Dr Iain Caldwell ~ Adjunct Senior Research Fellow

Dr. Iain Caldwell initially joined JCU as a Research Associate and is currently an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow focused on Quantitative Social-Ecological Systems. He grew up in Canada where he completed his BSc (Mount Allison University), MSc (Dalhousie University), and PhD (The University of British Columbia). He then spent time as a postdoctoral researcher in the United States, associated with the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (University of Hawaii), University of California Santa Barbara, and Stanford University.

Iain's research addresses why fish and other marine organisms end up where they do and what that can mean for the future of marine ecosystems and the people that depend on those ecosystems, given predicted changes in global climate and increasing human impacts. Trained as a quantitative ecologist and interested in intersections between ecology and social sciences, Iain uses a variety of analytical approaches to (1) understand what drives distribution and movement of organisms across time and space, (2) predict how changes in those drivers could impact biodiversity and food security, and (3) guide evidence based decision making that improves the lives of those organisms and the people that depend on them.

Experience

• 2023 to present - Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, James Cook University (Townsville, Australia)
• 2019 to 2023 - Research Associate, James Cook University (Townsville, Australia)
• 2018 to 2019 - Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara/ Stanford University (Stanford, California)
• 2014 to 2018 - Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu, Hawaii)
• 2013 to 2014 - Research Contractor, United States Geological Survey (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Research Disciplines

• Climate change impacts and adaptation (4101)
• Fisheries sciences (3005)
• Human geography (4406)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Adaptation to climate change (1901)
• Coastal and estuarine systems and management (1802)
• Expanding knowledge (2801)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Bergseth B, Arias A, Barnes M, Caldwell I, Datta A, Gelcich S, Ham S, Lau J, Ruano-Chamorro C, Smallhorn-West P, Weekers D, Zamborain-Mason J and Cinner J (2023) Closing the compliance gap in marine protected areas with human behavioural sciences. Fish and Fisheries, 24. pp. 695-704
• Cinner J, Caldwell I, Thiault L, Ben J, Blanchard J, Coll M, Diedrich A, Eddy T, Everett J, Folberth C, Gascuel D, Guiet J, Gurney G, Heneghan R, Jagermeyr J, Jiddawi N, Lahari R, Kuange J, Wenfeng L, Maury O, Muller C, Novaglio C, Palacios-Abrantes J, Petrik C, Rabearisoa A, Tittensor D, Wamukota A and Pollnac R (2022) The potential impacts of climate change on agriculture and fisheries production in 72 tropical coastal communities. Nature Communications, 13.
• Athni T, Shocket M, Couper L, Nova N, Caldwell I, Caldwell J, Childress J, Childs M, De Leo G, Kirk D, MacDonald A, Olivarius K, Pickel D, Roberts S, Winokur O, Young H, Cheng J, Grant E, Kurzner P, Kyaw S, Lin B, Lopez R, Massihpour D, Olsen E, Roache M, Ruiz A, Schultz E, Shafat M, Spencer R, Bharti N and Mordecai E (2021) The influence of vector-borne disease on human history: socio-ecological mechanisms. Ecology Letters, 24 (4). pp. 829-846
• Mora C, Dousset B, Caldwell I, Powell F, Geronimo R, Bielecki C, Counsell C, Dietrich B, Johnston E, Louis L, Lucas M, McKenzie M, Shea A, Tseng H, Giambelluca T, Leon L, Hawkins E and Trauernicht C (2017) Global risk of deadly heat. Nature Climate Change, 7. pp. 501-506
• Mora C, Caldwell I, Birkeland C and McManus J (2016) Dredging in the Spratly Islands: gaining land but losing reefs. PLoS Biology, 14 (3).
• Correia M, Caldwell I, Koldewey H, Andrade J and Palma J (2015) Seahorse (Hippocampinae) population fluctuations in the Ria Formosa Lagoon, south Portugal. Journal of Fish Biology, 87 (3). pp. 679-690
• Mora C, Caldwell I, Caldwell J, Fisher M, Genco B and Running S (2015) Suitable days for plant growth disappear under projected climate change: potential human and biotic vulnerability. PLoS Biology, 13 (6).
• Caldwell I, Vernes K and Baerlocher F (2005) The northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) as a vector for inoculation of red spruce (Picea rubens) seedlings with ectomycorrhizal fungi. Sydowia, 57 (2). pp. 166-178

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