Person

Bruhl, Jeremy James (1956 - )

Born
29 October 1956
Taree, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Museum curator and Systematic botanist

Summary

Jeremy Bruhl is a systematic botanist recognised for his expertise in the family Cyperaceae world-wide. His research focuses on the biology, ecology and systematics of the family, particularly species limits and phylogeny. He has also studied a number of other Australian plant families including Euphorbiaceae, Phyllanthaceae and Juncaceae. In 1992 he was appointed Lecturer at the University of New England, retiring as Professor in 2021. For 30 years he was Curator of the University's N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium. During this time he reorganised and expanded it to an internationally-recognised collection of over 120,000 specimens. In 2025 he was awarded the Nancy Burbidge Medal for his contributions to Australian systematic botany.

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Chronology

1976
Education - Diploma of Horticulture, Burnley Horticultural College, Melbourne
1984
Education - BSc (hons), University of New South Wales
1989 - 1990
Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow (Flora of North America project), Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
1990 - 1991
Career position - Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) grant on Phyllantheae for the Flora of Australia based at the Australian National Herbarium and the Australian National University
1991
Education - PhD, Australian National University
1992 - 2012
Career position - Lecturer in Plant Taxonomy, Department of Botany, University of New England
1993 - 2023
Career position - Director, N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium, University of New England
2007 - 2008
Career position - Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
2012 - 2021
Career position - Professor of Botany, University of New England
2021
Life event - Retired
2023 -
Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of New England
2025
Award - Nancy Burbidge Medal (jointly with Ian Telford), Australasian Systematic Botany Society

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Journal Articles

  • Bruhl, Jeremy J., 'Sedge genera of the world: relationships and a new classification of the Cyperaceae', Australian systematic botany, 8 (2) (1995), 125-305, https://doi.org/10.1071/SB9950125. Details

See also

Helen Cohn

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