Professor Tom Kompas holds the position of Professor of Environmental Economics and Biosecurity in the School of Biosciences and the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences at the University of Melbourne, within the Faculty of Science. He is a Chief Investigator in the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) and Research Group Director of the Centre for Environmental Economics Research (CEER) at the university. His previous appointments include Foundation Director of the Australian Centre for Biosecurity and Environmental Economics (ACBEE) at the Australian National University (ANU), Professor at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy from 2002 to 2018, and Director of the Crawford School from 2009 to 2015. Kompas's research specializes in environmental economics and biosecurity, with particular emphasis on large-dimensional economic modeling for trade and climate change, cost-benefit analysis, bioeconomic modeling, and natural resource management. He addresses biosecurity risks, climate change economic impacts, and policy responses in Australia and internationally.

A highly cited scholar with over 8,700 citations, Kompas has published influential works such as "The Effects of Climate Change on GDP by Country and the Global Economic Gains From Complying With the Paris Climate Accord" (Earth's Future, 2018), which quantifies country-specific GDP losses from climate change and benefits from Paris Agreement compliance. Other key contributions include studies on the economic value of pest eradications like the Mediterranean fruit fly, portfolio allocation for biosecurity measures, and global impacts of heat and water stress on food production. He has received the Eureka Prize in Science and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. He has also been recognized with the Distinguished Fellowship of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

Professional Email: tom.kompas@unimelb.edu.au