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Dr Penny Wurm is an applied plant ecologist with a research practice that includes ecological, agricultural and livelihood applications in northern Australia, eastern Indonesia and Timor Leste. I hold a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and PhD (Ecology). Research on the values and ecology of native Australian rices has led to investigations into the development of enterprises based on native rice - in collaboration with Dr Sean Bellairs at CDU, two CRCs, an Aboriginal enterprise and Territory agencies. Knowledge of the ecology and values of native rices, has also led to investigation of threats posed by invasive species, including invasive grasses to native rices. My student supervision includes projects on invasive species on disturbed sites and monsoonal wetlands, cashew horticulture in Timor Leste, irrigated rice systems in eastern Indonesian and soon in Timor Leste, and commercialisation of native species for Aboriginal enterprises, currently Kakadu Plum and native rices.
I have teaching collaborations with Indonesian colleagues, focussed on rural livelihoods, in eastern Indonesia. Collaboratively, I have developed and taught two Indonesian field intensives, in partnership with Indonesian university colleagues. I am passionate about teaching and have won three national and one institutional team teaching awards, and have served an Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching at the College level.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
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Commercialisation of native rice for Indigenous enterprise development: Agronomy and value-adding
Bellairs, S., Wurm, P., Hoang, T. M. L. & Klaric, S.
1/04/20 → 31/03/24
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Complexities in developing Australian Aboriginal enterprises based on natural resources
Gorman, J. T., Bentivoglio, M., Brady, C., Wurm, P., Vemuri, S. & Sultanbawa, Y., 13 Jun 2020, In : The Rangeland Journal. 42, 2, p. 113-128 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Going with the flow(chart) makes decision-making easier: Focus Area: Academic integrity breach decision-making
Reedy, A. K., Janssen, A., Lockley, A. & Wurm, P., 2020, 1 p. Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA).Research output: Other contribution › Other types of outputs
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Kakadu Plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana) as a Sustainable Indigenous Agribusiness
Gorman, J. T., Wurm, P. A. S., Vemuri, S., Brady, C. & Sultanbawa, Y., Mar 2020, In : Economic Botany. 74, p. 74-91 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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Old ways, new ways-scaling up from customary use of plant products to commercial harvest taking a multifunctional, landscape approach
Gorman, J., Pearson, D. & Wurm, P., 25 May 2020, In : Land. 9, 5, p. 1-20 20 p., 171.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Reimagining educational approaches to academic integrity: Focus Area: Academic integrity education
Reedy, A. K., Janssen, A., Lockley, A. & Wurm, P., 2020, 2 p. Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA).Research output: Other contribution › Other types of outputs
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The population ecology of Oryza meridionalis Ng on the South Alligator River floodplain, Kakadu National Park, monsoonal Australia
Author: Wurm, P., Dec 1998Supervisor: Rea, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - CDU
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