ALUMNI AND GRADUATES
Meet our most recent HDR graduates and past research fellows.
RESEARCH FELLOWS
Dr Valentina Hurtado-McCormick
Dr Clare Duncan
Dr Biao Huang
Melanie Bok
Dr Lenka O’Connor Šraj
Dr Christina Birnbaum
PHD CANDIDATES
Erlania (2023)
Thesis: A deeper investigation on seaweed potential for carbon sequestration
Alejandro Navarro (2022)
Research focus: developing local valuations of coastal ecosystem services for marine habitats
Oli Dalby (2022)
Thesis: Seagrass restoration in Southeast Australia
Yi Mei Tan (2022)
Thesis: Seagrass restoration: Development of methods for the recovery of intertidal seagrass meadows.
Sarah Watson (2022)
Thesis: Decommissioning offshore infrastructure
Abbi Scott (2021)
Thesis: Herbivores as ecosystem engineers in tropical seagrass meadows: Grazing impacts on meadow structure and ecosystem service delivery
Giuditta Bonetti (2021)
Thesis: Microbiology and greenhouse gas dynamics of inland wetlands
Ashley Whitt (2021)
Research focus: Understanding anthropogenic impacts to coastal communities in oyster reefs, seagrass, saltmarsh, and mangroves
Katy Limpert (2021)
Thesis: Reducing emission from degraded wetlands
Holger Jänes (2020)
Thesis: Value of Australian coastal ecosystems for fish and fisheries
Quinn Ollivier (2019)
Thesis: Blue Carbon Offset Opportunities within the Corangamite Catchment
Carolyn Ewers Lewis (2018)
Thesis: Distribution, drivers and disturbance of “blue carbon” in southeast Australia
HONOURS STUDENTS
Jake Archbold (2023)
Sustainable management of farm dams: Addressing ebullitive and diffusive methane emissions
Ronan Keogh (2022)
Enzymatic breakdown of seagrass and seaweed cell wall components by the marine protist Labyrinthula spp.
Rebecca St Ledger (Masters)
The effectiveness of stock exclusion fencing in restoring saltmarsh ecosystems in Swan Bay (southeast Australia)
Jami Butler (2017-2018)
Southeast Australian saltmarsh allometry, biomass, and blue carbon
Anne Gulliver (2017-2018)
The blue carbon benefits of restoring a degraded coastal wetland
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATORS
Dr. Elodie Camprasse
Science Communicator and Project Manager
Stella Fulton
Research Assistant
Evelyn Gomm
Research Assistant
Piyumi Wijepala
Research Assistant
Dr Taryn Laubenstein
Science Communicator
