Prof. Dr. William John Foley

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
Keywordschemical ecology, vertebrate herbivory, plant secondary metabolites, association genetics

Current contact address

CountryAustralia
CityCanberra
InstitutionAustralian National University
InstituteResearch School of Biology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jörg GanzhornBiozentrum Grindel, Abt. Tierökologie und Naturschutz, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2014

Programme(s)

2012Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Foley is a leading expert in the field of ecology. He has shown how genetic variation in natural populations of trees creates variable environments for browsing mammals such as koalas and how this in turn determines their reproductive success. While in Germany he will work on a project concerned with modeling future climatic effects on lemurs in Madagascar and on the molecular biology of plant scents.