Dr. Patricia Werner, former director and senior principal research scientist of the Commonwealth of Science and Industrial Research Organization’s (CSIRO) Tropical Ecosystems Research Center in Australia, is the new Division Director for Biotic Systems and Resources (BSR) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Werner’s research interests focus on plant species competition and the role of species interactions in determining the structure of natural and managed plant communities. She arrived at NSF in early March.