Science
marine ecology
- spatial ecology
- community ecology
- population dynamics
- corals, fish, plants, fossils, microbes
research themes
- climate change impacts on marine systems
- larval dispersal and connectivity
- restoration, scaling
- Holocene reef dynamics, reef accretion, coral carbonate budgets
- conservation, science-policy integrationData analytics
- Spatial & statistical modelling (R, Python, Julia; GLMMs, hierarchical & spatio-temporal models)
- Bayesian approaches (Stan, brms, INLA; prior elicitation, PPCs)
- Geospatial data science (sf, stars, terra, GDAL/PostGIS; web/3D maps with Leaflet, D3, CesiumJS)
- Earth observation & big-data remote sensing (Sentinel/Landsat/VIIRS/MODIS; COG/NetCDF/Zarr; xarray/dask/stars; scalable pipelines on GEE/AWS; change detection & time-series)
- Simulation & agent-based modelling (stochastic/forward models, particle tracking, ABM)
- Data visualisation (ggplot2, plotly, Shiny; JavaScript/D3/CesiumJS)
- Data engineering, analytics & LLMs (AWS EC2/S3, Docker, Make/Snakemake; applied LLM workflows)
- Open science & reproducibility (Git/GitHub, Quarto/R Markdown, pkgdown, CI/CD, conda/mamba, renv, Zenodo)
Teaching
- AI and large language models in teaching
- adaptive learning platforms, enhanced learning tools
- supervision and mentorship (Honours, Masters, PhD, ECR postdocs)
Marine Operations
- field research, restoration science, survey/experimental design and implementation
- scientific diving (ADAS Level 1 commercial) and remote field logistics
- drone surveys and spatial mapping
Other:
• media & communications
• scientific outreach & community engagement
• science-policy integration