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
Vanessa Adams
Former Research Fellow
Lecturer, Macquarie University
Tracy Ainsworth
Former Science Fellow
James Cook University
Eldon Ball
Honorary Group Leader - Ball (Eldon) Lab
Australian National University
Line Bay
Former Research Scientist and Team Leader
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Dorothea Bender-Champ
Former Research Fellow
University of Queensland
Kathryn Berry
PhD Graduate
James Cook University/ Australian Institute of Marine Sciences
Nitin Bhatia
Research Officer (Remote Sensing)
James Cook University
Jessica Blythe
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
James Cook University/ WorldFish
Ian Bouyoucos
PhD candidate
James Cook University & École Pratique des Hautes Études
Jana Brotankova
Former Research Associate
James Cook University
Patrick Buerger
PhD Graduate
James Cook University, currently CSIRO / University of Melbourne
Ciemon Frank Caballes
Research Fellow
James Cook University, Townsville
Hayley Clements
PhD graduate (visited from University of Cape Town, South Africa)
James Cook University
Steeve Comeau
ARC DECRA Research Fellow
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche sur Mer, FRANCE
Chris Cornwall
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Western Australia
Juan Pablo D’Olivo Cordero
Postoctoral Research Fellow
University of Western Australia
Guillermo Diaz-Pulido
Former Senior Lecturer
Griffith University
Hannah Epstein
PhD graduate
James Cook University & the Australian Institute of Marine Science
Dr. Jacob Eurich
Postdoctoral Scholar
Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara
Jim Falter
Senior Research Fellow
University of Western Australia
Manuel Gonzalez-Rivero
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Queensland
Alexia Graba-Landry
PhD candidate
James Cook University, Townsville
Mélanie A. Hamel
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Adjunct Research Fellow
Perth, Western Australia
Tessa Hempson
PhD graduate
James Cook University, Townsville
Cindy Huchery
Senior Research Officer (On Maternity Leave)
James Cook University
Jeremy Jackson
Professor and Partner Investigator
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Andreas Kubicek
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Queensland
Aaron MacNeil
Former Research Scientist
Australia Institute of Marine Science
Mark McCormick
Professor and Chief Investigator
James Cook University
Jose Montalvo
PhD candidate
Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville
David Mouillot
Former Adjunct Professor
Montpellier University, France
Kirsty Nash
Former Research Associate
Centre for Marine Socioecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Jairo Rivera Posada
Former Research Fellow
James Cook University
Cristian Rojas
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
James Cook University
Edmond Sacre
PhD candidate
James Cook University, Townsville
Verena Schoepf
Research Program 2 Leader
University of Western Australia
Kylie Simmonds
Communications Manager
James Cook University, Townsville
Mandy Thomas
Professor and Executive Dean
Queensland University of Technology
Ruth Thurstan
Former Research Fellow
University of Queensland
Madeleine van Oppen
Professor and Partner Investigator
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Karen Van Staden
Personal Assistant, Admin Support Officer
University of Western Australia
Heather Veilleux
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
James Cook University
Julie Vercelloni
Former Research Fellow
Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland
Brian Walker
Chair, Centre Advisory Board
CSIRO Ecosystem Science, Canberra ACT
Benjamin Walther
Former Research Fellow
Australian National University
Amelia Wenger
Former Research Fellow
James Cook University
Zhenlin Zhang
Former Research Fellow
University of Western Australia
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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
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