Our Team
We have a productive team of researchers, students and partners in data science, automation and ecology.
Postdoctoral research fellows
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Research officers
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Partner researchers - Global Wetlands Project (GLOW)
Dr Fernanda Adame
Blue Carbon and Nutrients in wetlands |
Dr Anusha Rajkaran
University of Western Cape, South Africa |
Dr Ana Sousa
University of Aveiro, Portugal |
Mahua Roy Chowdhury
University of Calcutta Sundarbans, Kolkata, India |
Dr Paul Maxwell
EcoFutures and Alluvium Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia |
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Prof. Brendan Mackey
Climate Change Beacon, Griffith University Tanna Island, Vanuatu (The Mackey lab) |
Prof. Shing-Yip (Joe) Lee
Chinese University of Hong Kong Pearl River, Hong Kong, China (The Lee lab) |
Adjunct researchers
Dr Chantal Huijbers
Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory, adjunct Coast and Estuaries, Australian Rivers Institute. Movement of fish in coastal marine habitats: mangrove-seagrass-coral reef systems |
Dr David Rissik
BMT Consulting, and adjunct Coast & Estuaries, Australian Rivers Institute Climate adaptation and marine habitat restoration |
Associate Professor Andrew Olds
University of Sunshine Coast, adjunct Coast & Estuaries, Australian Rivers Institute Ecological connectivity in conservation of mangroves-seagrass-coral reefs |
PhD candidates
Andria Ostrowski
Experimental testing of interacting stressors on coastal wetlands (with Michael Sievers) See key paper |
Ellen Ditria
Automated reporting of ecosystem services in wetlands (with Christina Buelow) See key paper |
Kris Jinks
Valuing seagrass ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - their role in food webs (with Chris Brown) See key paper |
Alyssa Giffin
Coral-seagrass connections for fisheries and their role in Ecosystem Based Adaptation (with Chris Brown) See key paper |
PhD graduates
Recent graduates
Sebastian Lopez-Marcano
Graduated 2022 Computer vision techniques in fish population connectivity See key paper |
Laura Griffiths
Graduated 2022 Managing vulnerable coastal environments for interactions among multiple threats See key paper |
Yota Harada
Graduated 2020 Food-web consequences of the world's largest mangrove forest die-off See key paper |
Dale Bryan-Brown
Graduated 2020 Marine connectivity and dispersal in habitat-forming species See key paper |
Tyson Martin
Graduated 2018 Functional ecology of fish on coral reefs See video of Tyson’s work with Maria Beger |
Sarah Engelhard
Graduated 2018 Connectivity in marine ecosystems: network analysis of fish-habitat interactions See key paper |
Ryan Pearson
Graduated 2018 Using barnacle shell isotopes as a conservation tool for understanding the movement ecology of threatened sea turtles See key paper |
Past graduates
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Andrew Melville
Isotope analysis of saltmarsh, mangrove and seagrass in fish nutrition Andrew Olds Seascape ecology & conservation: connectivity & reserves in the western Pacific Elizabeth Clouston Economic and ecological valuation of ecological services from coastal wetlands Eri Takahashi Biology and ecology of double-ended pipefish (Syngnathidae) Frank Coman Role of zooplankton in nutrition of prawn aquaculture ponds James Webley The role of scavenging and ecology of larval and juvenile mud crabs Jane Jelbart Seagrass patch dynamics & connectivity with mangroves: effects on fish Jean Davis Trophic connectivity among tropical coastal habitats and implications for reserves |
Joanne Oakes
Role of microalgae in mangrove food webs using stable isotope enrichment Jodie Haig Historical connectivity of seagrass fauna under changing climate using genetics Karen Lee Stable isotope enrichment and mathematical modelling of estuarine food webs Mark Breitfuss Impact of mosquito control on saltmarsh geomorphology, fauna and flora Melissa Duggan Effects of freshwater flow on carbon pathways and ecology of tropical estuaries Michael Brickhill Artificial fish habitat enhancement in estuaries and created canals Michaela Guest Carbon dynamics in mangrove, saltmarsh & seagrass habitats using isotopes Nathan Waltham Ecology and contaminants of fish in artificial waterways |
Paul Maxwell
Ecological resilience theory: application and testing in seagrass ecosystems Peter Macreadie Ecological effects of seagrass fragmentation on fish Ruth Young Effects of urbanisation on ecological services in coastal wetlands and estuaries Sarah Engelhard Connectivity in marine ecosystems: network analysis of fish-habitat interactions Tim Smith Seagrass patch dynamics and their role in structuring fish communities Tim Stevens Design and implementation of representative marine reserves Xiaoguang Ouyang Mineralisation and burial of blue carbon in coastal wetlands |
Honours students
Michaela Kitchingman
Automated counts of fish using restored mangroves |
Beaudee Newbery
Developing measures of fish condition for automated monitoring |
Jasmine Rasmussen
Restoration of polluted coastal ecosystems as ecological traps |
Charlotte McAneney
Restored reefs as fish habitat |
Ainsley Leaning
Automated recording of seagrass type and cover in UAV imagery |
Recent alumni
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Adam Shand
Computer vision for fish counting in underwater videos |