Rate My Professor Philip Hulme

Philip Hulme is Distinguished Professor of Plant Biosecurity in the Department of Pest-Management and Conservation at Lincoln University, New Zealand. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Pure and Applied Biology from Imperial College London in 1985 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology from the University of London in 1990. His research focuses on predicting the risks posed by plant invasions, including the traits enabling invasive species success, introduction pathways, spread rates, habitat vulnerability, species impacts, and climate change effects on distributions. He examines biological invasions broadly, incorporating human factors such as trade and economic influences on invasion rates and non-market costs of alien species. Employing modelling, experiments, and field surveys, his work spans ecosystems worldwide, from North American forests and East African landscapes to Italian mountains and New Zealand environments. Hulme holds the inaugural Chair in Plant Biosecurity at Lincoln University since 2007 and was promoted to Distinguished Professor in 2018. Previously, he served at Durham University from 1992 to 2001. He directs the Centre for One Biosecurity Research, Analysis and Solutions, advocating integrated biosecurity approaches.