Steve is a marine scientist with two decades of experience across industry, government and academia, both in Australia and overseas. He earned his PhD from James Cook University, Australia. His expertise aligns to the population ecology of benthic marine communities, with a motivation to translate this information to diverse stakeholders involved with the conservation and … Continued
Dr Jon Kok is a research engineer with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) based in Townsville, Queensland Australia. Jon received his BE (Hons) and PhD at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Before joining AIMS, he was with QUT as a researcher focused on hyperspectral remote sensing in agricultural applications. Now Jon is … Continued
David Belton research has been in the field of laser scanning and photogrammetry. While the primary focus has been on automated processing, classification and segmentation of the data, his research has also included topics such as sensor calibration, data fusion, modelling and analysis of the observed data, and a variety of practical applications. This has … Continued
Veronique is a Technical Officer at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, whose role is to provide Research Project support within the Reef Recovery, Adaptation and Restoration Team. When she first started in 2015, her primary responsibilities were to conduct physiological laboratory based assays and to assist in the fieldwork to assess Coral Health across spatial … Continued
Iain is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST) at Curtin University. He was awarded a PhD from Curtin University in Benthic Habitat Mapping using Multibeam Sonar Systems in 2008. During his PhD, Iain carried our seafloor mapping around the Australian coast. From mapping coral reefs in Queensland to … Continued
Laurence Dugal is currently undertaking a PhD in marine science at the University of Western Australia, where she also completed Bachelor and Honours degrees. Her research focuses on applying environmental DNA metabarcoding techniques to study marine ecosystems in NW Western Australia by tracking the genetic material left behind by a range of organisms. Part of … Continued
Rebecca is a quantitative ecologist with over 15 years of experience in marine ecology, more than 50 peer review publications and highly developed skills in statistical modelling. Rebecca has experience working across academia, industry and government. Her interests lie at the interface between ecology, numerical modelling and quantitative decision science and she is committed to … Continued
Muhammad Abdul Wahab is a benthic ecologist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and is based in Darwin, Northern Territory. He received his PhD from James Cook University and AIMS, studying population ecology of sponges, which provided a fundamental understanding on the reproduction, spawning and recruitment of several sponge species on the Great … Continued
Dr. Kara Layton is a marine evolutionary biologist and currently a Lecturer in Marine Biology at the University of Aberdeen. Kara earned her BSc and MSc at the University of Guelph and her PhD at the University of Western Australia, and recently completed postdoctoral research at the Ocean Frontier Institute and Memorial University of Newfoundland. … Continued
Jenelle Ritchie is a Project Technical Officer in the Aquatic Zoology department at the Western Australian Museum. She received a BSc. in Conservation Biology from Murdoch University, and was employed at the CSIRO before commencing work at the museum. During her employment at the museum over the last 12 years she has worked on many … Continued
