Elizabeth Tasker

Elizabeth Mary Tasker is an Astrophysicist & science communicator. She obtained a PhD in Science at the University of Sydney in 2002. She is an associate professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS). She previously worked for the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and the University of Wollongong. She also worked for The Australian Museum carrying out biological surveys in Melanesia. Her main area of expertise is the effects of fire and fire management on native animals and plants. She was a Vice-President, and subsequently (to 2015) Director, of the Ecological Society of Australia, the largest professional association of scientists in Australia, and a published wildlife photographer. She has written many articles and has a books like The Planet Factory (2017), and Planetary Diversity (2020).