Rodney van der Ree

Dr Rodney van der Ree is a National Technical Executive in Ecology at WSP Australia and an Adjunct Associate Professor at The University of Melbourne. He has international recognition for his expertise in urban ecology and transportation ecology and has undertaken research across Australia and internationally, including Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. He published the international award-winning “Handbook of Road Ecology” (Wiley, 2015), with 63 chapters by more than 100 authors from 25 countries. He has sat on expert advisory committees for the Victorian, Swedish, and New Zealand transport agencies and has >90 refereed scientific publications and hundreds of reports, presentations and media engagements. He is involved in the planning, implementation and evaluation of connectivity strategies on various types of linear and transport infrastructure, including roads, railways, transmission lines, pipelines and fences.