Tom Fairman

• Forest and fire scientist, The University of Melbourne

Tom Fairman is a forest scientist who works in forest and fire science in the FLARE Wildfire Research Group at the School of Agriculture, Food & Ecosystem Sciences at The University of Melbourne. As a forester, he has a background in forest ecology, forestry, fire ecology, urban forest research and forest carbon assessment. He has worked across forest and fire management in the government and research sector, and works with Traditional Owner communities exploring their aspirations for forest stewardship. He holds a PhD in forest and fire ecology, specifically the ecology of temperate eucalypt forests and the effect of increasingly frequent wildfires on the structure and dynamics.

• 2021–present Research scientist, The University of Melbourne

• 2019 The University of Melbourne, PhD
• 2010 The University of Melbourne, Master of Forest Ecosystem Science
• 2007 The University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Science

• 2021 Responding to the biodiversity impacts of a megafire: A case study from south‐eastern Australia's Black Summer, Diversity and Distributions
• 2019 Short-interval wildfires increase likelihood of resprouting failure in fire-tolerant trees, Journal of Environmental Management
• 2017 Frequent wildfires erode tree persistence and alter stand structure and initial composition of a fire‐tolerant sub‐alpine forest, Journal of Vegetation Science
• 2015 Too much, too soon? A review of the effects of increasing wildfire frequency on tree mortality and regeneration in temperate eucalypt forests, International Journal of Wildland Fire
• 2014 Fuel reduction burning mitigates wildfire impacts on forest carbon and greenhouse gas emission, International Journal of Wildland Fire
• 2010 An indicative estimate of carbon stocks on Victoria's publicly managed land using FullCAM, Australian Forestry

Princes of Wales Award for Sustainable Forest Management (Forestry Australia, 2025)

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