Ben Vincent has six years’ research experience in environmental science specialising in plant ecology. He has designed and run glasshouse germination and growth trials, community riparian restoration projects and farm-scale projects integrating native revegetation and regeneration, weed control and pest management. His research experience includes collaborative projects investigating ecological interactions between plant communities and biophysical factors such as soil nutrient gradients, salinity gradients, grazing and fire regimes, and climate change. Ben’s work has taken him to a variety of amazing (and not so amazing) landscapes. When he isn’t doing cool sciency stuff in riparian zones for work he’s off climbing rocks or hiking and cycling around the countryside exploring the great outdoors.