Person

Seppelt, Rodney (Rod)

Occupation
Botanical artist and Bryologist

Summary

Rod Seppelt is recognised as Australia's leading Antarctic bryologist. He was a Principal Research Scientist with the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) and Curator of the AAD Herbarium. He made more than 36 visits to Antarctica and subantarctic islands over almost four decades. During this time he made significant collections of the bryophyte flora. The ADD Herbarium, containing over 30,000 of his specimens, is now in the Tasmanian Herbarium. Seppelt is also one of Australia's most accomplished botanical illustrators, specialising in depicting bryophytes.

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Chronology

2000 - 2001
Career position - Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
2013 -
Career position - Research Associate, Tasmanian Herbarium

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Journal Articles

  • Dalton, P. J. (editor), ' A special issue in honour of Ilma Grace Stone to commemorate the occasion of her 80th birthday', Australasian bryological newsletter 29:1-8, 29, 1-8. https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/766457/ABN_29.pdf. Details
  • Downing, Alison and Cave, Lyn, 'Where science meets art: the botanical illustrations of Rod Seppelt', Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 166 (2016), 21-3. Details

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