Researcher biography
Qualifications:
BAdvSc (Hons)
Project title:
Patterns and drivers of marine ecological novelty through time and space
Short Project description:
I am a marine ecology PhD student living and working on the unceded Yagara and Turrbal lands of Magandjin (Brisbane).
During my PhD, I am working to detect and evaluate “novel" ecological states. Novel communities are formed through rapid and unprecedented change that can reshape the mix of species, traits, and environmental conditions in an ecosystem – and we expect these significantly different ecological states to become increasingly prevalent in the Anthropocene.
I am studying the corals on our coastlines and the plankton in our oceans to quantify patterns and drivers of marine novel communities, through time and across space. I also spend a bit of time in the classroom and field tutoring high school to third-year university students about a range of biological sciences.