Fields of Research

Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Climate change processes
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Surface water hydrology
Physical oceanography
Other physical sciences
Ecosystem function
Biological mathematics
Natural hazards
Environmental engineering
Air pollution modelling and control
Environmental management
Atmospheric sciences
Population ecology
Conservation and biodiversity
Biological oceanography
Land use and environmental planning
Other environmental sciences
Climate change impacts and adaptation
Evolution of developmental systems
Agricultural systems analysis and modelling
Economic geography
Mathematical physics
Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
Fisheries management
Human impacts of climate change and human adaptation
Numerical analysis
Behavioural ecology
Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
Urban geography
Environmental law
Engineering practice and education
Risk engineering
Social geography
Environmental philosophy
Health policy
Infectious agents
Wildlife and habitat management
Life histories
Global change biology

Research Objectives

Effects of climate change on Australia (excl. social impacts)
Climate change models
Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts)
Expanding knowledge in the mathematical sciences
Natural hazards
Ecosystem adaptation to climate change
Understanding climate change
Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Expanding knowledge in engineering
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Wild caught fin fish (excl. tuna)
Weather
Social impacts of climate change and variability
Coastal or estuarine biodiversity
Antarctic and Southern Ocean ice dynamics
Antarctic and Southern Ocean oceanic processes
Fisheries - wild caught
Marine systems and management
The media
Marine biodiversity
Effects of climate change on the South Pacific (excl. Australia and New Zealand) (excl. social impacts)
Management of greenhouse gas emissions from construction activities
Clinical health
Other environmental management
Management, resources and leadership
Expanding knowledge in psychology
Protection and conservation of Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Environmental policy, legislation and standards

Career Best Publications

A synergistic approach for evaluating climate model output for ecological applications; Frontiers in Marine Science
Circumpolar projections of Antarctic krill growth potential; Nature Climate Change
Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: how changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota; Global Change Biology
Food production shocks across land and sea; Nature Sustainability
Non-Newtonian blood flow in human right coronary arteries: steady state simulations; Journal of Biomechanics
Performance of downscaled regional climate simulations using a variable-resolution regional climate model: Tasmania as a test case; Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems; Nature
Under ice habitats for Antarctic krill larvae: could less mean more under climate warming?; Geophysical Research Letters

Research Publications

2016 Tasmanian State Natural Disaster Risk Assessment
2016 Tasmanian State Natural Disaster Risk Assessment: All Hazard Summary
Salpa thompsoni in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean: environmental drivers and life history parameters; Deep-Sea Research Part II
A biologically relevant method for considering patterns of oceanic retention in the Southern Ocean; Progress in Oceanography
A mass-balanced ecosystem model for the Kerguelen Plateau; The Kerguelen Plateau: Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries
A regional response in mean westerly circulation and rainfall to projected climate warming over Tasmania, Australia; Climate Dynamics
A synergistic approach for evaluating climate model output for ecological applications; Frontiers in Marine Science
Abrupt transitions in dynamics of a NPZD model across Southern Ocean fronts; Ecological Modelling
After Tasmania’s year of disasters, bushfire tops the state’s growing list of natural hazards
Assessing rainfall trends and remote drivers in regional climate change projections: the demanding test case of Tasmania; National Conference of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Beyond big fish: the case for more detailed representations of top predators in marine ecosystem models; Ecological Modelling
Bio-physical characterisation of polynyas as a key foraging habitat for juvenile male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica; PLoS One
Characterizing marine heatwaves in the Kerguelen Plateau region; Frontiers in Marine Science
Circumpolar projections of Antarctic krill growth potential; Nature Climate Change
Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: how changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota; Global Change Biology
Climate Futures for Tasmania: climate modelling technical report
Climate Futures for Tasmania: extreme tide and sea-level events technical report
Climate Futures for Tasmania: general climate impacts technical report
Climate Futures for Tasmania: impacts on agriculture technical report
Climate Futures for Tasmania: Severe Wind Hazard and Risk Technical Report
Climate Futures for Tasmania: water and catchments technical report
Concise Encyclopedia of Supersymmetry and noncommutative structures in mathematics and physics; Kluwer Academic Publishers
Connecting to the oceans: supporting ocean literacy and public engagement; Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Construction of realistic branched, three-dimensional arteries suitable for computational modelling of flow; Medical & Biological Engineering & Coputing
Control of Chaos in the Rossler System; Australian Journal of Physics
Covariant spinor representation of iosp(d, 2/2) and quantization of the spinning relativistic particle; Journal of Physics A-Mathematical and General
Exploring ecosystem structure and function of the northern Kerguelen Plateau using a mass-balanced food web model; Deep-Sea Research: Part II
Extreme polygyny results in intersex differences in age-dependent survival of a highly dimorphic marine mammal; Royal Society Open Science
Finding mesopelagic prey in a changing Southern Ocean; Scientific Reports
Food production shocks across land and sea; Nature Sustainability
Generalized scalar particle quantization in 1+1 dimensions and D(2,1;?); Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General
Global connectivity of Southern Ocean ecosystems; Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Habitat model forecasts suggest potential redistribution of marine predators in the southern Indian Ocean; Diversity and Distributions
High-resolution projections of surface water availability for Tasmania, Australia; Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Impacts of localisation in the EnKF and EnOI: experiments with a small model; Ocean Dynamics
Implications of the form of the ensemble transformation in the ensemble square root filters; Monthly Weather Review
Improved regional climate modelling through dynamical downscaling; National Conference of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Improving projections of rainfall trends through regional climate modeling and wide-ranging assessment; The 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2011)
Integrated modelling to support decision-making for marine social-ecological systems in Australia; ICES Journal of Marine Science
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
Let’s talk about climate change: Developing effective conversations between scientists and communities; One Earth
Mechanisms driving Antarctic microbial community responses to ocean acidification: a network modelling approach; Polar Biology
Modeling Antarctic krill circumpolar spawning habitat quality to identify regions with potential to support high larval production; Geophysical Research Letters
Modelled mid-trophic pelagic prey fields improve understanding of marine predator foraging behaviour; Ecography
Modelling blood flow in coronary arteries with junctions; 2002 Computers in Cardiology, The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Inc.
Modelling dispersal of juvenile krill released from the Antarctic ice edge: ecosystem implications of ocean movement; Journal of Marine Systems
Modelling Extreme Events in a Changing Climate using Regional Dynamically- Downscaled Climate Projections; International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs)
Modelling southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina using an individual-based model coupled with a dynamic energy budget; PloS ONE
More than just information: what does the public want to know about climate change?; Ecology and Society
Non Newtoniian blood flow in human coronary arteries: Steady state and transient simulations; 2003 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Non-Newtonian blood flow in human right coronary arteries: steady state simulations; Journal of Biomechanics
Non-Newtonian blood flow in human right coronary arteries: Transient simulations; Journal of Biomechanics
Ocean circulation and frontal structure near the southern Kerguelen Plateau during the Kerguelen Axis marine ecosystem survey; The Kerguelen Plateau: marine ecosystem and fisheries
Ocean circulation and frontal structure near the southern Kerguelen Plateau: the physical context for the Kerguelen Axis ecosystem study; Deep-Sea Research Part II
On regional dynamical downscaling for the assessment and projection of temperature and precipitation extremes across Tasmania, Australia; Climate Dynamics
Optimal control and system limitation in a Southern Ocean ecosystem model; Deep-Sea Reseach II
Overwinter sea-ice characteristics important for Antarctic krill recruitment in the southwest Atlantic; Ecological Indicators
Performance of an empirical bias-correction of a high-resolution climate dataset; International Journal of Climatology
Performance of downscaled regional climate simulations using a variable-resolution regional climate model: Tasmania as a test case; Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Performance of quantile-quantile bias-correction for use in hydroclimatological projections; MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty
Prey-field use by a Southern Ocean top predator: enhanced understanding using integrated datasets; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Projecting Volunteer Resource Requirements Under Extreme Climate Futures Technical Report
Realizations of Physical Particle States Via Cohomologies: Algebraization of BRST-BFV Covariant Quantization; 5th Wigner Symposium
Reconceptualising 'community' to identify place-based disaster management needs in Tasmania; Australian Journal of Emergency Management
Simulating sub-daily Intensity-Frequency-Duration curves in Australia using a dynamical high-resolution regional climate model; Journal of Hydrology
Southern Ocean Action Plan 2021-2030: In support of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Spatially explicit food web modelling to consider fisheries impacts and ecosystem representation within Marine Protected Areas on the Kerguelen Plateau; ICES Journal of Marine Science
Superalgebraisation of BFV-BRST quantisation
The Analysis of Infrastructure Asset Susceptibility Using High Resolution Climate Projection Modeling; Practical Responses to Climate Change National Conference 2010
The analysis of infrastructure asset susceptibility using high resolution climate projection modelling; Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) International Public Works Conference
Time-dynamic food web modeling to explore environmental drivers of ecosystem change on the Kerguelen Plateau; Frontiers in Marine Science
Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems; Nature
Under ice habitats for Antarctic krill larvae: could less mean more under climate warming?; Geophysical Research Letters
Using satellite altimetry to inform hypotheses of transport of early lifestage of Patagonian toothfish on the Kerguelen Plateau; Ecological Modelling
Validation of three dimensional reconstruction of coronary arteries; 2003 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Wall shear stress and atheroma; Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting 2004
Warming world, changing ocean: mitigation and adaptation to support resilient marine systems; Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Zooplankton responses to increasing sea surface temperatures in the southeastern Australia global marine hotspot; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Research Projects

A Free Ocean CO2 Enriched experiment (FOCE) to estimate the effects of ocean acidification on benthic habitats; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Assessing status and trends of marine ecosystems in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Assessment of habitats, productivity and food webs on the Kerguelen Axis in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Australia's wine future - adapting to short-term climate variability and long-term climate change.; Wine Australia (WineAust)
Demography in a changing climate: Modelling environmental influences on the population dynamics of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) at Macquarie Island; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
High-Resolution Reanalysis for Tasmania Project: Stage 1; Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management [TAS] (DPFEM)
High-Resolution Reanalysis for Tasmania Project: Stage 2; Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management [TAS] (DPFEM)
High-Resolution Reanalysis for Tasmania project: Stage 3; Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management [TAS] (DPFEM)
Impact of environmental variability on the Patagonian Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) fishery; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Mesopelagic Southern Ocean Prey and Predators (MESOPP); European Commission (EC)
Natural Disaster Risk Assessment for Tasmania Project; Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management [TAS] (DPFEM)
Projecting ecosystem change in the Southern Ocean using end-to-end models; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Projecting Volunteer Resource Requirements Under Extreme Climate Futures; Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management [TAS] (DPFEM)
Developing a flash flood warning system for short duration catchments using rain fields data, 2D hydrodynamic modelling and best-practice emergency communication

Research Candidate Supervision

Representing Southern Ocean predators in end-to-end ecosystem models using individual-based modelling
Transmyocardial St Potential Distributions in Ischaemic Heart Disease