Rowen Monks
GecoKelp Msc
Population connectivity and bottlenecks for Norwegian kelp

Achievements and awards
2025: Grant recipient. UWA Research Collaboration Award.
Development of a modular in situ heating system for simulating ocean warming and marine heatwaves.
2024: Grant recipient, Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust
Cryptic Connections: Discovery of Hidden Marine Biodiversity Along the Great Southern Reef
2023: Conference award (1st place), New Zealand Marine Sciences Conference
2022: Conference award (2nd place), New Zealand Marine Sciences Conference
2022: Grant winner, NZMSS First Overseas Conference Travel Scholarship
2022: Grant winner, Claude McCarthy Fellowship, Te Pōkai Tara Universities New Zealand
2021: Conference award (1st place), University of Canterbury Biology Conference
2021: Award (3rd place), Takiwaehere New Zealand Geospatial Hackathon
2020: Scholarship, University of Canterbury Biological Sciences Doctoral Scholarship
2019: Scholarship, Gateway Antarctica’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Scholarship in Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies
