Rate My Professor Tom Kompas

Professor Tom Kompas holds the position of Professor of Environmental Economics and Biosecurity in the School of Biosciences and the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences at the University of Melbourne, within the Faculty of Science. He is a Chief Investigator in the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) and Research Group Director of the Centre for Environmental Economics Research (CEER) at the university. His previous appointments include Foundation Director of the Australian Centre for Biosecurity and Environmental Economics (ACBEE) at the Australian National University (ANU), Professor at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy from 2002 to 2018, and Director of the Crawford School from 2009 to 2015. Kompas's research specializes in environmental economics and biosecurity, with particular emphasis on large-dimensional economic modeling for trade and climate change, cost-benefit analysis, bioeconomic modeling, and natural resource management. He addresses biosecurity risks, climate change economic impacts, and policy responses in Australia and internationally.