Founder of the NSW Deep Green Algae Biotech Hub and head of R&D programs in algae biotechnology at UTS. Expert in marine bio-optics with >20 years of experience in aquatic photosynthesis research. Contributed to knowledge growth in aquatic plants – seagrass and algae – and their adaptation to extreme environments from the tropics to Antarctica, and in warming and acidifying oceans. Leading innnovation in algae biotechnology by connecting with academic, research, government, industry and community sectors globally.Member of the IOC-UNESCO Blue Carbon Scientific Working Group and advisory panel member of the Global Change Research Institute, The Czech Academy of Sciences. NSW representative panel member of the Australia21 public policy think tank of opportunities for an expanded algal industry in Australia.Member of the Biotechnological and Environmental Applications of Microalgae (BEAM) Australian Research Network, the Australian Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) and Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA).Review editor of Marine Ecology Progress Series and ARC grant assessor.Supervisor of Honours and HDR students, mentor of ECRs, and leadership coach for MCRs.
Listed skills include Research, Science, Qualitative Research, Report Writing, and 18 others.