Fields of Research

Chemical oceanography
Palaeoclimatology
Biological oceanography
Marine geoscience
Isotope geochemistry
Physical oceanography
Geochronology
Environmental management
Inorganic geochemistry
Carbon sequestration science
Pollution and contamination
Climate change processes
Sedimentology
Structural geology and tectonics
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Environmental biogeochemistry
Animal physiological ecology
Conservation and biodiversity
Accelerators
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Oceanography
Quaternary environments
Analytical spectrometry
Environmental assessment and monitoring
Atmospheric composition, chemistry and processes
Atmospheric aerosols
Glaciology
Biological adaptation
Environment policy
Intelligent robotics
Environmental rehabilitation and restoration
Climate change law
Environmental sociology
Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment
Geochemistry
Gene expression (incl. microarray and other genome-wide approaches)
Respiratory diseases
Animal structure and function
Climate change science
Geomorphology and earth surface processes
Cell development, proliferation and death

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts)
Measurement and assessment of marine water quality and condition
Antarctic and Southern Ocean oceanic processes
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Climate change models
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Atmospheric composition (incl. greenhouse gas inventory)
Measurement and assessment of estuarine water quality
Marine biodiversity
Coastal and estuarine systems and management
Ecosystem adaptation to climate change
Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean)
Assessment and management of pelagic marine ecosystems
Aquaculture crustaceans (excl. rock lobster and prawns)
Assessment and management of benthic marine ecosystems
Marine systems and management
Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Effects of climate change on the South Pacific (excl. Australia and New Zealand) (excl. social impacts)
Climate variability (excl. social impacts)
Rehabilitation or conservation of coastal or estuarine environments
Expanding knowledge in engineering
Climate change mitigation strategies
Effects of climate change on Australia (excl. social impacts)
Global effects of climate change (excl. Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the South Pacific) (excl. social impacts)
Understanding climate change
Air quality
Other environmental management
Atmospheric processes and dynamics
Environmentally sustainable mineral resource activities
Clinical health
Coastal or estuarine biodiversity
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Mineral exploration

Career Best Publications

Accumulation of biogenic and lithogenic material in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean during the past 40,000 years; Deep-Sea Research Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Controls on biogenic silica burial in the Southern Ocean; Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Controls on deglacial changes in biogenic fluxes in the North Pacific Ocean; Quaternary Science Reviews: International Multidisciplinary Review and Research Journal
Effect of iron limitation on the cadmium to phosphorus ratio of natural phytoplankton assemblages from the Southern Ocean; Limnology and Oceanography
Increased glacial-age ventilation of the Chilean margin by Antarctic Intermediate Water; Nature Geoscience
Iron links river runoff and shelf width to phytoplankton biomass along the U.S. West Coast; Geophysical Research Letters
Marine nitrogen fixers mediate a low latitude pathway for atmospheric CO₂ drawdown; Nature Communications
Metabolic consequences of iron deficiency in heterotrophic marine protozoa; Limnology and Oceanography
Pre-concentration of thorium and neodymium isotopes using Nobias chelating resin: method development and application to chromatographic separation; Talanta
Temporal evolution of mechanisms controlling ocean carbon uptake during the last glacial cycle; Earth and Planetary Science Letters
The influence of particle composition and particle flux on scavenging of Th, Pa and Be in the ocean; Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Research Publications

A 30,000 year record of terrestrial sediment delivery to the Southern Chile Margin; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2009
A comparison with natural particles reveals a small specific effect of PVC microplastics on mussel performance; Marine Pollution Bulletin
A first intercomparison of the simulated LGM carbon results within PMIP-carbon: role of the ocean boundary conditions; Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
A high iron, low chlorophyll coastal ecosystem: the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2004
A review of the Australian-New Zealand sector of the Southern Ocean over the last 30 ka (Aus-INTIMATE project); Quaternary Science Reviews
Accumulation of biogenic and lithogenic material in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean during the past 40,000 years; Deep-Sea Research Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Acid mine tailings in southern Spain; The Science of The Total Environment
Antarctic sediments and paleoceanography; Encyclopedia of Antarctica
Assessing the influence of ocean alkalinity enhancement on a coastal phytoplankton community; Biogeosciences
Autonomous, in-situ instrumentation for continuous measurement of dissolved copper and zinc in aquatic systems; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2008
Benthic fluxes on the Oregon shelf; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Benthic iron flux on the Oregon Shelf; 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Benthic remineralization and burial of biogenic SiO₂, CaCO₃, organic carbon, and detrital material in the Southern Ocean along a transect at 170° West; Deep-Sea Research Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Bio-optical signatures of episodic particulate maxima in the benthic boundary layer over the Oregon Continental Shelf between January and March 2003; 2004 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Bioavailability and transport of bottom boundary layer iron in the Oregon Upwelling System; 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Biogeochemical characteristics of eddies in the East Australian Current depend on eddy type, history and location; Journal of Marine Systems
Carbon fluxes during Dansgaard-Oeschger events as simulated by an Earth System Model; Journal of Climate
Chapter 13: Chemical pollutants in the marine environment: causes, effects, and challenges; Stressors in the Marine Environment: Physiological and ecological responses; societal implications
Climatically driven changes in oceanic processes throughout the equatorial Pacific; Paleoceanography
Comment on ''Do geochemical estimates of sediment focusing pass the sediment test in the equatorial Pacific?'' by M. Lyle et al; Paleoceanography
Comment on 'On the importance of opal, carbonate, and lithogenic clays in scavenging and fractionating ²³⁰Th, ²³¹Pa and ¹⁰Be in the ocean' by S. Luo and T.-L. Ku; Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Compiled Southern Ocean sea surface temperatures correlate with Antarctic Isotope Maxima; Quaternary Science Reviews
Controls on biogenic silica burial in the Southern Ocean; Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Controls on deglacial changes in biogenic fluxes in the North Pacific Ocean; Quaternary Science Reviews: International Multidisciplinary Review and Research Journal
Dealing with climate change: palaeoclimate research in Australia
Detection, dispersal and biogeochemical contribution of hydrothermal iron in the ocean; Marine and Freshwater Research
Developing Standards for Dissolved Iron in Seawater; Eos: Transactions, American Geophysical Union
Development and initial deployments of an autonomous in situ instrument for long-term monitoring of copper (II) in the marine environment; Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
Development of an autonomous in-situ analyzer for dissolved copper in the marine environment; 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Different mechanisms of silicic acid leakage and their biogeochemical consequences; Paleoceanography
Discovering the ocean’s past through geochemistry; Elements
Dissolution of fluoride complexes following microwave-assisted hydrofluoric acid digestion of marine sediments; Talanta
Distribution and behavior of iron along the Oregon coast during the upwelling season of 2001; 2004 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Distribution and variability of iron input to Oregon coastal waters during the upwelling season; Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics
Dynamic biological functioning important for simulating and stabilizing ocean biogeochemistry; Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Effect of iron limitation on the cadmium to phosphorus ratio of natural phytoplankton assemblages from the Southern Ocean; Limnology and Oceanography
Evaluating the impact of atmospheric deposition on dissolved trace-metals in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea; Marine Chemistry: An International Journal for Studies of All Chemical Aspects of The Marine Environment
Evidence from authigenic uranium for increased productivity of the glacial Subantarctic Ocean; Paleoceanography
Export production in the New-Zealand region since the Last Glacial Maximum; Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Further evidence for enhanced productivity of the glacial subantarctic; 1998 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Glacial and hydrothermal sources of dissolved iron(II) in Southern Ocean waters surrounding Heard and McDonald Islands; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Glacial-interglacial changes in biogenic fluxes in the Subarctic North Pacific Ocean; 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Global ocean sediment composition and burial flux in the deep sea; Global Biogeochemical Cycles
High lability Fe particles sourced from glacial erosion can meet previously unaccounted biological demand: Heard Island, Southern Ocean; Frontiers in Marine Science
Ice-sheet control of continental erosion in central and southern Chile (36degree-41degree South) over the last 30,000 years ; Quaternary Science Reviews
Impact of winter river runoff on the biogeochemistry of the North East Pacific Coastal Ocean; 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Improved methodology for the microwave digestion of carbonate-rich environmental samples; International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Increased glacial-age ventilation of the Chilean margin by Antarctic Intermediate Water; Nature Geoscience
Input and cycling of iron in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea; Global Biogeochemical Cycles: An International Journal of Global Change
Iron availability influences nutrient drawdown in the Heard and McDonald Islands region, Southern Ocean; Marine Chemistry
Iron links river runoff and shelf width to phytoplankton biomass along the U.S. West Coast; Geophysical Research Letters
Iron, nutrient, and phytoplankton distributions in Oregon coastal waters; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Kerguelen Axis 2015-16: Marine science activities in support of research and observing of marine ecosystems in the vicinity of the Kerguelen Axis during 2015-16 austral summer
Lithogenic particle flux to the subantarctic Southern Ocean: a multi-tracer estimate using sediment trap samples; Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Manganese and iron distributions off central California influenced by upwelling and shelf width; Marine Chemistry: An International Journal for Studies of All Chemical Aspects of The Marine Environment
Marine nitrogen fixers mediate a low latitude pathway for atmospheric CO₂ drawdown; Nature Communications
Metabolic consequences of iron deficiency in heterotrophic marine protozoa; Limnology and Oceanography
Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments from the Great Australian Bight; Frontiers in Marine Science
Microplate-reader method for the rapid analysis of copper in natural waters with chemiluminescence detection; Frontiers in Microbiology
Observing biogeochemical cycles at global scales with profiling floats and gliders : prospects for a globalaArray; Oceanography
Ocean carbon and nitrogen isotopes in CSIRO Mk3L-COAL version 1.0: a tool for palaeoceanographic research; Geoscientific Model Development
Open ocean iron fertilization experiments from IronEx-I through SOFEX: what we know and what we still need to understand; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2002
Paleoproductivity of the Southern Chilean Margin over the past 30,000 years; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2008
Plastic and natural inorganic microparticles do not differ in their effects on adult mussels (Mytilidae) from different geographic regions; The Science of The Total Environment
Pre-concentration of thorium and neodymium isotopes using Nobias chelating resin: method development and application to chromatographic separation; Talanta
Quantifying and characterising metal concentrations in Derwent Estuary sediments using portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry; Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
Quantifying lithogenic inputs to the Southern Ocean using long-lived thorium isotopes; Frontiers in Marine Science
Reactive iron and manganese distributions in seabed sediments near small mountainous rivers off Oregon and California (USA); Continental Shelf Research
Reconstructing the history of nutrient loads and sources in the Derwent Estuary, Tasmania, Australia, using isotopic fingerprinting techniques; Estuaries and Coasts
Reduced oxygenation at intermediate depths of the southwest Pacific during the last glacial maximum; Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Riverine input of macronutrients, iron, and organic matter to the coastal ocean off Oregon, U.S.A., during the winter; Limnology and Oceanography
Riverine input of macronutrients, iron, and organic matter to the coastal ocean off Oregon, USA, during the winter; 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Scavenging of ²³⁰Th, ²³¹Pa and ¹⁰Be in the Southern Ocean (SW Pacific sector): the importance of particle flux, particle composition and advection; Deep-Sea Research Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Scavenging of ²³⁰Th, ²³¹Pa and ¹⁰Be in the Southern Ocean (SW Pacific sector): the importance of particle flux, particle composition and advection; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2001
Scratching the surface: a marine sediment provenance record from the continental slope of central Wilkes Land, East Antarctica; Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Sea ice changes in the southwest Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean during the last 140 000 years; Climate of the Past
Sediment Signatures of U- and Th-Series Nuclides and their Application as Paleoceanographic Tracers; U-Th Series Nuclides in Aquatic Systems
Solid Earth-cryosphere interaction with a focus on East Antarctica; POLAR2018
Sources and fluxes of atmospheric trace elements to the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea; Journal of Geophysical Research
Sources of Organic Tracers in Atmospheric Dust, Surface Seawater Particulate Matter and Sediment of the Red Sea; Oceanographic and Biological Aspects of the Red Sea
Southern Ocean ecosystem response to Last Glacial Maximum boundary conditions; Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Southern Ocean iron enrichment experiment: carbon cycling in high- and low-Si waters; Science
Southern Ocean phytoplankton stimulated by wildfire emissions and sustained by iron recycling; Geophysical Research Letters
Southern-ocean and glaciogenic nutrients control diatom export production on the Chile margin; Quaternary Science Reviews
Submarine geology and geomorphology of active Sub-Antarctic volcanoes: Heard and McDonald Islands; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Temporal evolution of mechanisms controlling ocean carbon uptake during the last glacial cycle; Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Th-230, Pa-231 and Be-10 in the SW Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean: scavenging systematics and paleoceanographic implications; 2000 Ocean Sciences Meeting
The influence of particle composition and particle flux on scavenging of Th, Pa and Be in the ocean; Earth and Planetary Science Letters
The influence of particle composition on scavenging the Th, Pa and Be in the ocean; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2001
The response of the Totten Glacier to past climate warming using marine sediment; POLAR2018
The role of iron and nutrients in supporting summer phytoplankton communities in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea; 2004 Ocean Sciences Meeting
The sensitivity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to a changing climate: past, present and future; Reviews of Geophysics
The simulated climate of the Last Glacial Maximum and insights into the global marine carbon cycle; Climate of the Past
The Southern Ocean's biological pump during the Last Glacial Maximum; Deep-Sea Research Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography
The supply of iron and nitrate to surface waters off the Oregon coast during upwelling; 2000 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Trace elements and nutrients in wildfire plumes to the southeast of Australia; Atmospheric Research
Tracking Southern Ocean sea ice extent with winter water: a new method based on the oxygen isotopic signature of foraminifera; Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Uncovering terra incognita: new insights into the evolution of Antarctica and constraints for ice sheet models; Geological Society of Australia
Using paleo-oceanographic data synthesis to test ideas about changes in atmospheric CO₂ concentrations during glacial inception; Leopoldina Symposium 2015
Vertical budgets for organic carbon and biogenic silica in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean, 1996-1998; Deep-Sea Research Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Research Projects

2013 RCSS: Goldschmidt 2013; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
A multi-institutional environmental radioactivity research centre; Australian Research Council (ARC)
A multi-proxy quantification of Australian dust deposition over the last glacial-interglacial transition; Australian and New Zealand Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Consortium (ANZIC)
Analysis of naturally occuring, long-lived radionuclides in seawater; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Constraining external iron inputs and cycling in the southern extension of the East Australian Current; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Developing age models for Antarctic marine sediment cores in order to explore ice-ocean-climate interactions; Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Dust to the ocean: Does it really increase productivity?; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Hot iron: Are submarine volcanoes important for Southern Ocean iron supply?; Australian Research Council (ARC)
HydroBox: A containerised hydrochemistry lab for Australian oceanography; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Impact of climate change on ocean ventilation by Antarctic Intermediate Water: Using the past to predict the future; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Improved quaternary age models for Ocean Drilling Program cores from the southern Australian dust corridor; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Insights from the past: Using the history of Antarctica to improve projections of global sea level rise; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Is there a climatic tipping point for Antarctic Bottom Water formation?; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Metals in the Southwest Pacific ocean: Participation in GEOTRACES, an international study of marine trace elements and their isotopes.; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
NARGS 2010 ; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Physical, chemical and biogeochemical gradients in the East Australian Current; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Reconstruction of ocean (de)oxygenation in the South East Pacific over the last glacial cycle (ODP Leg 202); Australian and New Zealand Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Consortium (ANZIC)
Response of the Totten Glacier to past climate warming; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Southern Ocean oxygen variability since the last glacial maximum; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Southern Ocean response to abrupt climate change; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Submarine volcanism and hydrothermalism around Heard and McDonald Islands; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
The Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science; Australian Research Council (ARC)
The impact of changing ocean circulation on the Antarctic ice shelf; Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF)
Tracing nutrient sources in the Derwent Estuary, Tasmania; Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Using the last glacial cycle to understand carbon-climate feedbacks; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Why mercury bioaccumulation patterns in polluted estuaries don't make sense: The role of biology and chemistry; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Testing the White Ocean hypothesis to inform Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement
Autonomous measurements of dissolved copper in the Columbia River
Autonomous, high-resolution measurements of copper and zinc
Collaborative Research: Transport and reaction in an upwelling bottom boundary layer
Controls on the oxygenation of Southeast Pacific intermediate waters over the last 50 Ky
Flow-through photochemical oxidizer
Reactive iron supply to shelf sediments and surface waters of the California Current System
SENSORS: Autonomous analyzers for toxic metals in the marine environment
Towards an improved paleoflux proxy for ocean margins
Towards high resolution vertical mapping of iron concentrations in the coastal ocean: development of a continuous flow analyzer for iron in seawater

Research Candidate Supervision

Exploration of Phoslock Clay in Mitigating Fish-killing Algal Blooms
Ocean Deoxygenation, a Paleo Proxy Perspective
The impact of hydrothermal vents on trace metal biogeochemistry in the Southern Ocean. Locate HVs in the Heard Island region, quantify trace metal inputs and determine impacts on surface biological productivity