Aaron Micallef

Aaron is a marine geologist investigating the geomorphology of continental margins. He uses quantitative techniques to analyze geophysical and sedimentological data to solve problems related to submarine mass movements, erosion and marine hydrogeology problems. Aaron is a senior scientist at GEOMAR and associate professor at Department of Geosciences, University of Malta. Aaron holds a MSc … Continued

Nicolas Waldmann

Dr Nicolas Waldmann is a sedimentologist with a wide background in the marine and lacustrine geosciences discipline. Dr Waldmann received his MSc from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and his PhD from the University of Geneva. After a postdoc at the University of Bergen in marine geology, he returned to Israel for a tenure position … Continued

Sebastian Watt

Seb is a volcanologist and senior lecturer in Earth Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK, with broad research interests in physical volcanic processes. He has investigated volcanic edifice stability, landslide processes and associated hazards in several locations. This includes marine geophysical and coring projects offshore Montserrat, and an ongoing project investigating the lateral collapse … Continued

Steve Whalan

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

Jon Kok

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

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 Mocellin

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 Parnum

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

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