Marine Biology & Aquaculture

Tom Lloyd

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Ecosystems
tom.lloyd@jcu.edu.au

Alys Young

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Ecosystems
alys.young@jcu.edu.au

William Arlidge

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Community-Based Fisheries Co-Management
william.arlidge@jcu.edu.au

Anna Wilson

Senior Research Worker
anna.wilson@jcu.edu.au

Kelly Condon

Senior Lecturer, Aquaculture (Aquatic Animal Health)
kelly.condon@jcu.edu.au

Graeme Cumming

Adjunct Professor
graeme.cumming@jcu.edu.au

Takahiro Shimada

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
takahiro.shimada@jcu.edu.au

Peter Doll

Research Fellow, Coral Reef Health Assessments
peter.doll@jcu.edu.au

Michela Mitchell

Casual Research Assistant
michela.mitchell@jcu.edu.au

Jan Strugnell

Professor, Promotional Chair
jan.strugnell@jcu.edu.au

GBRF EOI Island Monitoring (Old ID 27698)

Nicholas Murray

01 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2024

The more than 1000 islands and cays in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) World Heritage Area (GBRMPA spat...

SEAPRO - Seaweed Environmental Action for Pollution Reduction and Algae Protein Optimisation

Mark Cyrus

27 May 2024 - 30 Jun 2025

Aquaculture plays a crucial role in ensuring global food security and fostering future job creation,...

Small equipment grant for water quality monitoring multiparameter instrument

Nathan Waltham

15 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2024

Purchase of a multiparameter water quality monitoring instrument to replace old and no longer fit-fo...

Assessment of the sustainability of coral reef fisheries in Indoesia

Reniel Cabral

26 May 2023 - 25 May 2025

By applying the model of global reef fish biomass data developed by Zamborain-Mason et. al. (2023), ...

Dwarf Minke Whale Project

Naomi Gardiner

01 Jan 2020 - 01 Jan 2025

The Minke Whale Project MWP (based at James Cook University, North Queensland Australia) conducts mu...

Artificial intelligence-guided detection of tumour peptides for immunotherapy against therap y-resistant cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC)

Ludwig Lopata

01 Jan 2025 - 30 Dec 2026

North Queensland has the highest incidence of CSCC worldwide, which has a huge impact on the local p...

How magnetic resonance impacts on immune regulatory factor secretion from brain tumour cells during radiotherapy

Ludwig Lopata

01 Aug 2024 - 30 Jul 2026

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To investigate how magnetic resonance impacts on brain tumour cell growth and...

Closing the circular food economy: Advanced technologies to optimise black soldier fly (BSF) larvae nutritional composition for inclusion in aquafeed

Ludwig Lopata

10 Oct 2024 - 30 Jun 2026

Black soldier fly (BSF) biomass is a highly valuable source of nutrients for terrestrial and aquatic...

Closing the circular food economy: Advanced technologies to optimise black soldier fly (BSF) larvae nutritional composition for inclusion in aquafeed

Leo Nankervis

10 Oct 2024 - 30 Jun 2026

Black soldier fly (BSF) biomass is a highly valuable source of nutrients for terrestrial and aquatic...

Workshopping a reef restoration toolkit for Wallis et Futuna as a model for Pacific Island nations

Hillary Smith

11 Oct 2024 - 01 May 2026

This project aims to achieve two main objectives: 1) Rapid analysis of recent mass coral bleaching ...

Variable growth band deposition leads to age and growth uncertainty in the western wobbegong shark, Orectolobus hutchinsi

2007
CSIRO
Researchers:Colin Simpfendorfer

Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change

2007
Researchers:Terry HughesDavid Bellwood

Aggregation influences coral species richness at multiple spatial scales

2007
Ecological Society of America
Researchers:Terry Hughes

Scale-dependent variation in coral community similarity across sites, islands, and island groups

2007
Ecological Society of America
Researchers:Terry Hughes

Candidate growth genes in finfish - where should we be looking?

2007
Elsevier
Researchers:Dean Jerry

Fuel use and corticosterone dynamics in hatchling green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) during natal dispersal

2007
Elsevier
Researchers:Mark Hamann

No-take areas, herbivory and coral reef resilience

2007
Elsevier
Researchers:Terry HughesDavid Bellwood

Occurrence of Carcharhinus isodon (Finetooth Shark) in Florida Bay

2007
Humboldt Field Research Inst
Researchers:Colin Simpfendorfer

Shark nursery areas: concepts, definition, characterization and assumptions

2007
Inter-Research
Researchers:Colin Simpfendorfer

Quantifying herbivory across a coral reef depth gradient

2007
Inter-Research
Researchers:David Bellwood

Title: JCU reef scientist goes global after plumbing the depths, Townsville Bulletin

Reseracher: Gemma Galbraith (AIMS@JCU Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Reef Connectivity)

Start Date: 10 Nov 2024

Title: Deep dive: How I use robots to survey coral reefs, Nature

Reseracher: Gemma Galbraith (AIMS@JCU Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Reef Connectivity)

Start Date: 31 Mar 2025

Title: Wet Tropics Management Authority - Scientific Advisory Committee

Reseracher: Nathan Waltham (Associate Professor, Blue Carbon)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2024

Title: Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF), Australia

Reseracher: Simon Das (Research Fellow - Grouper Nutrition)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2024

End Date: 01 Jan 2027

Title: Australian Coral Reef Society

Reseracher: Morgan Pratchett (Professor, Marine Biology & Aquaculture)

Title: International Coral Reef Society

Reseracher: Morgan Pratchett (Professor, Marine Biology & Aquaculture)

Title: BSc Ecology, University of Cape Town

Reseracher: Mark Cyrus (Senior Lecturer Aquaculture Macroalgae)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2004

End Date: 01 Jan 2006

Title: BSc Honours, University of Cape Town

Reseracher: Mark Cyrus (Senior Lecturer Aquaculture Macroalgae)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2007

End Date: 01 Jan 2007

Title: PhD, James Cook University

Reseracher: Leo Nankervis (Associate Professor, Aquaculture)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2002

End Date: 01 Jan 2005

Title: BSc(Hons), James Cook University

Reseracher: Leo Nankervis (Associate Professor, Aquaculture)

Start Date: 01 Jan 1996

End Date: 01 Jan 1999