Visiting Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society

 
Name: Dr Roger Heady
Job Title: Visting Fellow
Phone:
Email: heady@rsbs.anu.edu.au
Responsibilities:


Qualifications: Degree in Applied Science (CCAE)
Graduate Diploma in Resource Management (CCAE)
Graduate Diploma in Electronics (CCAE)
PhD (ANU)
Research Interests: Wood anatomy; cryo-SEM of biological materials

 

Career Brief

 

1956 - 1968

RAAF (Flight sergeant)
  RAAF Awards: Australian Active Service Medal (Vietnam); Australian Service Medal (SE Asia); RAAF Certificate of Outstanding Service
1968 - 1983

Satellite Tracking Station at Orroral Valley ACT (electronics technician)

1983 - present

Senior Technical Officer at ANU

1997 - present Departmental Visitor of Department of Forestry ANU

 

Teaching

  • assist in wood anatomy tutorials for Forestry students
  • teach SEM to Materials Conservation students at University of Canberra

 

Publications

Heady, R.D., 2001. A History of the Wood Anatomy of Callitris. In: Dargarvel, J. Hart, D. Libbis, B (Ed) " Perfumed Pineries - Environmental history of Australia's Callitris forests" CRES, ANU p.20-29

Heady, R.D. 2001. A History of the wood anatomy of Callitris. In: Proceedings of “A conference on the history of the white cypress pine region” held at Coonabarabran NSW. Forest History Society. November 2000

Heady, R.D. & P.D. Evans. 2000. Callitroid (callitrisoid) thickening in Callitris. IAWA Journal. 21(3): 293-319.

Ride, W.D.L., Pridmore, P.A., Barwick, R.E., Wells, R.T., Heady, R.D. 1997. Towards a Biology of Propleopus oscillans (Marsupialia: Propleopinae, Hypsiprymnodontidae). Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW., 117: 243-328.

Heady, R.D., Cunningham, R.B. Donnelly, C.F. Evans, P.D. 1994. Morphology of warts in the tracheids of cypress pine (Callitris Vent.). IAWA Journal. 15(3): 265-281

 

Website contact: stowe@rsbs.anu.edu.au .. Last revised July 2002.