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Professor Bronwyn Gillanders

Lab supervisor

Bronwyn is a Professor in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide. She is also Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Science and Deputy Director of the Environment Institute.

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Dr Alice Jones

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Alice initially worked on developing knowledge and tools to inform integrated management of Spencer Gulf. She is currently leading our coastal carbon project funded through the Goyder Institute for Water Research.

Dr Patrick Reis-Santos

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Patrick is a postdoctoral researcher funded via the Portugese government. He is currently back in Portugal after spending a year in Australia. His research focuses around connectivity of fish between estuarine and marine environments.

Koster Sarakinas

Research Assistant

Koster completed Hons in the lab in 2018 and is now working as a research assistant on several projects.

Chris Bice

PhD Candidate

Chris works at SARDI Aquatic Sciences and is undertaking his PhD part time. Chris is investigating fish movement and passage in a regulated estuary, the Coorong at the end of the River Murray.

Briony Chamberlayne

PhD candidate

Briony is undertaking a PhD enrolled through the School of Physical Sciences, and is co-supervised by Bronwyn Gillanders. She is investigating use of molluscs as bioarchives.

Anthony (Rex) Conallin

PhD Candidate

Rex investigated fish assemblages and their movements to/from wetlands in the lower River Murray, including options for flow management and control of alien common carp for his PhD. He is currently a Senior Land Services Officer for Murray Local Land Services in Albury, NSW.

Ben D'Antonio

Hons Candidate

Ben has completed a BSc (Marine Biology) at the University of Adelaide. He is currently an Honours student.

Sophie Dolling

PhD Candidate

Sophie has completed a BSc Hons at the University of Adelaide. For her Hons she developed a method for identifying contaminants from micro plastics in fish tissues.

Nicole Foster

PhD Candidate

Nicole forms part of our coastal carbon project and her co-supervisers include Bronwyn Gillanders and Alice Jones. She is using a range of approaches including environmental DNA to investigate how plants in coastal ecosystems have changed through time.

William (Bill) Goh

PhD Candidate

Bill has completed a BSc Hons at the University of Adelaide using otolith chemistry to investigate a fisheries issue.

Qiaz Hua

PhD Candidate

Qiaz has received an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship for international students for her PhD studies. She is investigating population ecology and molecular responses of octopuses to climate change.

Sandra Leigh

PhD Candidate

Sandra completed her BSc (Hons) at the University of Adelaide and has worked in research for a number of years. She returns to University to undertake a PhD working on the spatial ecology of Murray cod in the lower Murray River.

Solomon Ogunola

PhD Candidate

Solomon has received an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship for international students for his PhD studies. He will commence shortly.

Nikita Pring

PhD Candidate

Nikita completed a BSc Hons at the University of Adelaide investigating micro plastics in sediments of Spencer Gulf.

Angela Russell

PhD Candidate

Angela completed her Honours degree at University of Newcastle. She is undertaking a PhD investigating connectivity of mulloway between estuaries and trawling grounds. This is part of an FRDC funded project with NSW Department of Primary Industries – Fisheries.

Sophie Russell

M Phil Candidate

Sophie has completed a BSc at the University of Adelaide. For her Masters research she is investigating coastal carbon in mangrove habitats.

Koster Sarakinas

PhD Candidate

Koster completed Hons in the lab in 2018 and through 2019 worked as a research assistant on several projects. He will commence his PhD research in April 2020.

Mandy Shao

PhD Candidate

Mandy is undertaking a PhD enrolled through the School of Physical Sciences, and is co-supervised by Bronwyn Gillanders. Mandy is using isotopes to reconstruct hydrological and climate history of the Coorong estuary.

Vinuri Silva

PhD Candidate

Vinuri has completed a BSc Hons at the University of Adelaide investigating micro plastics in commonly consumed fish from Sri Lanka.

Jackson Stockbridge

PhD Candidate

Jackson has completed a BSc Hons degree and is now undertaking his PhD investigating cumulative impacts in marine ecosystems.

Lucy Wood

Hons Candidate

Lucy has completed a BSc (Advanced) at the University of Adelaide and is undertaking her Hons degree in 2020. She is investigating micro plastics in mangrove habitats.