Active Researchers — Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research
Prof Ellen Ariel
Professor, Promotional Chair
Green Turtle
Ranavirus
Reptiles
Dr Zoe Bainbridge
Research Fellow
Great Barrier Reef
Sediment
Water Quality
Prof Damien Burrows
Director, TropWATER
Environmental Dna
Threatened Species
Great Barrier Reef
Mr Barry Butler
Principal Research Officer
Water Quality
Wetlands
Ecosystem Services
Dr Alexandra Carter
Principal Research Officer
Seagrass
Great Barrier Reef
Monitoring
A/Prof Taha Chaiechi
Head, Economics and Marketing
Tropical Cities
Scoping Review
Thematic Analysis
Dr Katie Chartrand
Senior Research Officer
Seagrass
Corals
Restoration
Dr Robert Coles
Principal Research Scientist
Seagrass
Great Barrier Reef
Monitoring
Dr Catherine Collier
Principal Research Officer
Seagrass
Great Barrier Reef
Sediment
Dr Bithin Datta
Senior Lecturer
Saltwater Intrusion
Coastal Aquifer
Simulation-optimisation
Aaron Davis
Principal Research Officer
Water Quality
Great Barrier Reef
Sugarcane
Prof Rocky de Nys
Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow
Seaweed
Aquaculture
Macroalgae
Dr Michelle Devlin
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Great Barrier Reef
Water Quality
Human Health
A/Prof Amy Diedrich
Associate Professor
Aquaculture
Small Scale Fisheries
Solomon Islands
A/Prof Jose Domingos
Associate Professor / Principal Research Fellow Aquaculture
Barramundi
Aquaculture
Asian Seabass
Dr Katya dos Santos Abrantes
Research Fellow
Fisheries
Acoustic Tracking
Genetics
Dr Norman Duke
Senior Research Scientist
Mangroves
Dieback
Great Barrier Reef
Prof Mark Hamann
Professor, Promotional Chair
Marine Turtles
Turtles
Coastal
Dr Roger Huerlimann
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Microbiome
Environmental Dna
Aquaculture
Dr Neil Hutchinson
Senior Lecturer Environmental Science
Fisheries
Intertidal
Thermal Stress
Dr Cassandra James
Senior Research Scientist
Water Quality
Monitoring
Great Barrier Reef
Prof Dean Jerry
Associate Dean, Research; Professor of Aquaculture
Aquaculture
Penaeus monodon
Shrimps
A/PROF Karen Joyce
Associate Professor
Remote Sensing
Uav
Uas
Dr Agnes Le Port
Adjunct Research Fellow
Environmental Dna
Qpcr
Smooth Stingray
Dr Stephen Lewis
Principal Research Officer
Great Barrier Reef
Water Quality
Sediment
Dr HanShe Lim
Lecturer - Hydrology
Indonesia
Theory Of Change
Evapotranspiration
Prof Wenxian Lin
Professor
Heat Transfer
Stratification
Numerical Simulation
Empro Helene Marsh
Professorial Research Fellow; Emeritus Professor
Dugong
Conservation
Aerial Survey
Ms Skye McKenna
Senior Research Officer
Seagrass
Port
Monitoring
Mr Len McKenzie
Principal Research Officer
Seagrass
Great Barrier Reef
Monitoring
Dr Ian McLeod
Professorial Research Fellow, TropWATER
Restoration
Coral Restoration
Ecosystem Services
A/Prof Paul Nelson
Associate Professor - Soil Science
Nitrate
Water Quality
Panama Disease
A/Prof Michael Oelgemoeller
Adjunct Professor
Photochemistry
Flow Photochemistry
Photooxygenation
Empro Richard Pearson
Emeritus Professor
Australia
Tropical Zone
Flow Regime
Dr Caroline Petus
Senior Research Officer
Great Barrier Reef
Modis
Water Quality
Dr Murray Prideaux
Senior Lecturer
Papua New Guinea
Motivation
Consumption
Dr Michael Rasheed
Principal Research Scientist; Associate Professor, Marine Biology
Seagrass
Monitoring
Great Barrier Reef
Dr Janine Sheaves
Lecturer
Artificial Intelligence & Cybernetics
Biodiversity
Mangroves
Prof Marcus Sheaves
Distinguished Professor; Distinguished Professor
Estuary
Fisheries
Urbanisation
A/Prof Scott Smithers
Associate Professor
Great Barrier Reef
Coastal Erosion
Climate Change
Dr Thomas Stieglitz
Adjunct Associate Professor
Submarine Groundwater Discharge
Radon
Fisheries
A/Prof Sizhong Sun
Associate Professor
China
Foreign Direct Investment
Spillover
Dr Shelley Templeman
Principal Research Officer
Water Quality
Sediment Quality
Nutrients
Dr Ariella Van Luyn
Adjunct Lecturer
A/PROF Nathan Waltham
Senior Principal Research Officer, TropWATER and CSE
Water Quality
Restoration
Wetlands
Dr James Whinney
Senior Research Officer
Paleoclimatology
Deep Learning
Radiocarbon Dating
Dr Eric Wolanski
Adjunct Professor
Recruitment
Currents
Recovery
Dr Paul York
Senior Research Officer
Seagrass
Great Barrier Reef
Dugong