Tenure
February 24 – March 20, 2019
Monica Gagliano
Research Associate Professor in Evolutionary Ecology and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Australia; Research Affiliate, Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney; Senior Research Fellow, Biological Intelligence Lab, University of Sydney
Monica Gagliano’s main research is broadly focusing on key aspects of the ecological processes by which organisms are able to gather information on the variable conditions of their surrounding environment in order to thrive.
In collaboration with various disciplines across the sciences and the humanities, her research aims at expanding our perception of animals, plants, and more generally Nature. In the process of learning how to do this, she has pioneered the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics and extended the concept of cognition to plants, re-igniting the discourse on plant subjectivity, sentience, and ethical standing.
