Professor Michael Douglas and Dr. Samantha Setterfield from Charles Darwin University (Darwin, Australia) began their sabbatical at the Integration and Application Network in August and will stay until January 2013. Michael is the Director of TRaCK (Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge Research Hub) and has been researching tropical rivers, fire ecology and indigenous knowledge. Samantha works on invasive weeds and floodplain biodiversity. They are supported by a Fulbright fellowship and will present seminars at Horn Point Laboratory and at the UMCES Annapolis Office.