Team
Wen Family Chair in Conservation
Director and Research Leader
Marine conservation and protected areas / non-destructive sampling / pelagic and reef fish assemblages / conservation policy
Deputy Director and Research Fellow
Novel marine ecosystems / offshore oil and gas / seabed and midwater stereo-BRUVS / decommissioning
Research Fellow
Pelagic sharks and fishes / mesophotic fish assemblages / seabirds / behaviour / stereo-BRUVS / video analysis / field logistics
Research Fellow
Oceanic sharks / migration / spatial and temporal distribution / MPAs / BRUVS / drones / marine conservation
PhD candidate
Sharks, billfishes and tunas / physiology / oxygen / gill-oxygen limitation / marine conservation
PhD candidate
Sharks and coral reefs / predator-prey relationships / structural complexity / acoustic tracking / 3D photogrammetry
PhD candidate
Nature-based solutions / blue carbon / BRUVS / MPAs / offshore infrastructure
PhD candidate
Spatial distribution / large pelagic species / Thai MPAs / midwater stereo-BRUVS
PhD candidate
Midwater stereo-BRUVS / oceanic sharks / MPAs / conservation
Angelica Tungland
MSc Candidate
Offshore infrastructure/ decommissioning / artificial reef/ conservation / MPA / BRUVS
Rachel Tan
MSc Candidate
BRUVS / conservation
PhD candidate
Stereo-BRUVS / fishes and sharks / Indigenous Knowledge / Sea Country / Esperance
PhD candidate
Seafood trade / sustainability / nutrient flow / large-scale ecological and economic databases
Emmy Riboni
MSc Candidate
Sea snakes / BRUVS / behaviour / conservation
Erika Pearson
MSc Candidate
Hammerhead sharks and fish assemblages / BRUVS / conservation / MPAs
Strategic projects
Shannon Barrie
Image Analyst
Seabed and midwater BRUVS / image analysis
Erika Teng Gui
Intern
Midwater BRUVS / image analysis
Senior Technician
Seabed and midwater BRUVS / fieldwork leader / fieldwork logistics/ video analysis
Maicey Burkett
Research Technician
Seabed and midwater BRUVS / fieldwork / fieldwork logistics/ image analysis/ training
Jett Walker
Image Analyst
Midwater BRUVS / image analysis
Vebjørn Espeland
Volunteer
Midwater BRUVS / image analysis
Nadine Mauch
Image Analyst
Seabed and midwater BRUVS / image analysis
Scarlett Blydenburgh
Intern
Midwater BRUVS / image analysis
Travis Reynolds
MSc Candidate
Marine Park Biodiversity/ BRUVS/ Conservation/ MPAs
Alumni
Dr Kristina Heidrich
PhD completion, 2023
Reconstruction and analyses of data for the global large pelagic fisheries: IUU fishing, policy ramifications and the UN High Seas Agreement.
Dr Lincoln Hood
PhD completion, 2023
Understanding the impacts of shipping traffic in marine protected areas
Bianca Gervasi
Technician, 2023
Perth Canyon / Midwater BRUVS / fieldwork / image analysis
Jenny Schilling
Volunteer, 2023
Fieldwork / BRUVS / boating / drone survey
Hector Clarke
Intern, 2023
Interannual changes in the pelagic and demersal communities of the Shark Bay World Heritage area
Dr David Tickler
PhD completion, 2021
Roles, risks and refugia: Spatial ecology, ecosystem function and vulnerability of reef sharks in the central Indian Ocean
Masters completion, 2015
Nuanced differences in sharks assemblages in protected and fished locations and drivers of their habitat use: implications for conservation
Aidan Schubert
Masters completion, 2020
Rebuilding Kenya’s freshwater fisheries catch datasets: 1950-2017
Jane Yang
Masters completion, 2020
The untold fishing history of Timor-Leste
Dr James Hehre
Operations manager, 2020
PhD completion, 2016
Effects of seaweed farming on tropical shallow coral ecosystems
Ines Girault
Masters completion, 2020
“Ashmore Reef MPA: trends in abundance, diversity and size of reef fish“
Ella Rosengart
Masters completion, 2020
Anthropogenic influence on fish assemblages in the Recherche Archipelago
Louise Hingley
Masters completion, 2020
Ecological implications of shark trophy hunting
Zara Edmond
Intern, 2020
Drone survey / sharks / EventMeasure / video analysis / marine conservation
Matt Ansell
Masters completion, 2020
Reconstruction of India’s marine fisheries catch from 1950 – 2016
Zoe Dero
Masters internship, 2020
Identification of critical habitats of 10 pelagic shark species
Amy McAlpine
Masters completion, 2019
Catch reconstruction of Kenya and Tanzania
Myriam Widmann
Masters internship completion, 2019
“Colour change in lethrinids“
Dr Andrew Forrest
PhD completion, 2019
Pelagic Ecology and Solutions for a troubled ocean
Denise Tse
Volunteer, 2023
Seabed and midwater BRUVS / image analysis
Thomas Tothill
Masters completion, 2019
The vertical distribution of fish on two offshore oil platforms
Claire Raphael
Alumni staff, 2018
Nikki De Campe
Alumni staff, 2018
Tess Lyons
Masters completion, 2018
The ecology of moray eels
Alex McLennan
Masters completion, 2018
Influence of field of view on fish diversity
Dr Shanta Barley
Postdoctoral completion, 2018
How sharks regulate reef ecosystems: a large-scale, natural experiment
Dr. Luciana C. Ferreira
PhD completion, 2017
Spatial ecology of tiger sharks
Thelma Panaiotis
Masters completion, 2017
Risk affects and schooling behaviour in fish
Jemma Turner
Honours completion, 2017
Insights into shark behaviour in the pelagic environment by means of a non-invasive sampling technique
Louis Masarei
Alumni staff, 2017
Dr Beverly Oh
PhD completion, 2016
Conservation ecology of coastal sharks and rays with a focus on the location and function of juvenile habitats
Rachel White
Alumni staff, 2017
Siti Mutaza
Alumni intern, 2017
Dr Joyce Ong
PhD completion, 2016
Detecting climate change impacts on tropical species using otoliths
Dr Gabriel Vianna
PhD completion, 2015
Conservation of reef sharks in the Palau Shark Sanctuary
Dr Issam Al-Rasady
PhD completion, 2015
Fish ecology in oxygen minimum zones
Dr Janelle Braithwaite
PhD completion, 2014
The importance of habitat and energetics to humpback whales
Dr Jean-Baptiste Juhel
PhD completion, 2014
Baseline, anthropogenic impacts and protective measures for reef sharks in New Caledonia
Dr Phil Bouchet
Postdoctoral completion, 2018
Ecological modelling of pelagic biodiversity
Jock Clough
Masters completion, 2012
Demersal fish assemblages of South Passage and Blind Strait, Western Australia: a unique subtropical embayment in a World Heritage Property