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
Kai is a systematic ichthyology PhD candidate at the University of Sydney and the Australian Museum Research Institute. His research revolves largely around coral reef fishes, particularly in the taxonomy and systematics of labrid fishes. He has described and named over a dozen new species of reef fishes, many of them occurring in deep mesophotic … Continued
Dr Merrick Ekins is the Collection Manager of Sessile Marine Invertebrates at the Queensland Museum. Merrick is in charge of the Queensland Museums’ Sessile Marine Invertebrate Collection, with one of the largest Indo-Pacific collection of Sponges, Ascidians and Octocorals. He has 17 years of experience in the collection, identification, preservation and descriptions of these groups, … Continued
Tom Bridge is a Senior Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University and the Senior Curator of Corals at the Queensland Museum Network, based at the Museum of Tropical Queensland campus in Townsville. His research is broadly focussed on the taxonomy, systematics, ecology, biogeography and evolution … Continued
Dr. Webster is part of the Geocoastal Research Group in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney. Jody is an expert in carbonate sedimentology and stratigraphy and interpretation of marine geology and geophysical data. Jody graduated from the University of Sydney in 2000 and spent several years in the US carrying out his … Continued
Dr. Webster is part of the Geocoastal Research Group in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney. Jody is an expert in carbonate sedimentology and stratigraphy and interpretation of marine geology and geophysical data. Jody graduated from the University of Sydney in 2000 and spent several years in the US carrying out his … Continued
Dr Brendan Brooke is Director of National Seabed Mapping at Geoscience Australia. He has a PhD in Marine Geoscience, with internationally recognised expertise in coastal and marine sedimentary systems and geomorphology. He has extensive experience leading multidisciplinary teams of scientists focused on research that addresses important knowledge gaps for Australia's coastal and marine ecosystems. This … Continued
Dr Robin Beaman is a marine geologist, who received his BSc from James Cook University (1993), and BAntSt(Hons) and PhD at the University of Tasmania (2005). Previously, he was a Navy hydrographic surveyor. Now based at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia, Robin has participated in numerous ocean mapping expeditions all around Australia and the … Continued
