Rate My Professor Caitlin Moore

Following her PhD, Moore was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she worked on the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) to assess bioenergy crop sustainability, the Water Efficient Sorghum Technologies (WEST) project for high-throughput agricultural measurements, and the Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) project to enhance food security. Since joining UWA in early 2020 as a Research Fellow and advancing to Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer, she integrates measurement and modeling to study ecosystem processes from leaf to landscape scales in native eucalypt woodlands and croplands like wheat. Her techniques include leaf gas exchange, eddy covariance flux towers, micrometeorology, and hyperspectral sensing such as LIDAR and sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence for detecting productivity, water use efficiency, and stress responses to climate variability. As Co-Director (Research Strategy and Engagement) of the Centre for Water and Spatial Science, Regional Ambassador for the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), Regional ECR Ambassador for Fluxnet Community Council, and Communications Officer for OzFlux, she strengthens monitoring infrastructure, including agricultural flux networks and agrivoltaics for decarbonization. She received the School of Agriculture and Environment Mid-Career Research Award in 2022. Key publications include "Biophysical response of a coastal woodland to extreme water deficit during a year of record-breaking heat" (Environmental Research Letters, 2025), "Satellite observations reveal ecosystem resistance and resilience to short-term water stress" (Remote Sensing of Environment, 2026), and "Advances in Miscanthus × Giganteus Planting Techniques May Increase Carbon Uptake" (GCB Bioenergy, 2025). Her research contributes to sustainable agriculture and SDG 2: Zero Hunger.