Active Researchers — Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research
Prof Ellen Ariel
Adjunct Professor
Green Turtle
Reptiles
Ranavirus
Dr Zoe Bainbridge
Senior Research Fellow
Great Barrier Reef
Water Quality
Sediment
Prof Damien Burrows
Director, TropWATER
Environmental Dna
Northern Australia
Threatened Species
Mr Barry Butler
Principal Research Officer
Water Quality
Aquatic Ecosystems
Conservation
Dr Alexandra Carter
Principal Research Officer
Seagrass
Great Barrier Reef
Torres Strait
A/Prof Taha Chaiechi
Head, Economics and Marketing
Tropical Cities
Scoping Review
Economic Resilience
Dr Katie Chartrand
Senior Research Fellow
Great Barrier Reef
Corals
Marine Management
Dr Robert Coles
Principal Research Scientist
Great Barrier Reef
Seagrass
Dugong
Dr Catherine Collier
Principal Research Officer
Seagrass
Great Barrier Reef
Gulf of Carpentaria
Dr Bithin Datta
Senior Lecturer
Saltwater Intrusion
Simulation-optimisation
Coastal Aquifer
Aaron Davis
Principal Research Officer
Water Quality
Great Barrier Reef
Sugarcane
Prof Rocky de Nys
Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow
Seaweed
Aquaculture
Macroalgae
Dr Michelle Devlin
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Great Barrier Reef
Water Quality
Ocean Colour
A/Prof Amy Diedrich
Associate Professor
Aquaculture
Small Scale Fisheries
Natural Resources Management
A/Prof Jose Domingos
Associate Professor / Principal Research Fellow Aquaculture
Aquaculture
Barramundi
Sex Change
Dr Norman Duke
Senior Research Scientist
Mangroves
Ecosystem Services
Great Barrier Reef
Prof Mark Hamann
Professor, Promotional Chair
Marine Turtles
Microplastics
Green Turtle
Dr Roger Huerlimann
Adjunct Research Fellow
Microbiome
Environmental Dna
Aquaculture
A/PROF Neil Hutchinson
Associate Professor
Fisheries
Capacity Building
Sharks
Dr Jasmine Jaffres
Adjunct Research Fellow
Climate Variability
Topography
Storms
Dr Cassandra James
Senior Research Scientist
Water Quality
Monitoring
Great Barrier Reef
Prof Dean Jerry
Associate Dean, Research
Aquaculture
Barramundi
Penaeus monodon
A/Prof Karen Joyce
Associate Professor
Remote Sensing
Drones
Uav
Dr Agnes Le Port
Adjunct Research Fellow
Environmental Dna
Qpcr
Smooth Stingray
Dr Stephen Lewis
Principal Research Officer
Water Quality
Great Barrier Reef
Sediment
Dr HanShe Lim
Lecturer - Hydrology
Water Quality
Sdgs
Evapotranspiration
Prof Wenxian Lin
Professor
Heat Transfer
Stratification
Natural Convection
Empro Helene Marsh
Emeritus Professor
Dugong
Conservation
Aerial Survey
Ms Skye McKenna
Senior Research Officer
Seagrass
Port
Monitoring
Mr Len McKenzie
Principal Research Officer
Seagrass
Great Barrier Reef
Monitoring
Dr Ian McLeod
Adjunct Professor
Ecosystem Services
Coral Reefs
Great Barrier Reef
A/Prof Paul Nelson
Associate Professor - Soil Science
Water Quality
Nitrate
Panama Disease
Dr Damien O'Grady
Adjunct Research Fellow
Colonisation
Coastal Archaeology
Sea Level
A/Prof Michael Oelgemoeller
Adjunct Professor
Photochemistry
Flow Photochemistry
Photocatalysis
Empro Richard Pearson
Casual Principal Research Scientist
Australia
Water Quality
Flow Regime
Dr Caroline Petus
Senior Research Officer
Water Quality
Great Barrier Reef
Ocean Colour
Dr Murray Prideaux
Senior Lecturer
Prof Michael Rasheed
Principal Research Scientist; Professor, Marine Biology
Seagrass
Monitoring
Great Barrier Reef
Dr Janine Sheaves
Lecturer
Gnathanodon speciosus
Coastal
Artificial Intelligence & Cybernetics
Prof Marcus Sheaves
Distinguished Professor
Estuary
Fish
Fisheries
Prof Scott Smithers
Professor
Great Barrier Reef
Water Quality
Climate Change
Dr Thomas Stieglitz
Groundwater Discharge
Movement Ecology
Fisheries
A/Prof Sizhong Sun
Associate Professor
China
Foreign Direct Investment
Vietnam
Dr Shelley Templeman
Principal Research Officer
Water Quality
Sediment Quality
Nutrients
Dr James Wallace
Adjunct Professor
A/Prof Nathan Waltham
Senior Principal Research Officer, TropWATER and CSE
Water Quality
Restoration
Wetlands
Dr James Whinney
Senior Research Officer
Paleoclimatology
Deep Learning
Radiocarbon Dating
Dr Eric Wolanski
Adjunct Professor
Recruitment
Recovery
Currents
Dr Paul York
Senior Research Officer
Seagrass
Great Barrier Reef
Restoration