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About me…

I am a researcher in the TropWATER Seagrass Ecology Lab at James Cook University in Cairns. I work on seagrass and coral monitoring and restoration as well as seagrass herbivory research. I’m the coordinator of the Cairns-Port Douglas Reef Hub working with local partners to strengthen and scale assisted coral reef recovery.

My PhD research investigated at the role of herbivory in structuring seagrass meadows around the Great Barrier Reef. I currently work on tropical seagrass research and marine monitoring in the Great Barrier Reef.

I'm passionate about conserving our marine environment, science communication and producing results which can be used in management decisions.

Follow me on twitter and instagram to stay up to date with my research and field trips. Catch up on my radio show episodes and seminars about my work here and check out my blog.

 
🚁 Fieldwork season has begun, and it's been crazy! These photos were from a trip back in October surveying inshore habitats from Cooktown to Cairns looking at damage post cyclone. There will be more to come in terms of the findings from this, but n
Come and watch me and a bunch of other scientists try and make our research funny! Tomorrow at @macalisterbrewingco, get your tickets now!
💙🤿🛥️ Winter on the GBR 🛥️🤿💙 Winter tends to be pretty windy here on the GBR, but when you get a good day, it's so good. Headed out to Batt and Tongue Reefs at the weekend to make the most of the weather, it was so nice to get in the water and
🌱 The biggest World Seagrass Conference yet! 💚 Last week I was at the World Seagrass Conference and @isbw15 in Naples, a week filled with science, collaboration and meeting friends old and new. My first seagrass conference was six years ago in Sin
It was amazing to be back at @uni_southampton where I studied my undergrad and masters last week to give a seminar on how some of my work in the Solent while studying and working at Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust took me to the Great Ba
It's the last day for my @jamescookuniversity masters placement intern @courtneyjonson who has been helping out since February. Courtney has been helping in the lab, in the field and in the office processing data and helping to write reports. Huge t
Pint of Science 2024 🍻👩‍🔬🐝🪸 What a way to celebrate 10 years of @pintofscienceau in Australia!! Cairns Pint of Science was our biggest ever and with an amazing line up of speakers. We even made front page news 🤣 Huge thank you to the bril
Cairns Pint of Science tickets are on sale now!!! Join us at @macalisterbrewingco to hear about some of the latest research from your local scientists. It's an awesome line up for our 10th birthday, featuring scientists from @jamescookuniversity,
The reef resilience symposium took place this week in Cairns, it was an amazing week of hearing about some of the latest research happening on the GBR and beyond. It was great to have the opportunity to share more about the Cairns Port Douglas Reef H
It's that time of year again! Pint of Science is coming to Cairns! And it's we are celebrating 10 years of @pintofscienceau! Tickets are on sale now and I'm super excited for the line up this year. We have speakers from @jamescookuniversity, @gbrmar
Exploring Moore Reef before the coral spawning a couple of weeks ago at the @sunloverreefcruises pontoon. So great to see the high cover and diversity of corals here.
Chatting coral spawning on ABC breakfast! It was great to be out on Moore Reef for this year's coral spawning and very cool to do a live cross from the reef to the ABC breakfast studio.