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Biography
I am a quantitative marine ecologist with 15 years of research experience spanning tropical coastal ecosystems throughout the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific. My research focuses on the responses of coastal ecosystems to climate change, with a strong focus on applied science outcomes. I have a strong interest in quantifying patterns and processes at the scale of individuals to ecosystems, and have worked across a broad range of coastal taxa (plants, fish, invertebrates, microbes). My research uses a range of experimental and modelling approaches to understand how coastal ecosystems have responded to past environmental change, and to predict the response of populations and communities under future climate change scenarios. I'm interested in research-driven outcomes for management and how restoration and nature-based solutions can manage and reverse ecosystem declines.
Other Interests
- Community ecology
- Population ecology
- Ecosystem dynamics
- Climate change impacts
- Evolutionary history and past ecosystem states
Academic Qualifications
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2010
PhD: Marine Ecology
University of Queensland -
2004
BSc Hons (First Class): Tropical Marine Science
University of Queensland
Grants
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2018-2021
ARC Discovery (DP180102526, Zhao, Roff, McCook) ' U/Th dating of coral mortality and recovery rates in the Great Barrier Reef' ($416,584)
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2011-2014
National Environmental Research Program (NERP, Tropical Ecosystems Hub): Project 1.3 - 'Characterising the cumulative impacts of global, regional, and local stressors on the present and past biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef'
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2007-2010
Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF): Project 1.1.4 -'Dating and mapping historical changes in Great Barrier Reef coral communities'
Professional Experiences
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2021-Present
Adjunct Research Fellow
University of Queensland -
2010-2021
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Queensland -
2007-Present
AS2815.6 Part 1 Restricted (Occupational SCUBA to 30m)
ADAS (Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme)
Professional Areas
Related links
- Some sharks have declined by 92% in the past half-century off Queensland’s coast (The Conversation, December 2018)
- Shark nets and culls don’t necessarily make Australian beaches safe (The Conversation, Sep 2019)
- Drones and drumlines: can Australian seas ever be safe from shark attacks? (The Guardian, July 2020)
- Decline in tiger shark population defies expectations (Physorg, Sep 2019)
- A Coral Disease’s History, Discovered in a 19th-Century Encyclopedia (Hakai Magazine, June 2016)
- The Future of Corals (BBC Radio 4, Jan 2015)
Publications
ORCID 0000-0002-2823-0575
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