Current members

Thomas Wernberg (ARC Laureate Fellow). A little bit of everything

Karen Filbee-Dexter (ARC Future Fellow). Kelp Ecology

Albert Pessarrodona (ARC DECRA Fellow). Seaweeds and blue carbon ecology

Mirjam van der Meehn

Dr Mirjam van der Mheen (ARC DECRA-Industry Fellow). Coastal oceanography, connectivity and the transport of detritus and propagules.

Dr. Johanna Zimmerhackel (Postdoc)Valuation of ecosystem services from kelp forests.

Dr. Samuel Starko (Postdoc). Kelp ecology and transcriptonomics

Dr Hannah Earp (GecoKelp postdoc). Adaptation to climate change, marine heatwaves and coastal darkening in Norwegian kelp forests.

Dr Antoine Minne (Postdoc). Kelp early life stages and genomics.

Dr Shinae Montie (Postdoc). Marine heatwave impacts.

Dr. Jane Edgeloe (Postdoc). Kelp cultivation

Lianna Gendall (Research Associate). Marine spatial ecology.

Nimisha Nair (Research Coordinator). Marine Ecology field operations and social media.

Dani Bandt (Administrative Research Coordinator).

Gabby Walley (Research Coordinator). Marine Ecology field operations.

Taylor Simpkins (PhD). Blue carbon sequestration from Australian kelp forests.

Jürgen Valckenaere (PhD). Future-proofing marine restoration and greening grey infrastructure.

Luka Wright (PhD, Forrest Scholar) Microbial remineralisation of kelp detritus.

Océane Attlan (PhD) Long-term changes in marine communities.

Grace Edwards (PhD) The nutrient ecophysiology of seaweeds of the Great Southern Reef: towards optimising bioremediation potential of farmed and natural systems.

Sidsel Pedersen (PhD). Arctic kelp forests.

Hunter Forbes (PhD, UTAS). Ecology of kelp forests along the Great Southern Reef.

Jón Tomas Magnússon (PhD). Kelp and biodiversity.

Sina Torgrimsen (GecoKelp MSc). Investigating the influence of temperature on Norwegian kelp early life stages using experimental hotplates.

Jing yang (PhD). Kelp genomics.