Sally Lau
- cheukying.lau@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4955-2530- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Marine Biology & Aquaculture
Projects
8
Publications
13
Awards
10
Biography
I am interested in the evolutionary genomics of Southern Ocean marine benthic taxa. Topics include how animals survived in the historic Pleistocene Southern Ocean environments and how to apply this knowledge to advance understanding of Antarctica's physical past and our futures.
Research
Research Interests
Population genomics
Evolutionary genetics
Antarctic benthic ecology and evolution
Antarctic ice sheet growth and collapse
Projects
Australian Venom Innovation and Discovery (AVID) Initiative
01 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
Australian Venom Innovation and Discovery (AVID) Initiative
01 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
Harnessing animal genomes to understand East Antarctic Ice Sheet melt history
03 Nov 2025 - 31 Dec 2027
Decoding the genomic basis underpinning Southern Ocean ecosystem resilience to change
01 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
On the evolutionary rescue of Antarctic marine fauna – did the IPCC AR6 get it right? (Old ID 29003)
22 May 2023 - 22 May 2025
Molecular signatures of historic glacial events in marine benthic taxa (Old ID 26383)
01 Jun 2019 - 31 May 2021
Teaching
Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type
Primary
Current JCU Research Students
Population Genomics of the Remote Sub-Antarctic Heard Island and McDonald Islands benthic taxa
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)
A genetics perspective: dispersal of benthic invertebrates in the southern ocean
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)
Completed Honours and External Research Students
Population connectivity and fine scale dispersal of an Antarctic sea slug Doris “kerguelenensis”
HONOURS
Activities
Consultancy
Education
PhD (cum laude), James Cook University
2018 - 2022
Committees
Awards
Media
Employment
Output
Janssen, Annemie R.; Badhe, Renuka; Bransome, Nicole C.; Bricher, Phillippa; Cavanagh, Rachel; de Bruin, Taco; Elshout, Pjotr; Grant, Susie; Griffin, Eoghan; Grilly, Emily; Henley, Sian F.; Hofmann, Eileen E.; Johnston, Nadine M.; Karentz, Deneb; Kent, Rhona; Lynnes, Amanda; Martin, Torge; Miloslavich, Patricia; Murphy, Eugena; Nolan, Joseph E.; Sikes, Elisabeth; Sparrow, Michael; Tacoma, Marten; Williams, Michael J.M.; Arata, Javier A.; Bowman, Jeff; Corney, Stuart; Lau, Sally C.Y.; Manno, Clara; Mohan, Rahul; Nielsen, Hanne; van Leeuwe, Maria A.; Waller, Catherine; Xavier, José C.; Van De Putte, Anton P. (2022) Southern Ocean Action Plan (2021-2030) in support of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Brussels, Belgium: [Report] [DOI]
Barkan, Roy; Cooke, Ira; Watson, Sue-Ann; Lau, Sally C.Y.; Strugnell, Jan M. (2024) 'Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the tropical abalone (Haliotis asinina)'. Scientific Data, 11 (1). [DOI]
Lau, Sally C. Y.; Wilson, Nerida G.; Golledge, Nicholas R.; Naish, Tim R.; Watts, Phillip C.; Silva, Catarina N. S.; Cooke, Ira R.; Allcock, A. Louise; Mark, Felix C.; Linse, Katrin; Strugnell, Jan M. (2023) 'Genomic evidence for West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse during the Last Interglacial'. Science, 382 :1384-1389. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Lau, Sally C.Y.; Strugnell, Jan M.; Sands, Chester J.; Silva, Catarina N.S.; Wilson, Nerida G. (2023) 'Genomic insights of evolutionary divergence and life histories innovations in Antarctic brittle stars'. Molecular Ecology, 32 (13):3382-3402. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Strugnell, Jan M.; Mcgregor, Helen; Wilson, Nerida G.; Meredith, Karina T.; Chown, Steven L.; Lau, Sally C.Y.; Robinson, Sharon A.; Saunders, Krystyna M. (2022) 'Emerging biological archives can reveal ecological and climatic change in Antarctica'. Global Change Biology, 28 (22):6483-6508. [DOI]
Lau, Sally C.Y.; Strugnell, Jan M.; Sands, Chester J.; Silva, Catarina N.S.; Wilson, Nerida G. (2021) 'Evolutionary innovations in Antarctic brittle stars linked to glacial refugia'. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (23):17428-17446. [DOI]
Woodings, Laura N.; Murphy, Nicholas P.; Liggins, Geoffrey W.; Miller, Marcus E.; Ballinger, Giles M.; Lau, Sally C.Y.; Strugnell, Jan M. (2021) 'Population genomics of the Eastern Rock Lobster, Sagmariasus verreauxi, during spawning stock recovery from over-exploitation'. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78 (7):2448-2459. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Lau, Sally C.Y.; Thomas, Marine; Hancock, Boze; Russell, Bayden D. (2020) 'Restoration potential of Asian oysters on heavily developed coastlines'. Restoration Ecology, 28 (6):1643-1653. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Caswell, Bryony A.; Klein, Emily S.; Alleway, Heidi; Ball, Johnathan E.; Botero, Julián; Cardinale, Massimiliano; Eero, Margit; Engelhard, Georg H.; Fortibuoni, Tomaso; Giraldo, Ana Judith; Hentati-Sundberg, Jonas; Jones, Peter; Kittinger, John N.; Krause, Gesche; Lajus, Dmitry L.; Lajus, Julia; Lau, Sally C.Y.; Lescrauwaet, Ann Katrien; MacKenzie, Brian R.; McKenzie, Matthew; Ojaveer, Henn; Pandolfi, John M.; Raicevich, Saša; Russell, Bayden; Sundelöf, Andreas; Thorpe, Robert B.; zu Ermgassen, Philine S.E.; Thurstan, Ruth H. (2020) 'Something old, something new: historical perspectives provide lessons for blue growth agendas'. Fish and Fisheries, 21 (4):774-796. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Lau, Sally C. Y.; Wilson, Nerida G.; Silva, Catarina N. S.; Strugnell, Jan M. (2020) 'Detecting glacial refugia in the Southern Ocean'. Ecography, 43 (11):1639-1656. [DOI]
Lau, Sally C.Y.; Grange, Laura J.; Peck, Lloyd S.; Reed, Adam J. (2018) 'The reproductive ecology of the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii (Protobranchia: Sareptidae) follows neither Antarctic nor taxonomic patterns'. Polar Biology, 41 :1693-1706. [DOI]
Lau, Sally C.Y.; Brettell, Dominic L.D.F.; Astudillo, Juan C. (2018) 'Rapid assessment of the invasive Xenostrobus securis on cultured oysters in Hong Kong'. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 17 :11-16. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Lau, Sally C.Y.; Strugnell, Jan M. (2022) 'Is the Southern Ocean ecosystem primed for change or at the cliff edge?' Global Change Biology, 28 (15) :4493-4494. [DOI]
Journal Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU