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Research

Research activities of our members are broadly summarized below, with any particular taxonomic affiliations indicated in parentheses. Please see their individual websites for more specific details and contact information.

 

Marine Biology

Dr. Pat Backwell - Behavioural ecology (fiddler crabs)

    Elesha Curran (Hons)
    Richard Milner (Hons, Dr. Jennions co-supervisor)
   

Tanya Detto (PhD, Dr. Zeil co-supervisor)

   

Leeann Reaney (PhD)

Dr. Eldon Ball - Embryonic development (corals, arthropods)

Prof. Marilyn Ball - Ecophysiology of salinity tolerance (mangroves)

Dr. Chris Fulton - Ecomorphology (fishes, algae)

    Danny Wright (Hons)
    Kate Humphries (Hons, Dr. Jennions co-supervisor)
   

Jacob Johansen (MSc, Dr. Bellwood co-supervisor)

   

Richard Edmunds (PhD, Dr. van Herwerden & Dr. Jerry co-supervisors)

Dr. David Hayward - Embryonic development (corals, sponges)

 

Dr. Jan Hemmi - Visual behaviour and ecology (fiddler crabs)

   

Martin How (PhD, Dr. Zeil co-supervisor)

 

Prof. Harvey Marchant - Polar biology (fishes, protists)

 

Dr. Jochen Zeil - Visual behaviour and ecology (fiddler crabs)

 

Marine Chemistry

Dr. Jochen Brocks - Palaeobiogeochemistry

   

Richard Schinteie (PhD)

Dr. Steve Eggins - Biomineralisation in marine organisms (fish, sponges, forams)

   

Aleksey Sadekov (PhD)

Dr. Michael Ellwood - Trace metal oceanography (sponges, diatoms)

   

Jill Sutton (PhD)

   

Andrea De Leon (PhD, Dr. Eggins co-supervisor)

 

Dr. Stewart Fallon - Biomineralisation in marine organisms (corals)

 

Dr. Stacy Jupiter - Coastal watershed dynamics (corals)

Dr. Michael Gagan - Environmental geochemistry (corals)

   

Rose Berdin (PhD)

    Katherine Lilly (PhD)
    Dingchuang Qu (PhD)
 

Prof. Malcolm McCulloch - Environmental geochemistry (corals)

    Samantha Burgess (PhD)
    Erica Hendy (PhD)
    John Marshall (PhD)
    Pyramo Marianelli (PhD)

Dr. Martin Wille - Trace metal oceanography (sponges, diatoms)

 

Marine Geology

Prof. Richard Arculus - Global geochemical cycling (deep sea vent organisms)

    Jeff Brownlow (PhD)

Dr. Andrea Dutton - Carbonate geochemistry

 

Prof. Patrick De Deckker - Palaeoceanography (plankton)

    John Rogers (PhD)
    Daniel Wilkins (PhD)
    Christos Gouramanis (PhD)
  Prof. David Ellis - Estuarine geodynamics

Dr. Neville Exon - Marine geoscience (MARGO program)

Dr. Brad Opdyke - Palaeoceanography (corals)

    Sarah Tynan (PhD)
 

Marine Physics

 

Prof. Ross Griffiths - Geophysical and environmental fluid dynamics

   

Tjipto Prastowo (PhD, Dr. Gagan, Hughes, Kerr & Taylor co-supervisors)

Dr. Andy Hogg - Ocean transport and mixing

   

Melanie O'Byrne (PhD, Dr. Webb & Prof. Griffiths co-supervisors)

Dr. Graham Hughes - Turbulent mixing and internal waves

   

Melissa Coman (PhD, Dr. Kerr, Griffiths, Hogg & McDougall co-supervisors)

 

Dr. Kurt Lambeck - Tidal fluid dynamics

 

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