Academic staff

Amy is an environmental social scientist, focusing on understanding the interactions between people and marine environments. Specifically, she seeks to identify socio-economic and cultural factors that influence sustainable livelihoods.

Dr Cyrus's research focus is largely on new species development (particularly low tropic species), and the incorporation of macroalgae to improve many aspects of aquaculture production including larval settlement, feed development, and the recycling of nutrients for alternative crops through Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA).

Leo’s research interests include using physiology to solve commercially relevant production bottlenecks, raw materials for aquafeeds, nutrient requirements, digestive processes in aquatic organisms, taste and palatability.

Dr. Cabral combines ecological and economic theories and methods, big data analytics, and computation to find solutions to fisheries and conservation problems. He is particularly interested in problems where science and scientific innovations can help overcome bottlenecks to effectively address fisheries and conservation challenges.

Jose’s research focuses on the development of efficient breeding programs for tropical aquaculture species. He is passionate about marine finfish propagation (reproduction, genomics, selective breeding) and its integration with nutrition and fish health for the development of fast-growing and disease-resistant strains.

Bethany is an applied environmental social scientist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Her research supports sustainable and equitable rural livelihoods in the tropics applying participatory methods, risk analysis, and spatial science. Through her work, she supports locally relevant and inclusive decision-making under complex environmental and social challenges.

Research project: exploring the role of early on-farm pathogen detection as a means to manage and ultimately prevent disease outbreaks in aquaculture systems. Her project will determine if early pathogen detection using eDNA, eRNA and environmental proteins can help us understand the disease outbreak triggers of Cryptocaryon irritans (Marine Ich) in barramundi aquaculture.