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Dr Doug Rowell

Dr Doug Rowell

Doug Rowell has been at Melbourne Polytechnic since 2013, teaching into agronomy and core subjects of the Bachelor of Agriculture and Technology. 

Prior to teaching, Doug came from a twenty-year career in research, that ranged from forest ecology, soil and plant nutrition, breeding for climate resilience in forest plantations and agro-environmental science.  At Melbourne Polytechnic, Doug’s current teaching and research focus is on soil ecology and remote sensing of soil-crop systems. 

Doug has a PhD from the University of Melbourne, a MSc (Forest Ecology) from the University of British Columbia, and a BSc (Forestry) Honours from the Australian National University.