Dr Alice Twomey

Research Fellow

School of the Environment

a.twomey@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Alice is a multidisciplinary Research Fellow in Professor Catherine Lovelock's Lab who models flows through wetland areas to identify opportunities to improve hydrological connectivity of sites including mangroves, saltmarsh and seagrass by restoring tidal flows. Her research interests include identifying and predicting hydrological restoration opportunities for coastal ecosystems and utilising coastal and marine ecosystems as nature-based solutions for coastal protection.

She completed her PhD (2021) in Environmental Engineering at the University of Queensland, combining the fields of Marine Ecology and Coastal Engineering. Her PhD investigated how interactions between and variability within physical conditions and seagrass characteristics affect each of the three mechanisms; 1) wave attenuation, 2) sediment stabilisation, and 3) sediment accretion, and highlight the implications for coastal protection by seagrass.

Prior to academia, Alice worked as a consultant drainage and coastal engineer for small and large-scale infrastructure projects. Alice is an Engineers Australia Chartered Environmental Engineer and Civil Engineer and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Alice is currently the Chair of the Early- to Mid-Career Research Committee for the Centre for Marine Science.

Publications

Journal Articles (12)

Conference Paper (1)

Research Report (1)

Thesis (1)

Data Collections (3)

Journal Articles

Lovelock, Catherine E., Bennion, Vicki, de Oliveira, Mayara, Hagger, Valerie, Hill, Jack W., Kwan, Valerie, Pearse, Alex L., Rossini, Renee A. and Twomey, Alice J. (2024). Mangrove ecology guiding the use of mangroves as nature‐based solutions. Journal of Ecology, 112 (11), 2510-2521. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.14383

Twomey, Alice J., Baker, Alex, Waltham, Nathan and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2024). Calculating carbon: The value of information in precision for blue carbon restoration projects. Journal of Environmental Management, 370 122657, 122657. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122657

Bennion, Vicki, Dwyer, John M., Twomey, Alice J. and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2024). Decadal trends in surface elevation and tree growth in coastal wetlands of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Estuaries and Coasts, 47 (7), 1955-1971. doi: 10.1007/s12237-024-01325-y

Saunders, Megan I., Cannard, Toni, Fischer, Mibu, Sheppard, Marian, Twomey, Alice, Morris, Rebecca, Bishop, Melanie J., Mayer-Pinto, Mariana, Malcolm, Fiona, Vozzo, Maria, Steven, Andy, Swearer, Stephen E., Lovelock, Catherine E., Pomeroy, Andrew W. M., McLeod, Ian and Waltham, Nathan J. (2024). A roadmap to coastal and marine ecological restoration in Australia. Environmental Science and Policy, 159 103808, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103808

Twomey, Alice and Lovelock, Catherine (2024). Global spatial dataset of mangrove genus distribution in seaward and riverine margins. Scientific Data, 11 (1) 306, 306. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-03134-1

Twomey, Alice J., Nunez, Karinna, Carr, Joel A., Crooks, Steve, Friess, Daniel A., Glamore, William, Orr, Michelle, Reef, Ruth, Rogers, Kerrylee, Waltham, Nathan J. and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2024). Planning hydrological restoration of coastal wetlands: key model considerations and solutions. Science of The Total Environment, 915 169881, 169881. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.169881

Okoffo, Elvis D., Tan, Emmeline, Grinham, Alistair, Gaddam, Sai Meghna Reddy, Yip, Josie Yee Hang, Twomey, Alice J., Thomas, Kevin V. and Bostock, Helen (2024). Plastic pollution in Moreton Bay sediments, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Science of The Total Environment, 920 170987, 170987. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170987

Twomey, Alice J., Staples, Timothy L., Remmerswaal, Amelia, Wuppukondur, Ananth and Lovelock, Catherine (2023). Mangrove ghost forests provide opportunities for seagrass. Frontiers in Climate, 5 1284829. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2023.1284829

Twomey, Alice J., Callaghan, David P., O'Brien, Katherine R. and Saunders, Megan I. (2022). Contextualising shoreline protection by seagrass using lessons from submerged breakwaters. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 276 108011, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108011

Ward-Paige, C.A., White, E.R., Madin, E.M.P., Osgood, G.J., Bailes, L.K., Bateman, R.L., Belonje, E., Burns, K.V., Cullain, N., Darbyshire-Jenkins, P., de Waegh, R.S., Eger, A.M., Fola-Matthews, L., Ford, B.M., Gonson, C., Honeyman, C.J., House, J.E., Jacobs, E., Jordan, L.K., Levenson, J.J., Lucchini, K., Martí-Puig, P., McGuire, L.A.H., Meneses, C., Montoya-Maya, P.H., Noonan, R.A., Ruiz-Ruiz, P.A., Ruy, P.E., Saputra, R.A. ... Yamb, L. (2022). A framework for mapping and monitoring human-ocean interactions in near real-time during COVID-19 and beyond. Marine Policy, 140 105054, 105054. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105054

Twomey, Alice J., Saunders, Megan I., Callaghan, David P., Bouma, Tjeerd J., Han, Qiuying and O'Brien, Katherine R. (2021). Lateral sediment erosion with and without the non-dense root-mat forming seagrass Enhalus acoroides. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 253 107316, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107316

Twomey, Alice J., O'Brien, Katherine R., Callaghan, David P. and Saunders, Megan I. (2020). Synthesising wave attenuation for seagrass: drag coefficient as a unifying indicator. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 160 111661, 111661. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111661

Conference Paper

Twomey, Alice, O'Brien, Katherine, Callaghan, David and Saunders, Megan (2023). Wave drag coefficient useful for nature: seagrass-based coastal protection design in estuaries. 37th Conference on Coastal Engineering, Sydney, NSW Australia, 4-9 December 2022. Reston, VA USA: American Society of Civil Engineers. doi: 10.9753/icce.v37.management.57

Research Report

Roelfsema, Chris, Gonchond, Delphine, Hammerman, Nic, Gutierrez Isaza, Nataly, Byrne, Ilha, Kalkowski-Pope, Sophie, Barrenger, Trevor, Stetner, Douglas, Salmond, Jodi, van den Berg, Cedric, McVeigh, Rachel, Twomey, Alice, Kim, Catherine, Johnson, Karen and Loder, Jennifer (2022). Ecological Assessment of the Flora and Fauna of Mooloolaba Reefs, Queensland: Final Report. Brisbane, Australia: UniDive; The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/ff22f0f

Thesis

Twomey, Alice Jessie (2021). Seagrass and coastal protection: separating myths from facts. PhD Thesis, Schools of Civil Engineering and Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/1974eee

Data Collections

Alice J. Twomey, Amelia Remmerswaal and Catherine E. Lovelock (2023). Seagrass presence and absence in mangrove ghost forests in Moreton Bay, Australia. PANGAEA. (Dataset) doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.963902

Alice J. Twomey and Catherine E. Lovelock (2023). Global spatial dataset of mangrove genus distribution in seaward and riverine margins. PANGAEA. (Dataset) doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.942481

Twomey, Alice (2020). Data for: Synthesising wave attenuation for seagrass: drag coefficient as a unifying indicator. Mendeley Data. (Dataset) doi: 10.17632/y3bmjfh2tx.1