Dr. Matt Plucinski

Matt Plucinski is a Research Scientist with the CSIRO Land and Water Bushfire Behaviour and Risks group. His primary research interests are bushfire suppression, including the use aerial suppression, fire behaviour, including ignition probability and fire management planning. He obtained his PhD from the University of NSW in 2003 with his thesis focussed on defining ignition thresholds in bushfire fuels. He worked on the Bushfire CRC suppression project for seven years during which he developed models predicting initial attack success of bushfires, made field measurements of fire behaviour and suppression effectiveness on operational wildfires and conducted aerial suppression field experiments. In 2009 he participated in field work for the reconstruction of the Black Saturday bushfires and in 2010 he was the lead scientist for the field evaluation of a large air-tanker. Following this, Matt conducted a 3-year investigation of fire occurrence and designed a suppression resource allocation model framework for the Bushfire CRC Extension. He has since lead contract projects evaluating bushfire suppressants and has been an integral part of a multi-discipline team developing fire behaviour prediction software (Amicus). Matt has attained a high profile national reputation as the bushfire suppression research specialist, providing expertise to a range of state agencies.
Type
party
Access Privileges
Fenner School of Environment & Society
Title
Dr.
Given Name
Matt
Surname
Plucinski
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0965-9229
Brief Description
Matt Plucinski is a Research Scientist with the CSIRO Land and Water Bushfire Behaviour and Risks group.
Full Description
Matt Plucinski is a Research Scientist with the CSIRO Land and Water Bushfire Behaviour and Risks group. His primary research interests are bushfire suppression, including the use aerial suppression, fire behaviour, including ignition probability and fire management planning. He obtained his PhD from the University of NSW in 2003 with his thesis focussed on defining ignition thresholds in bushfire fuels. He worked on the Bushfire CRC suppression project for seven years during which he developed models predicting initial attack success of bushfires, made field measurements of fire behaviour and suppression effectiveness on operational wildfires and conducted aerial suppression field experiments. In 2009 he participated in field work for the reconstruction of the Black Saturday bushfires and in 2010 he was the lead scientist for the field evaluation of a large air-tanker. Following this, Matt conducted a 3-year investigation of fire occurrence and designed a suppression resource allocation model framework for the Bushfire CRC Extension. He has since lead contract projects evaluating bushfire suppressants and has been an integral part of a multi-discipline team developing fire behaviour prediction software (Amicus). Matt has attained a high profile national reputation as the bushfire suppression research specialist, providing expertise to a range of state agencies.
Email Address
matt.Plucinski@csiro.au
Website Address
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0965-9229; https://people.csiro.au/P/M/Matt-Plucinski
Fields of Research
3108 - Plant biology; 370903 - Natural hazards; 401304 - Photogrammetry and remote sensing
Status: Published
Published to:
  • Australian National University
  • Australian National Data Service
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