Wernberg & Filbee-Dexter Labs
ARC Laureate Fellow
A little bit of everything
ARC DECRA Fellow
Seaweeds and blue carbon ecology
Postdoc
Kelp early life stages and genomics.
Marine heatwave impacts.
GecoKelp postdoc
Ocean warming and marine heatwaves on Norwegian kelp forests, kelp-associated biodiversity, and restoration.
Proteus, Postdoc
Impacts of harvesting on biodiversity and resilience of Norwegian kelp forests. Starting 29/9/25.
Research Coordinator
Marine Ecology field operations.
Marine Ecology field operations and social media.
PhD
Future-proofing marine restoration and greening grey infrastructure.
Long-term changes in marine communities.
Arctic kelp forests.
Seaweed-associated biodiversity and changes after impact.
Carbon cycling and population modeling.
MSc
Changes in the distribution and biomass of WA marine forests.
Climate-driven tropicalisation and biodiversity change on temperate reef communities
Epifaunal communities in Western Australian kelp forests under climate-driven change.
Investigating the effects of tropicalisation on coral communities in Australia’s South West.
Intern MSc
Work-integrated learning (WIL) internship.
GecoKelp MSc
Habitat cascades with a specific focus on Ascophyllum nodosum.
Adjunct
Adjunct - ARC Early Career Industry Fellow Flinders University
Adjunct - Associate Professor University of Canterbury.
ARC Future Fellow
Kelp Ecology
ARC DECRA-Industry Fellow
Coastal oceanography, connectivity and the transport of detritus and propagules.
Transcriptomics and genomics of habitat forming species.
Coastal biogeochemistry and ecology.
Environmental economist researching marine conservation, ecosystem services, and sustainable ocean management.
Research Associate
Marine spatial ecology.
Research Administration Assistant
Administration, reporting and stakeholder engagement.
Transport and transformation of detrital carbon from Australia's seaweed forests.
PhD, Forrest Scholar
Microbial remineralisation of kelp detritus.
Macroalgal ecophysiology and biochemistry.
PhD, UTAS
Ecology of kelp forests along the Great Southern Reef.
Seagrass blue carbon.
Biogeochemical Modelling (Coastal Carbon Export & Earth Observation)
Biodiversity in seagrass beds.
Thermal tolerance of thermal tolerance of Cystophora brownii.
Investigating the influence of temperature and sea urchin grazing on Norwegian kelp early life stages using controlled aquarium experiments.
Adjunct - Senior Lecturer Curtin Coastal Ecology Group
Adjunct - Senior Principal Research Scientist NSW Department of Primary Industries.
Adjunct - Senior Principal Research Scientist CSIRO
