Mardi McNeil is a PhD Candidate at the School of Earth and Environmental Science at Queensland University of Technology, and is affiliated with the Geocoastal Research Group at The University of Sydney School of Geosciences. Her interest is in cross-disciplinary research in Marine Geoscience, specifically biogenic carbonate sediments and structures at various scales from calcareous … Continued
Gemma Galbraith is a PhD Candidate at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University in Townsville, Australia. Her research examines the ecology of coral reefs on submerged pinnacle reefs in Papua New Guinea. Gemma is particularly interested in how hydrodynamic processes and geomorphology influence ecological communities on distinct and … Continued
Jeremy Horowitz is a Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History. He studies the taxonomy and evolutionary history of black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia). Specifically, Jeremy is extracting and sequencing DNA from holotype specimens (the actual specimens from which species were described) and topotype specimens (specimens physically matching holotypes that … Continued
Professor Colin Woodroffe is a coastal geomorphologist in the School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences at the University of Wollongong. He has a PhD and ScD from the University of Cambridge, and was a lead author on the coastal chapter in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment report. He has … Continued
Dr Jacquomo Monk is a quantitative marine spatial ecologist with joint appointments with Austral Research and Consulting and the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania. For over a decade Jac has worked in the private and university sectors applying his advanced skills in spatial and quantitative statistics to a range … Continued
Scott is Director of Marine and Antarctic Geoscience at Geoscience Australia. He is a marine geoscientist with over 25 years post-PhD experience working on coastal and marine environments, with a focus on seabed geomorphology, sediment dynamics and geology. He has led numerous marine surveys, including within the Marine Biodiversity Hub under the CERF, NERP and … Continued
Dr. Dean Miller is a scientist, multi-media professional, BBC television presenter and an Australian Geographic sponsored explorer. With a Ph.D. in coral reef management, tourism and resource allocation and a wealth of scientific experience in the field from Antarctica to the Arctic and everywhere in between, Dean’s scientific research career has been rich and diverse. … Continued
Dr. Daniela Ceccarelli is an independent marine ecology consultant with a PhD in coral reef ecology from James Cook University. Her coral reef survey fieldwork spans the Great Barrier Reef, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Tonga and the Marshall Islands, and remote reefs of northwest WA and the Coral Sea. For the last decade she has … Continued
Dr. Dhugal Lindsay is an Australian working in Japan at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and several universities. His research focuses on mid-water ecology, particularly concentrating on gelatinous organisms that are too fragile to be sampled by conventional methods. He is also heavily involved in developing the technologies to study these organisms in situ. Dr. Lindsay has taken … Continued
Richard Fitzpatrick is an Emmy awarded cinematographer specialising in 8K and 3D IMAX video systems as well as being a qualified marine biologist specialising in sharks. He has shot more than 50 films for clients such as the BBC, National Geographic and Discovery Channel and is renowned for filming complex behavioural sequences – (including 3D, … Continued
