Brett Summerell

Professor Brett Summerell AM – is the Chief Scientist and Director, Science, Education and Conservation at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney. He is an Adjunct Professor at Kansas State University, USA and at the University of Sydney and a Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has a PhD from the University of Sydney.

He maintains a research interest in plant diseases and microfungi and has published over 150 refereed papers and books in this area. He is an international authority on Fusarium diseases and has co-convened 22 international training workshops on Fusarium training for over 700 scientists from 79 countries. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society and the American Phytopathological Society, a member of the International Advisory Council for Botanic Gardens Conservation International and held a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Agriculture and Life Sciences at Kansas State University in 2018.