Rate My Professor Matt Larcombe

Larcombe teaches BIOL123 Plants: How They Shape the World, BTNY301 Plant Ecology, BTNY465 Plant and Environment, ECOL211 Ecology of Communities and Ecosystems, ECOL212 Ecological Applications, and ECOL313 Ecology Field Course. He received a Marsden Fast-Start grant in 2019 for research on plant diversification processes and the OUSA Supervisor of the Year award as Overall Winner in the Division of Sciences, along with the Divisional Winner in Sciences in 2024. Key publications include 'Patterns of reproductive isolation in Eucalyptus – a phylogenetic perspective' (Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2015), 'Managing Australia's eucalypt gene pools: assessing the risk of exotic gene flow' (Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 2016), 'On the persistence of reproductive barriers in Eucalyptus' (Annals of Botany, 2016), 'Assessing the invasive potential of Eucalyptus globulus in Australia' (Biological Invasions, 2013), 'Development of microsatellites using Next-Generation Sequencing for Acacia crassicarpa' (Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 2018), and 'Trophic facilitation in forest restoration: Can Nothofagus trees...' (Ecology and Evolution, 2024). His contributions advance understanding of reproductive barriers, gene flow risks in forestry, and conservation strategies for plant communities.