Dr Nick Gellie

Science Projects Co-ordinator

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Nick Gellie submitted his PhD in January 2017 where he explored practical ways to improve restoration outcomes. This was done by testing innovative provenance selection criteria and incorporating evidence based adaptive management approaches to current practice. More recently his research includes urban green-space microbiome assessment and pollination services.

The published research from his thesis included (1) the investigation of plant local adaptation and how this knowledge can best be applied to seed collection for better restoration outcomes; (2) developing cost effective metrics to monitor and compare the regain of biodiversity during restoration (3) conceptual advances of embedded experiments used in broad-scale restoration .

An overarching theme of his research has been to align the goals of restoration practitioners, researchers and policy makers so as to create sustainable restoration outcomes. Along with his colleagues and close industry partners he is successfully applying strategies refined in his thesis to exciting restoration work in both China and Australia.

For his honors research at Flinders University of South Australia he published work on the physiology of mound spring flora in South Australia. He has undertaken vegetation monitoring and assessment (e.g. from wet tropic mangroves to range lands) for the private sector and has a background in primary industry (e.g. fisheries).

Outside of his work life he enjoys promoting, local science and the scientific process through community engagement. Nick is a foundation member of Science in the pub Adelaide which has successfully provided a monthly forum on a diverse range of topical scientific issues to Adelaide audiences since 2014.

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Appointments

Date Position Institution name

2017 - 2019 Research Associate University of Adelaide, Adelaide

Date	Position	Institution name
2017 - 2019	Research Associate	University of Adelaide, Adelaide

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2013 - 2017	University of Adelaide, Adelaide	Australia	PhD
	Flinders University, Adelaide	Australia	BSc
	Flinders University, Adelaide	Australia	BSc(Hons)

Research Interests

Biological Adaptation Ecological Impacts of Climate Change Ecology Environmental Monitoring Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change Genetics Landscape Ecology Microbial Ecology Plant Biology & Botany

Journals

Year	Citation
2021	Robinson, J. M., Gellie, N., MacCarthy, D., Mills, J. G., O'Donnell, K., & Redvers, N. (2021). Traditional ecological knowledge in restoration ecology: a call to listen deeply, to engage with, and respect Indigenous voices. Restoration Ecology, 29(4), 9 pages. DOI Scopus44 WoS24
2020	Yan, D., Gellie, N., Mills, J., Connell, G., Bissett, A., Lowe, A., & Breed, M. F. (2020). A soil archaeal community responds to a decade of ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology, 28(1), 63-72. DOI Scopus7 WoS5
2020	Liddicoat, C., Sydnor, H., Cando-Dumancela, C., Dresken, R., Liu, J., Gellie, N., . . . Breed, M. F. (2020). Naturally-diverse airborne environmental microbial exposures modulate the gut microbiome and may provide anxiolytic benefits in mice. Science of the Total Environment, 701, 1-11. DOI Scopus112 WoS72 Europe PMC44
2020	Yan, D., Bissett, A., Gellie, N., Mills, J. G., Lowe, A. J., & Breed, M. F. (2020). Soil bacterial community differences along a coastal restoration chronosequence. Plant Ecology, 221(9), 795-811. DOI Scopus15 WoS10
2020	Mills, J. G., Bissett, A., Gellie, N. J. C., Lowe, A. J., Selway, C. A., Thomas, T., . . . Breed, M. F. (2020). Revegetation of urban green space rewilds soil microbiotas with implications for human health and urban design. Restoration Ecology, 28(Suppl. 4), S322-S334. DOI Scopus51 WoS32
2020	Bastin, J. F., Finegold, Y., Garcia, C., Gellie, N., Lowe, A., Mollicone, D., . . . Crowther, T. W. (2020). Erratum: The global tree restoration potential (Science (2017) 12 (e0169748) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169748). Science, 368(6494), eabc8905. DOI Scopus6
2019	Bastin, J. F., Finegold, Y., Garcia, C., Gellie, N., Lowe, A., Mollicone, D., . . . Crowther, T. W. (2019). Response to Comments on “The global tree restoration potential”. Science, 366(6463), 6 pages. DOI Scopus22 WoS21 Europe PMC3
2019	Breed, M. F., Harrison, P., Blyth, C., Byrne, M., Gaget, V., Gellie, N., . . . Mohr, J. (2019). The potential of genomics for restoring ecosystems and biodiversity. Nature Reviews Genetics, 20(10), 615-628. DOI Scopus154 WoS113 Europe PMC46
2019	Liddicoat, C., Weinstein, P., Bissett, A., Gellie, N., Mills, J., Waycott, M., & Breed, M. F. (2019). Can bacterial indicators of a grassy woodland restoration inform ecosystem assessment and microbiota-mediated human health?. Environment International, 129, 105-117. DOI Scopus52 WoS42 Europe PMC11
2019	Mills, J., Brookes, J., Gellie, N., Liddicoat, C., Lowe, A., Sydnor, H., . . . Breed, M. F. (2019). Relating urban biodiversity to human health with the ‘holobiont’ concept. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10(MAR), 8 pages. DOI Scopus67 WoS49 Europe PMC26
2018	Yan, D., Mills, J., Gellie, N., Bissett, A., Lowe, A., & Breed, M. (2018). High-throughput eDNA monitoring of fungi to track functional recovery in ecological restoration. Biological Conservation, 217, 113-120. DOI Scopus84 WoS65 Europe PMC5
2018	Gellie, N., Breed, M., Mortimer, P., Harrison, R., Xu, J., & Lowe, A. (2018). Networked and embedded scientific experiments will improve restoration outcomes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16(5), 288-294. DOI Scopus34 WoS34
2018	Baruch, Z., Jones, A., Hill, K. E., McInerney, F., Blyth, C., Caddy-Retalic, S., . . . Breed, M. (2018). Functional acclimation across microgeographic scales in Dodonaea viscosa. AoB Plants, 10(3), ply029-1-ply029-15. DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2018	Breed, M. F., Harrison, P. A., Bischoff, A., Durruty, P., Gellie, N. J., Gonzales, E. K., . . . Bucharova, A. (2018). Priority actions to improve provenance decision-making. Bioscience, 68(7), 510-516. DOI Scopus90 WoS72
2017	Broadhurst, L., Breed, M., Lowe, A., Bragg, J., Catullo, R., Coates, D., . . . Byrne, M. (2017). Genetic diversity and structure of the Australian flora. Diversity and Distributions: a journal of conservation biogeography, 23(1), 41-52. DOI Scopus57 WoS49
2017	Baruch, Z., Christmas, M., Breed, M., Guerin, G., Caddy-Retalic, S., McDonald, J., . . . Lowe, A. (2017). Leaf trait associations with environmental variation in the wide-ranging shrub Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (Sapindaceae). Austral Ecology, 42(5), 553-561. DOI Scopus19 WoS17 Europe PMC2
2017	Gellie, N., Mills, J., Breed, M., & Lowe, A. (2017). Revegetation rewilds the soil bacterial microbiome of an old field. Molecular Ecology, 26(11), 2895-2904. DOI Scopus70 WoS60 Europe PMC10
2017	Mills, J., Weinstein, P., Gellie, N., Weyrich, L., Lowe, A., & Breed, M. (2017). Urban habitat restoration provides a human health benefit through microbiome rewilding: the Microbiome Rewilding Hypothesis. Restoration Ecology, 25(6), 866-872. DOI Scopus127 WoS91
2016	Breed, M., Gellie, N., & Lowe, A. (2016). Height differences in two eucalypt provenances with contrasting levels of aridity. Restoration Ecology, 24(4), 471-478. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2016	Gellie, N., Breed, M., Thurgate, N., Kennedy, S., & Lowe, A. (2016). Local maladaptation in a foundation tree species: implications for restoration. Biological Conservation, 203, 226-232. DOI Scopus29 WoS27 Europe PMC3
2015	Gellie, N., Beaumont, K., Mackay, D., Whalen, M., & Clarke, L. (2015). Growth responses of Baumea juncea (Cyperaceae) plants from inland artesian spring and coastal habitats to salinity and waterlogging treatments. Australian Journal of Botany, 63(6), 517-525. DOI Scopus1 WoS1

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2017	Breed, M. F., Gellie, N., & Lowe, A. J. (2017). Alternative provenancing strategies, theory and empirical evidence. Poster session presented at the meeting of Using non-local plants for restoration – fallacy or fundamental?. Iguassu, Brazil.
2017	Lowe, A. J., Gellie, N., Mills, J., & Breed, M. F. (2017). Future challenges in restoration plantings, and their potential solutions. Poster session presented at the meeting of Using non-local plants for restoration – fallacy or fundamental?. Iguassu, Brazil.
2017	Breed, M. F., Gellie, N., Mills J., & Lowe, A. J. (2017). Revegetation rewilds the soil bacterial microbiome of an old field. Poster session presented at the meeting of Harnessing new genetic approaches to improve restoration success. Shenzhen, China.
2017	Mills, J. G., Weinstein., Gellie., Weyrich., Lowe., & Breed. (2017). Restoration of urban green spaces rewilds the environmental microbiome with associated shifts in the human microbiome.. Poster session presented at the meeting of Society for Ecological Restoration. Foz do Iguacu, Brazil.
2016	Gellie, N., Breed, M. F., & Lowe, A. J. (2016). Laboratories for restoration science - developing the evidence base for resilient landscape restoration. Poster session presented at the meeting of Conservation genetics. Hamilton, NZ.
2016	Mills, J., Breed, M. F., Gellie, N., & Lowe, A. (2016). Revegetation rewilds the bacterial microbiome of an old field. Poster session presented at the meeting of Conservation genetics. Hamilton, NZ.
2016	Breed, M. F., Gellie, N., & Lowe, A. (2016). How can restoration avoid genetic ghettos, adapt to climate change, and effectively monitor success?. Poster session presented at the meeting of Conservation genetics. Hamilton, NZ.
2016	Breed, M. F., Gellie, N., & Lowe, A. (2016). How can restoration avoid genetic ghettos, adapt to climate change, and effectively monitor success?. Poster session presented at the meeting of Holistic conservation. Melbourne, Aus.
2016	Lowe, A. J., Breed, M., Gellie, N., Guerin, G. R., Mills, J., & Christmas, M. (2016). Restoring South Australia's native vegetation. Poster session presented at the meeting of ''Botany 2016 – Past, Present and Future' Symposium. South Australian NRM Science Conference.. The University of Adelaide.
2015	Gellie, N., Breed, M., & Lowe, A. (2015). That big tree’s not from around here – provenance decision –making during uncertain times. Poster session presented at the meeting of Synthesising restoration outcomes in agricultural and mined landscapes. Adelaide, Aus.
2015	Gellie, N., Breed, M., & Lowe, A. (2015). Laboratories for restoration science - developing the evidence base for cost-effective and resilient landscape restoration. Poster session presented at the meeting of Restoration resilience. Manchester, UK.

Datasets

Year	Citation
2020	Mills, J. G., Bissett, A., Gellie, N., Lowe, A., Selway, C., Thomas, T., . . . Breed, M. (2020). Revegetation of urban green space rewilds soil microbiotas with implications for human health and urban design.
2017	Gellie, N., Mills, J. G., Breed, M. F., & Lowe, A. J. (2017). Revegetation rewilds the soil bacterial microbiome of an old field. Part 2: Soil chemistry. DOI
2017	Gellie, N., Mills, J., Breed, M., & Lowe, A. (2017). Revegetation rewilds the soil bacterial microbiome of an old field. Part 1: OTU raw data matrix. DOI
2016	Gellie, N. J. C., Breed, M. F., Thurgate, N., Kennedy, S. A., & Lowe, A. (2016). Local maladaptation in a foundation tree species: implications for restoration. Part 1; survival. DOI
2016	Gellie, N., Breed, M., Thurgate, N., Kennedy, S. A., & Lowe, A. J. (2016). Local maladaptation in a foundation tree species: implications for restoration. Part 2 growth. DOI
2016	Baruch, Z., Christmas, M., Breed, M. F., Guerin, G. R., Caddy-Retalic, S., McDonald, J., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2016). Leaf trait associations with environmental variation in the wide-ranging shrub Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (Sapindaceae) Part 1: Latitude. DOI
2016	Baruch, Z., Christmas, M., Breed, M. F., Guerin, G. R., Caddy-Retalic, S., McDonald, J. T., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2016). Leaf trait associations with environmental variation in the wide-ranging shrub Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (Sapindaceae) Part 2: Elevation. DOI
-	Liddicoat, C., Sydnor, H., Cando-Dumancela, C., Dresken, R., Liu, J., Gellie, N., . . . Breed, M. (n.d.). Supporting Data - Naturally-diverse airborne environmental microbial exposures modulate the gut microbiome and may provide anxiolytic benefits in mice. DOI
-	Liddicoat, C., Weinstein, P., Bissett, A., Gellie, N., Mills, J., Waycott, M., & Breed, M. (n.d.). Data Inputs - Can bacterial indicators of a grassy woodland restoration inform ecosystem assessment and microbiota-mediated human health?. DOI
-	Yan, D., Gellie, N., Mills, J., Connell, G., Bissett, A., Lowe, A., & Breed, M. (n.d.). Archaea restoration raw OTU data. DOI

Committee Memberships

Date Role Committee Institution Country

2016 - ongoing Advisory Board Member Technical Advisory Committee Trees for Life Australia

Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
2016 - ongoing	Advisory Board Member	Technical Advisory Committee	Trees for Life	Australia

Position: Science Projects Co-ordinator
Phone: 83137032
Email: nick.gellie@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: Waite
Building: Davies Building
Org Unit: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

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