Ivona Buljat Research AssistantDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 ivona.buljat@rmit.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
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 anirban.akhand@rmit.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
Teah Coate Research AssistantDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 teah.coate@rmit.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
Christopher Bie Research AssistantDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 S4123742@student.rmit.edu.au Christopher’s researchChris is a marine biologist and zoologist with a keen interest in biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration. He received his Bachelor of Science (Hons) as well as his Masters of Science at Bangor University, Wales,Read more
Dr Kristian Bell Associate Research FellowDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 k.bell@deakin.edu.au Kristian’s researchKristian is an ecologist working at Deakin’s Blue Carbon Lab under Dr Wartman and Dr Malerba. His current focus is on determining biodiversity outcomes from management of both Blue and Teal Carbon systems.Read more
Dr Omosalewa Odebiri Research FellowDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 omosalewa.odebiri@deakin.edu.au Omosalewa’s researchOmosalewa Odebiri is a specialist in Remote Sensing and GIS/Machine Learning (Deep Learning) with over 8 years of experience developing technology solutions and conducting research, as well as teaching in environmental sciences with aRead more
Dr Rifaee Rasheed Associate Research FellowDeakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre Deakin University, Burwood campus 221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125 – Rifaee’s research Rifaee (Rify) is an Environmental Social Scientist and Associate Research Fellow in the Blue Carbon Lab at Deakin University. Trained in marine biology and natural resource management studies, Rify researches the socialRead more
