Dr Moore is based at Canberra, Australia. He started his scientific career as an ecologist, studying plant-animal interactions in the South Australian arid zone and then building and analysing simple models of vegetation dynamics at the ANU. He joined CSIRO in 1989, at which time his focus shifted from natural to agricultural ecosystems. His ongoing research interests share a common theme of decision-making in the land sector in the face of present and future uncertainties, and include:
understanding the interactions between provisioning services and other ecosystem services in farming lands;
improving the understanding and management of integrated crop-livestock systems;
the application of agricultural simulation models in decision-making, in particular through the GRAZPLAN decision support tools..
Dr Moore was a member of the GRDC Water Use Efficiency team that was awarded a 2013 CSIRO Medal.