Staff profile

Undertake innovative research in coastal fisheries
Statistical analysis, methods development

Undertake innovative research in coastal wildlife and threatened species
Dive program leader, scientific research

Applications of technology and cross business unit collaborations
Production and development

Commercial diver and CSIRO Chief Dive Officer
Lead CSIRO dive teams and Site Dive Officers

Coxswain
Skipper vessels

Chair Handfish Recovery Team
Conserve handfish species

Member Giant Freshwater Crayfish Recovery Team
Conserve GFC

Science Communicator
Represent CSIRO at various media and outreach events based on research

PhD
JCU

Honours
JCU

BSc
UTAS

Diploma Data Handling and Statistics
UTAS

Diploma Project Management
NPWS

Diploma Project Management
TAS Skills Institute

Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO

Ocean Sensor deployment team leader
CSIRO

Facility leader the Australian National Mooring Network (ANMN)
IMOS

National President
Austalian Marine Science Association

Research Scientist
NSW MPA

Australian Academy of Science scholar to North America
Australian Academy of Science

CSIRO Staff development award – Mid Career
CSIRO

CSIRO – Recognition reward Oversight of the IMOS facility ANMN
CSIRO

CSIRO – Recognition reward – Contribution as conference convenor AMSA-NZMSS 2012
CSIRO

CSIRO – Recognition reward – Team building exercises 2013
CSIRO

CSIRO – Recognition reward – Support of BGC sampling 2014
CSIRO

CSIRO – Recognition reward 2018 – Captive breeding of spotted handfish
CSIRO

Tasmania Design Award - Impact
Design Tasmania

NESP - Effective networker award
NESP

Closure of Astacopsis gouldi fishery following publication of a report

Zoning of the Jervis Bay Marine Park

GIS and sensor focused studies of recreational fisheries

Acting positions as manager of Jervis Bay and Lord Howe Island marine parks

Expansion of moorings department at CSIRO from 3 FTE to 10 FTE

Deployment of 72 moorings with multiple agencies as ANMN Facility leader

Publication of first peer reviewed paper in high imapct journal from handfish program

First public displays of spotted handfish at Seahorse World and Melbourne Aquarium

Successful captive breeding and surviorship of juvenile handfish

Participation in NOAA white abalone ROV study and publication of ops plan

Deployment of CRAGS units to the Antarctica with KOPRI

James Cook University - Undergraduate research grant ($2000)

Lions Club Scholar - Dangerous marine creatures ($75,000)

NSW MPA research grants ($25,000 - $46,000 pa)

Department of Defence - Impacts on Cetaceans by noise – with M. Lemon ($18,000)

Australian Academy of Science -Visiting Scholar Nth America ($10,000)

Australian Research Council (ARC) – Industry partner with Drs G. Edgar and R. Babcock ($245,000)

Department of Defence –Impacts on cetaceans by sonar – with M. Lemon ($12,000)

RV Southern Surveyor Transit Voyage - ($40,000)

CSIRO CAPEX bid – Deepwater mooring capacity – with S. Wijffels ($430,000)

CSIRO CAPEX bid – Shelf mooring capacity – with M. Feng ($311,000)

CSIRO CAPEX bid – RV Explorer replacement with M. Rayner ($175,000)

CSIRO CAPEX bid - Deepwater mooring capacity - with S. Wijffels ($90,000)

CSIRO Staff development award – Mid Career ($10,000)

IMOS EIF enhancement – ANMN with R. Roughan, J. Middleton, C. Steinberg, M. Feng – ($1,800,000)

IMOS EIF extension and enhancement – ANMN with R. Roughan, J. Middleton, C. Steinberg, M. Feng, B. Tilbrook – ($16,650,000)

CSIRO CAPEX bid – Western Australian mooring capacity with M. Feng ($263,000)

CSIRO CAPEX bid – Acoustic releases ($160,000)

CSIRO Froehlich Scholarship – Doug Wilson ($20,000)

CSIRO CAPEX bid – Deepwater mooring capacity – with S. Wijffels and B. Sloyan ($320,000)

IMOS CRIS – ANMN with R. Roughan, J. Middleton, C. Steinberg, M. Feng, B. Tilbrook – ($2,472,000)

CSIRO Advanced computing – ($25,000)

Small to Medium Enterprise award with Specialised Industrial Products with Phil de Boer – ($125,000)

CSIRO CAPEX bid – Gigapan ruggerdization – ($41,000)

CSIRO CAPEX bid – PAR sensors with Lesley Clementson - ($48,000)

IMOS NCRIS – ANMN (CSIRO) with M. Feng, B. Tilbrook – ($4,200,000)

Environment Australia – Handfish Conservation with Mark Green – ($17,000)

CSIRO Advanced computing – ($25,000)

CSIRO – CAPEX - Gigapan ruggerdization MkII – ($80,000)

Commonwealth Dept. of Environment, Threatened Species Commissioner. Direct conservation of spotted handfish – ($83,000)

Human use of identified sites of interests within the Hawkesbury Shelf Bioregion, NSWDPI, USyd, CSIRO with Carlie Devine – ($73,000)

ANMN 6f National Reference Stations CSIRO ($1,700,000)

FRDC Respondent-Driven sampling as a cost-effective method for obtaining data from recreational fisheries - inherited from Shane Griffins following his VR ($691,000)

CSIRO ruggedized Gigapans for KOPRI ($84,236)

CSIRO – CAPEX – Small temperate marine fish holding facility – ($38,000)

NESP Project A10 – Conservation of spotted handfish and their habitat ($1,375, 564)

NESP Project E4 – Recreational fishing in Commonwealth waters ($297,766)

NHT 2018 - Restoration of habitat by replacement of swing moorings by innovative taut eco-mooring technology ($75,000)

NESP Project A10 – Conservation of handfish and their habitat – variation for red handfish release and morphometrics ($180,000)

Chief Dive Officer