Professor David Bowman is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and the Director of the transdisciplinary Fire Centre at the University of Tasmania, where he holds a research chair in Pyrogeography and Fire Science. He is recognised as a thought leader in wildfire science and management publishing influential research in high-impact journals, providing policy advice to government, and serving as an expert media commentor. From 2019 to 2022 he was listed as a Clarivate highly cited cross-disciplinary Researcher. He has been privileged to have spent most of his life engaged with natural ecosystems both researching and recreating, including 25 years of research working with the Kune people in the ‘Stone Country’ of Western Arnhem Land. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge and experience to help mitigate the adverse environmental impacts of climate change amplified bushfires on human and non-human communities.