Industry partners include: NSW Department of Industries, Biofoundry, GE Healthcare Life Sciences, Regional Development Australia (Murray NSW), Cicada Innovations, and Sea Health Products.Achievements:Community engagement presentations at the Sydney Science Festival, Vivid Sydney Ideas Exchange; several media reports and interviews (e.g. ABC RN, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 SER radio, WA today online newspaper)Coordination of the 2015 Living Algae Building Forum with… Show more Industry partners include: NSW Department of Industries, Biofoundry, GE Healthcare Life Sciences, Regional Development Australia (Murray NSW), Cicada Innovations, and Sea Health Products.Achievements:Community engagement presentations at the Sydney Science Festival, Vivid Sydney Ideas Exchange; several media reports and interviews (e.g. ABC RN, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 SER radio, WA today online newspaper)Coordination of the 2015 Living Algae Building Forum with stakeholders from the property sector and City of Sydney.Invited reviewer of the US National Algal Biofuels Technology RoadmapVivid Sydney festival of lights 2018 installation – Algae Forests – the first university installation at Vivid. Show less

Contributed to the growth, improved performance and research excellence of C3 and an ERA 2015 National Report rank of 5, ‘'well above world standard' in both Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, and in the Environmental Sciences. UTS Council recognised C3 as “a well-performing group within the university, with a strong research culture, and sustained research leadership”.

Contributed to transformational research in algae biotechnology and seagrass health since 2002 and undergraduate teaching for the BSc degree.Algae Biosystems and Biotechnology: Contributed to advancing knowledge of the impacts of environmental stress in microalgae; developing microbial fuel cells using a Chlorella-bacteria consortium; advancing knowledge of the impact of nutrient co-limitations in microalgae; optimising algae for biofuel production; and optimising gas exchange and… Show more Contributed to transformational research in algae biotechnology and seagrass health since 2002 and undergraduate teaching for the BSc degree.Algae Biosystems and Biotechnology: Contributed to advancing knowledge of the impacts of environmental stress in microalgae; developing microbial fuel cells using a Chlorella-bacteria consortium; advancing knowledge of the impact of nutrient co-limitations in microalgae; optimising algae for biofuel production; and optimising gas exchange and wavelengths in bioreactor cultures. This research has been translated from bench to factory floor and several publications and funding.Seagrass Health: Advanced fluorescence technologies to understand how and why seagrasses respond to changes in their environment, a methodology that is nowadays considered central in aquatic photobiology. This research was translated from the bench to policy: during the recent expansion of Gladstone Harbour (LNG plant construction) for example, led a team to develop a molecular tool kit for Harbour managers to monitor seagrass health during dredging (funded by the ARC and research contracts from Gladstone Port Authority). As a result of this research, the Federal Department of Environment integrated light-based monitoring of seagrass into the Dredge Management Plan for Abbot Point section 8f (Australian Government; EPBC 2015/7467). Show less

Consultant in algal biotechnology for Dow Chemicals and Omega health. Consultant in marine monitoring for Green Logic, Penrith Lakes, NSW and Victorian EPA and the Great Barrier Marine Park Authority

Provided strategic leadership of a $3 million collaborative research project funded by CSIRO (plus $3–4 million in-kind from university partners) with the participation of eight national research centres. This was Australia’s largest coastal Blue Carbon accounting and measurement study.Established Australia as the most comprehensively mapped continent for blue carbon resources. Established most of the methodology required to estimate blue carbon, and to scale those point… Show more Provided strategic leadership of a $3 million collaborative research project funded by CSIRO (plus $3–4 million in-kind from university partners) with the participation of eight national research centres. This was Australia’s largest coastal Blue Carbon accounting and measurement study.Established Australia as the most comprehensively mapped continent for blue carbon resources. Established most of the methodology required to estimate blue carbon, and to scale those point measurements to meadow/forest estimates. Show less