Partner researchers - GLOW
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
Healthy Land and Water Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia |
Dr Chris Brown
GLOW Research Leader, Griffith University 
Prof. Brendan Mackey
Climate Change Response Program, Griffith University Tanna Island, Vanuatu 
Prof. Shing-Yip (Joe) Lee
Chinese University of Hong Kong Pearl River, Hong Kong, China |
Postdoctoral research fellows
Dr Ben Gilby
Marine ecology and restoration (collaborative with Univ. of Sunshine Coast) See latest paper 
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Dr Mischa Turschwell
Statistical Ecologist Global Wetlands Program 
Dr Michael Sievers
Marine Ecologist Global Wetlands Program |
Dr Tom Rayner
Science Communicator Global Wetlands Program |
Eric Jinks
Senior Software Engineer Global Wetlands Program |
Research officers
Kris Jinks
Global Wetlands Program |
Max Campbell
Promoting ecosystem resilience through connectivity |
Tanja Voser
Promoting ecosystem resilience through connectivity |
Jarra Chapman
Promoting ecosystem resilience through connectivity |
Zoe Carey
Global Wetlands Program 
Mahua Roy Chowdhury
University of Calcutta |
Zach Parkes
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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 Andrew Olds
(adjunct Coast & Estuaries, Australian Rivers Institute, faculty University of Sunshine Coast) Ecological connectivity in conservation of mangroves-seagrass-coral reefs See latest paper |
PhD students
Sarah Engelhard
Connectivity in marine ecosystems: network analysis of fish-habitat interactions Graduated 2017 See latest paper 
Dale Bryan-Brown Marine connectivity and dispersal in habitat-forming species (with Chris Brown & Jane Hughes) See latest paper 
Laura Griffiths Managing vulnerable coastal environments for interactions among multiple threats (with Chris Brown) 
Tyson Martin
Functional ecology of fish on coral reefs Graduated 2018 (see Tyson's work with Maria Beger in the Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean) |
Ryan Pearson
Shell walls: a new hope. Using barnacle shell isotopes as a conservation tool for understanding the movement ecology of threatened sea turtles (with Jason van de Merwe & Col Limpus) See latest paper 
Kris Jinks
Valuing seagrass ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - their role in food webs 
Yota Harada
Food-web consequences of the world's largest mangrove forest die-off 
Alyssa Giffin
Coral-seagrass connections for fisheries and their role in Ecosystem Based Adaptation |
Past PhD students
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Xiaoguang Ouyang Mineralisation and burial of blue carbon in coastal wetlands
Jean Davis Trophic connectivity among tropical coastal habitats and implications for reserves Paul Maxwell Ecological resilience theory: application and testing in seagrass ecosystems Andrew Olds Seascape ecology & conservation: connectivity & reserves in the western Pacific Melissa Duggan Effects of freshwater flow on carbon pathways and ecology of tropical estuaries Jodie Haig Historical connectivity of seagrass fauna under changing climate using genetics Karen Lee Stable isotope enrichment and mathematical modelling of estuarine food webs Tim Smith Seagrass patch dynamics and their role in structuring fish communities (at U Melb) Peter Macreadie Ecological effects of seagrass fragmentation on fish (at U Melb) Nathan Waltham Ecology and contaminants of fish in artificial waterways (canals) Ruth Young Effects of urbanisation on ecological services in coastal wetlands and estuaries James Webley The role of scavenging and ecology of larval and juvenile mud crabs Michael Brickhill Artificial fish habitat enhancement in estuaries and created canals Joanne Oakes Role of microalgae in mangrove food webs using stable isotope enrichment Jane Jelbart Seagrass patch dynamics & connectivity with mangroves: effects on fish (at UWS) Andrew Melville Isotope analysis of saltmarsh, mangrove and seagrass in fish nutrition Michaela Guest Carbon dynamics in mangrove, saltmarsh & seagrass habitats using isotopes Tim Stevens Design and implementation of representative marine reserves Mark Breitfuss Impact of mosquito control on saltmarsh geomorphology, fauna and flora Frank Coman Role of zooplankton in nutrition of prawn aquaculture ponds Elizabeth Clouston Economic and ecological valuation of ecological services from coastal wetlands Eri Takahashi Biology and ecology of double-ended pipefish (Syngnathidae) |
Current/recent Honours students
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Alana Palmer (Project student)
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