Björn Illing
Research Fellow
James Cook University
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au
Research Fellow
James Cook University
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University
Townsville, QLD 4811
Building 19 Room 121
Phone: +61 7 4781 5208
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bjoern_Illing
Email: bjorn.illing@jcu.edu.au
Björn completed his diploma (equiv. to M.Sc.) and doctoral studies at the University of Hamburg, Germany. During the latter, he investigated how biotic and abiotic factors determine important characteristics of the early life stages of the Atlantic herring. Moving from temperate to tropical waters, Björn visited Assoc. Prof. Jodie Rummer’s group at the Centre of Excellence in 2016 with a three-month travelling fellowship from the Journal of Experimental Biology, and returned in 2017 – now funded by a six-month scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). In December 2017, he got awarded a 2-year postdoctoral research fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG). At the Centre of Excellence, Björn’s research integrates physiological and behavioral observations of coral reef fish larvae to investigate how coral reef fish offspring will cope with more extreme conditions under the projected climate change conditions.
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au