Anton joined the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies as an MSc student after completing his Honours degree in oceanography and a brief stint working in environmental management. Following the submission of his thesis on coral records of ENSO patterns in late 2013, he continued on as a research assistant. Anton is a … Continued
Dr. Marco Taviani is a marine geologist and paleobiologist serving at the Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR-CNR) in Bologna as Research Director, and has gained considerable experience working on a variety of projects in the Mediterranean basin, Red Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Antarctica, both at sea and on land. At present his main … Continued
Ron Thresher got his Ph.D. in fish behavior and ecology at the University of Miami, and did post-doctoral work at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of Sydney. He joined the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in 1983, where he has undertaken research on topics ranging from the ecology of larval fish … Continued
Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi is Winthrop Professor of Coastal Oceanography at The University of Western Australia, in the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering and the Oceans Institute. He is also the Leader of the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG). He received his PhD in Coastal Oceanography in 1985 from the University College … Continued
Lara Garcia-Corral is a Spanish Research Associate at the University of Western Australia, conducting research on metabolic rates and drivers of the plankton communities in the Western Coast of Australia. She is completing her Ph.D in the Spanish National Research Council, on the metabolic balance of plankton communities at a global scale and metabolic responses … Continued
Verena is a post-doctoral research fellow in the School of Earth and Environment and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at the University of Western Australia in Perth. Her research focuses on the effects of climate change on coral reefs, in particular the resilience of corals to ocean acidification and warming. She … Continued
Claire completed her BSc in Marine Biology and Coastal Management at the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 2012 and received a first class honours for her research on high latitude coral calcification rates at Rottnest Island in 2013. Shortly after, Claire worked with her honours supervisors, Winthrop Professor Malcolm McCulloch and Assistant Professor Jim … Continued
Paolo Montagna is a researcher at the Institute of Marine Science (ISMAR-CNR) in Bologna with interests in the geochemistry of biogenic carbonates for palaeoclimate reconstructions and biomineralization studies. He obtained his PhD in Earth Sciences from the University of Padova (Italy) in collaboration with the Australian National University. He was awarded a three year post-doctoral … Continued
Jim Falter was born in Sleepy Hollow, New York and grew up in the outer suburbs of New York City. He attended college at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology earning a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a minor in chemistry. After repeatedly crossing the Charles River over several New England winters, he decided … Continued
Dr. Julie Trotter is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia who holds a PhD in geochemistry from the Australian National University, and an MSc in palaeontology from Macquarie University. Her research focuses on the geochemistry of marine carbonate and phosphatic skeletons, which are used as archives of environmental change on both … Continued
