Introduction to Water Science
REN2201 Ecological Methods


25 Years


SoAES Research Committee