Ivona Buljat Research AssistantDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 ivona.buljat@deakin.edu.au Ivona’s workIvona is a botanist and environmental scientist with a passion for conservation, restoration and environmental education. Throughout her career, Ivona has worked in natural resource management and environmental education, providing conservation and restoration efforts inRead more
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Diana Wong Research AssistantDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 diana.wong@deakin.edu.au Diana’s workDiana is a molecular technologist with a focus on genomic applications. She graduated with a Master of Biotechnology and spent 3 years working under Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) experts to further learn and apply NGSRead more
Alex Peska Research AssistantDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 alexander.peska@deakin.edu.au Alex’s workAlex is a marine and coastal researcher from the US. During his time at UMD, he worked as a database manager with NASA-ARSET, delivering remote sensing training material. Alex has also worked as a researchRead more
Imogen Abandowitz Senior Science Communications OfficerDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 i.abandowitz@deakin.edu.au Imogen’s workImogen is a communications specialist who is passionate about sustainability, design thinking and behavioural sciences. She previously worked for ZDHC Foundation – a leading global multi-stakeholder initiative driving sustainable chemistry in fashion production.Read more
Kelz Kelly Research AssistantDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 kelz.kelly@deakin.edu.au Kelz’s researchKelz completed her Bachelor of Environmental Science (Environmental Management and Sustainability) at Deakin University in 2023. Over the past 2 years she has actively volunteered conducting water quality testing and photo point monitoring with citizenRead more
Ruby Martin Research AssistantDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 ruby.martin@deakin.edu.au Ruby’s workRuby is a marine conservationist who is passionate about biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration and climate change mitigation. She received her Bachelor of Science from The University of Melbourne, where her keen interest in ecology, botany,Read more
Dr Anirban Akhand Research FellowDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 a.akhand@deakin.edu.au Anirban’s researchAnirban’s research interests are carbonate chemistry and carbon cycle (inorganic and organic) in the estuaries and coasts, the air-water flux of the greenhouse gasses in the estuarine and marine systems, and blue carbon (mangroves,Read more
Kendrika Gaur Research AssistantDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 k.gaur@deakin.edu.au Kendrika’s researchAs a PhD researcher, Kendrika worked on the development, validation and optimisation of the Environmental DNA techniques. She has prior experience working with endangered lizard species in Victoria, terrestrial biodiversity in the mallee region ofRead more
Joshua Mc Intyre Research AssistantDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Queenscliff campus 2A Bellarine Hwy, Queenscliff VIC 3125 j.mcintyre@deakin.edu.au Joshua’s researchJoshua has a varied background in trades work and a degree in biochemistry from James Cook University. He then went on to work in poultry microbiome research at Central Queensland University. Following thisRead more
Teah Coate Research AssistantDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 teah.coate@deakin.edu.au Teah’s researchTeah is a plant ecologist with a keen interest in conservation and ecosystem restoration. She recently completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours), with her research project focussing on the effects of prescribed burning outside ofRead more
