Tracy Dawes-Gromadzki

Tracy Dawes-Gromadzki (born 1972) is an Australian ecologist most well known for her expertise and work with termites. She attended the Flinders University of South Australia where she finished her PhD. A fellowship was awarded to her after she completed her Doctorate with Tropical Ecosystem Research Centre from the CSIRO Division of Sustainable Ecosystems where she does research on termites. She created a system to sample termites.

Early life and education Dawes-Gromadzki was born in 1972 in Adelaide, South Australia. She is the eldest of the two girls. Her mother was a school teacher while her father was a construction worker.

Dawes-Gromadzki was involved in sports in her high school and received the Year 12 geography prize. Her mentor while obtain her PhD was Professor Mike Bull.

The techniques for catching each organism is carried out differently by Dawes-Gromadzki. Ants are caught with jars that contain substance that attracts them and it's buried in the soil without a lid on it. Then the termites are placed in a location with minimal soil health but the termites but be kept there by providing their food and living resources.

Dawes-Gromadzki is able to carry out this work through funding CSIRO and the Tropical Savannas Cooperative Research Centre of Australia, which she work with. In 2001 she became the Research Scientist for CSIRO.