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Email

trent.penman@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor in Bushfire Behaviour
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
Education
Doctorate (Research)
University of Newcastle
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of New South Wales
ORCID

0000-0002-5203-9818

Prof Trent Penman

Professor in Bushfire Behaviour
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences

235 Scholarly works
101 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Responses of understory plant diversity to fire regimes in temperate forests
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123778
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Interdisciplinary challenges for wildfire futures
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104175
  • 2024

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Developing the Decision Support System
  • 2022

    Research Contracts

    Green Firebreaks to Mitigate Fire Risk and Increase Biodiversity
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Wildfire in wet sclerophyll forests: the interplay between disturbances and fuel dynamics
    DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2211
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Fuel moisture in Mountain Ash forests with contrasting fire histories
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.06.046
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Using Fire to Manage Biodiversity in Fragmented Landscapes
Trent Penman

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Using expert elicitation to predict feral cat, Felis catus, responses to management
    DOI: 10.1002/ps.70566
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Fifty shades of “great”: User-informed principles for wildfire simulator development and utilisation
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pyro.2025.100001
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Evaluating the thermal response of large-scale decking assemblies exposed to firebrand piles
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jaecs.2026.100463
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Are green firebreaks a useful fire management tool under climate change in southeastern Australia?
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181459
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Developing evidence briefs for landscape fire management
    DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.70309
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Overriding influence of climate on future carbon stocks in Australian temperate forests
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181260
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Gazing into the flames: A guide to assessing the impacts of climate change on landscape fire
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adz2429
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Development of burn prescriptions using quantitative expert judgement
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127756

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