Interests

Research

• Population genomics
• Antarctic benthic ecology and evolution
• Antarctic ice sheet collapse

Experience

• 2018 to 2022 - PhD, James Cook University (Townsville, Australia)
• 2016 to 2018 - Research Assistant, University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
• 2012 to 2016 - MSci Marine Biology, University of Southampton (Southampton, United Kingdom)

Research Disciplines

• Genetics (3105)
• Environmental management (4104)
• Evolutionary biology (3104)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding knowledge (2801)

Awards

• 2021 - AeRO Cloud Grants Program
• 2019 to 2021 - Antarctic Science International Bursary
• 2018 to 2021 - Promoting Environmental Research (David Pearse Bequest)
• 2018 to 2021 - James Cook University Postgraduate Research Scholarship
• 2020 - Antarctic Science Foundation PhD student support grant
• 2016 - The Undergraduate Awards: Highly Commended Entrant
• 2016 - University of Southampton Tyler Prize for the Best MSci Marine Biology Project

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Journal Articles

• Strugnell J, Mcgregor H, Wilson N, Meredith K, Chown S, Lau S, Robinson S and Saunders K (2022) Emerging biological archives can reveal ecological and climatic change in Antarctica. Global Change Biology, 28 (22). pp. 6483-6508
• Lau S, Strugnell J, Sands C, Silva C and Wilson N (2021) Evolutionary innovations in Antarctic brittle stars linked to glacial refugia. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (23). pp. 17428-17446
• Woodings L, Murphy N, Liggins G, Miller M, Ballinger G, Lau S and Strugnell J (2021) Population genomics of the Eastern Rock Lobster, Sagmariasus verreauxi, during spawning stock recovery from over-exploitation. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78 (7). pp. 2448-2459
• Caswell B, Klein E, Alleway H, Ball J, Botero J, Cardinale M, Eero M, Engelhard G, Fortibuoni T, Giraldo A, Hentati-Sundberg J, Jones P, Kittinger J, Krause G, Lajus D, Lajus J, Lau S, Lescrauwaet A, MacKenzie B, McKenzie M, Ojaveer H, Pandolfi J, Raicevich S, Russell B, Sundelöf A, Thorpe R, zu Ermgassen P and Thurstan R (2020) Something old, something new: historical perspectives provide lessons for blue growth agendas. Fish and Fisheries, 21 (4). pp. 774-796
• Lau S, Thomas M, Hancock B and Russell B (2020) Restoration potential of Asian oysters on heavily developed coastlines. Restoration Ecology, 28 (6). pp. 1643-1653
• Lau S, Wilson N, Silva C and Strugnell J (2020) Detecting glacial refugia in the Southern Ocean. Ecography, 43 (11). pp. 1639-1656
• Lau S, Brettell D and Astudillo J (2018) Rapid assessment of the invasive Xenostrobus securis on cultured oysters in Hong Kong. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 17. pp. 11-16
• Lau S, Grange L, Peck L and Reed A (2018) The reproductive ecology of the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii (Protobranchia: Sareptidae) follows neither Antarctic nor taxonomic patterns. Polar Biology, 41. pp. 1693-1706

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Current

• Population Connectivity of Antarctic Marine Invertebrates (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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