Dr Megan Saunders
Senior Research Scientist
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Academic Qualifications
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2010
PhD Oceanography
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada -
2002
BSc Marine Biology
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
Achievements and Awards
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2017-2019
UQ Development Fellowship
The University of Queensland -
2016-2016
Tuition Scholarship
National Excellence in Educational Leadership Initiative -
2015-2015
Bommies Award for science communication video on impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef Foundation -
2010-2010
Nomination for best PhD thesis completed at Dalhousie University in 2009
Dalhousie University -
2010-2010
Nomination for the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies Distinguished Dissertation Award, for the thesis ranked 1st among Engineering, Medical & Science disciplines at Dalhousie University in 2009
Dalhousie University -
2010-2010
Selected participant to the Ecological Dissertations in Aquatic Sciences symposium
America Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) -
2009-2010
Endeavour Research Fellowship
Australian Government -
2009-2009
Best Presentation, Conference of Dalhousie Oceanography Graduate Students
Dalhousie Oceanography Students Assotiation -
2007-2009
Canada Graduate Scholarship D-2
Canadian National Sciences and Engineering Research Council -
2007-2008
President’s Award
Dalhousie University Faculty of Graduate Studies -
2007-2009
Predoctoral Scholarship
Izaak Walton Killam Foundation -
2007-2007
Scholarship
Women Divers Hall of Fame -
2005-2006
Postgraduate Scholarship MSc
Canadian National Sciences and Engineering Research Council -
2005-2005
Kathy Ellis Memorial Book Prize
Dalhousie University Department of Oceanography -
2004-2005
Canada Graduate Scholarship MSc
Canadian National Sciences and Engineering Research Council -
2004-2009
Scholarship
Dalhousie Faculty of Graduate Studies
Grants
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2018-2019
QUEX Accelerator Grant (University of Queensland - Exeter University)
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2018-2019
University of Queensland Emerging Science Leaders
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2019-2021
Australian Research Council Linkage Grant
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2016-2019
National Environmental Science Programme Grant
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2016-2016
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility Travel Grant
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2015-2015
Advancing Women Researchers Grant
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2013-2013
University of Western Australia-University of Queensland Grant
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2012-2014
University of Queensland Early Career Research Grant
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2011-2012
University of Queensland New Staff Grant
Professional Experiences
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2017-2019
Senior Research Fellow / UQ Development Fellow
School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland -
2016-2017
Research Fellow
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland -
2011-2014
Research Fellow
The Global Change Institute & Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, The University of Queensland -
2010-2010
Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Associate
Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia