Brayden Cockerell

(Research Coordinator).

About me

Hi! I’m a Research Officer providing technical support for the Wernberg lab, with emphasis on kelp restoration and fieldwork. Notable responsibilities of mine include operating and maintaining our life support system for kelp restoration, kelp husbandry, coordinating field trips and maintaining field equipment, together with a range of logistical and technical duties. 

Qualifications

2018: Master of Marine Biology and Ecology at James Cook University, Townsville

2015: Bachelor of Science (Zoology) at the University of Melbourne

  • Coxswain Grade 1 NC
  • Scientific Dive supervisor
  • Scientific Diver and PADI Divemaster
  • Off-road 4WD qualifications

Achievements and awards

2019: Academic award for High Distinction on master’s research project

Links

Cockerell et al. 2020, Representation does not necessarily reduce threats to biodiversity: Australia’s Commonwealth marine protected area system, 2012–2018, Biological Conservation, vol. 252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108813

Cockerell et al. 2016, Stage I zoning proposal for the Kelp Archipelago Marine Fisheries Management Area: Final Draft for Zoning Proposal, Marine Conservation Cambodia, Fisheries Conversation Department. Stage-I-zoning-proposal-for-the-Kep-Archipelago-Marine-Fisheries-Management-Area.pdf (marineconservationcambodia.org)