Dr Greg Summerell has been within NSW governments environmental agencies for 27 years undertaking roles as a researcher, Director and now Manager of the Fire and Culture Science team in Science Economics and Insights Division DPE. In this time his knowledge and leadership has traversed conservation and restoration biodiversity sciences, cultural science and land and water sciences. Generally the research has been specific to threatened species conservation, understanding cultural values for caring for Country, fire, pest and weed management, soil and land assessment, with all this ultimately underpinned by modelling and decision support approaches influenced by our changing climate. Dr Summerell's proudest professional achievements include co-creating with Mal Ridges what is now Cultural Science, and since 2015 building the fire research capability of NSW Government with the establishment of the NSW Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub in 2018, to the now NSW Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research Centre, and NSW Governments own internal science research capacity called the Applied Bushfire Science Program.
