Fields of Research

Photogrammetry and remote sensing
Surveying (incl. hydrographic surveying)
Animal systematics and taxonomy
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Physical oceanography
Cell metabolism
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Terrestrial ecology
Environmental rehabilitation and restoration

Research Objectives

Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts)
Social impacts of climate change and variability
Management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Assessment and management of benthic marine ecosystems
Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A new type of vision under the ice: Exploring the potential of hyperspectral imaging cameras and digital photogrammetry to monitor ice algal communities and its environmental drivers; New Zealand Antarctic Science Conference
A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for: An in-situ under-ice hyperspectral imaging and photogrammetric system. A laboratory based hyperspectral imaging sea ice core scanner
A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for: an in-situ under-ice hyperspectral imaging and photogrammetric system. A laboratory based hyperspectral imaging sea ice core scanner
An under-ice hyperspectral and RGB imaging system to capture fine-scale biophysical properties of sea ice; Remote Sensing
An under-ice RGB and hyperspectral imaging system to capture fine scale bio-physical properties of land-fast sea ice; Shedding Light on the Physical, Biogeochemical and Human Dimensions of Connectivity in Changing Polar Seas
Application of low-cost UASs and digital photogrammetry for high-resolution snow depth mapping in the Arctic; Remote Sensing
Life beneath the ice: jellyfish and ctenophores from the Ross Sea, Antarctica, with an image-based training set for machine learning; Biodiversity Data Journal
Mapping the in situ microspatial distribution of ice algal biomass through hyperspectral imaging of sea-ice cores; Scientific Reports
Rapid manipulation in irradiance induces oxidative free-radical release in a fast-ice algal community (McMurdo Sound, Antarctica); Frontiers in Plant Science
Shedding the full spectrum of light on sea ice communities at Cape Evans, Antarctica
Spatial variability in sea-ice algal biomass: an under-ice remote sensing perspective; Advances in Polar Science
Three decades of volume change of a small Greenlandic glacier using ground penetrating radar, structure from motion, and aerial photogrammetry; Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
Towards improved estimates of sea-ice algal biomass: experimental assessment of hyperspectral imaging cameras for under-ice studies; Annals of Glaciology
Underwater Hyperspectral Imaging (UHI): a review of systems and applications for proximal seafloor ecosystem studies; Remote Sensing

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision