PARG PhD student, Michael Schaefer, joins UNE-PARG as our newest staff member. While putting the last-minute, finishing touches to his PhD thesis, Michael has joined Dr Alex Held’s group at CSIRO Canberra, working with the team on the national Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) project. “Ive known Alex for many years and we have always kept an eye out for opportunities to work together”, says PARG Director Prof David Lamb. “Michael’s appointment to this project (through UNE-PARG), and his physical location at CSIRO Canberra is an excellent opportunity to forge even closer links between UNE-PARG and the CSIRO”