Director, Centre for Marine Socioecology
I am a Professor of marine ecology at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), the Director of the Centre for Marine Socioecology (CMS https://marinesocioecology.org/), and co-lead of the Future Seas project (https://futureseas2030.org/). I am a marine 'generalist' with broad interdisciplinary research interests, building on a background in population dynamics, fisheries biology, and movement and migration of commercial species. I currently focus on species and ecosystem responses to climate change, and the development of adaptation options for natural resource management. I have a specific interest in exploring the mechanisms and processes underpinning climate-driven species redistribution, and the ecosystem implications of these, including co-convening the 2016 & 2019 'Species on the Move' conferences (http://www.speciesonthemove.com/). One of the approaches I use to examine climate-driven changes in species distribution includes citizen science; I developed and lead the National citizen science project Redmap Australia, the Range Extension Database and mapping project (https://www.redmap.org.au/), which invites fishers and divers around our coastline to help monitor changes in Australian seas. I have a strong passion for science communication and engagement with the public, co-leading engagement projects like https://curiousclimate.org.au/. I am also a Lead Author for the IPCC AR6 report, an Australian Research Council 'Future Fellow' and an associate editor for Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Ecography, Frontiers Ocean Solutions and Nature Ocean Sustainability.
Joined 2021
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Hobart, TAS, Australia
