National Student Mentoring Day
Speakers
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Professor Malcolm McCulloch Topic: Transitioning to a postdoc Professor Malcolm McCulloch is a Deputy Director of the ARC Centre. In July 2009 he took up the prestigious Premier's Fellowship at the University of Western Australia where he will also be establishing a new node for the Centre of Excellence. He was previously a Professor of Earth Environment, Research School of Earth Sciences, at The Australian National University. His research interests focus on the modern part of the geologic record using isotopic and trace element geochemical methods to determine how climate and anthropogenic processes have influenced both past and present environments with particular emphasis on coral reefs. Malcolm has received a number of prestigious awards, most recently in 2009 the Jaeger Medal for his career achievement in the Earth Sciences as well as Fellowships of the Australian Academy of Science (2004), the Geological Society of Australia (2007), the Geochemical Society (2008) and the American Geophysical Union (2002). His 228 scientific papers have been published in leading international journals including 23 in Science or Nature. |
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Dr Philip Munday Topic: Getting into Print Dr Philip Munday has broad interests in the biology and ecology of marine fishes. His current research program focuses on understanding and predicting the impacts of climate change on populations and communities of coral reef fishes, both directly through changes in the physical environment and indirectly through effects on coral reef habitat. Using a range of laboratory and field experiments he is investigating the effects of increased temperature and ocean acidification on reef fish populations and testing their capacity for acclimation and adaptation to a rapidly changing environment. He has published 70 papers in coral reef ecology, including reviews and research papers on the impacts of climate change. Philip is an Australian Research Council QEII Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and the School of Marine and Tropical Biology, at James Cook University. |
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Professor John Pandolfi Topic: Networking and International links Professor John Pandolfi is a Chief Investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and a Professor at the Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland. John's principal research interests lie in the areas of Quaternary ecology of coral reefs; historical ecology; global change and anthropogenic influences of reef degradation; Indo-Pacific evolution of reef corals; and disturbance and change on coral reefs. The overarching goal of his research program is to integrate long-term ecological and environmental times series data over broad spatial scales to discover the major past and predicted future influences of natural variability, human impact, and climate change on coral reef resilience. |
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Dr Fergus Molloy Topic: Careers in a Management agency Dr Fergus Molloy works in the Science Coordination Group of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. As part of this team, he co-ordinates the delivery, analysis, management and presentation of the information needed to manage the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. He has lived in Australia since 2003 and worked with the GBRMPA since 2004. Fergus has over 20 years experience in marine research and natural resource management in Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, Namibia and now, Australia. A BSc in 1985 from the National University of Ireland was followed by an MSc from the University of Natal (South Africa) in 1987. While working as a marine biologist for the government of Namibia he was awarded a PhD from the University of Cape Town in 1992. After a post doctoral fellowship with the University of London 1993-1996 he returned to Namibia to take up a lectureship at the University of Namibia until departing for Australia in 2003. |
