Researchers and Lecturers
Prof. David Baker
Interim Director,
Professor
Coral Reef Ecology, Stable Isotope Ecology, Evolution & Extinction of Symbiosis, Global Change, Marine Pollution, Conservation Forensics
Prof. Bayden D. Russell
Associate Professor
Marine Ecology (particularly subtidal), Climate Change and Nutrient Pollution impacts in marine ecosystems, herbivore and algal ecophysiology, Ecosystem Phase-shifts.
Prof. Thiyagarajan Vengatesen
Professor
Ocean acidification, Environmental proteomics, Biofouling: Larval Biology, Oyster Fishery and Aquaculture, and Ecological and economic consequences of larval exposure to environmental stressors
Prof. Gray Williams
Professor
Intertidal ecology, Herbivore-autotroph interactions, Behaviour and ecophysiology of intertidal species, especially molluscs
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Prof. Celia Schunter
Associate Professor
Ecological genomics, Transcriptomics & epigenomics of adaptation, Response to environmental change, Transgenerational inheritance, and Environmental effects on behaviour and the brain in marine organisms
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Climate, Marine geochemical cycles, Paleoceanography, Plastic pollution, Microplastics, Radiogenic isotopes, Element traces, Chemical oceanography, Biogeochemistry and Paleoceanography, in order to understand the impact of human on the marine environment and climate
Dr. Christelle Not
Senior Lecturer
Prof. Juan Diego
Gaitan-Espitia
Associate Professor
Evolutionary ecology, eco-physiology, functional and comparative genomics, quantitative genetics, climate change biology
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Prof. Philip Yong-Xin Li
Associate Professor
Natural Products, Microbiome, Big data genome mining, Synthetic biology, Biosynthesis
Prof. Nicholas Xuanlai Fang
Chair Professor of
Photonics Innovation
Prof. Xiaofan Li
Associate Professor
Marine renewable energy, wave energy, offshore wind energy, marine structures and equipment
Nanodevices, advanced manufacturing, wave functional materials
Prof. Matthieu Leray
Associate Professor
Coral reef ecology, marine symbioses, nutrient fluxes, species co-existence, global change, conservation genomics
Prof. Nicole Khan
Assistant Professor
Sea-level and paleoenvironmental change, drivers of coastal subsidence, coastal wetlands
Dr. Jonathan D. Cybulski
Assistant Lecturer
IMEC Programme Coordinator
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Prof. Ryan McKenzie
Associate Professor
Tectonic and environmental influences on animal evolution and mass extinctions; stratigraphic architecture and tectonic history of the Indian subcontinent; Precambrian Earth System evolution with an emphasis on the Archean–Proterozoic and Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic transitions; and tectonic influences on long-term carbon cycling and riverine-to-seawater chemistry.
Prof. Mengqiu Wang
Assistant Professor
Global change remote sensing; marine algae monitoring, tracking, and prediction;
long-term analysis of coastal estuaries and land-sea interactions; interactions among oceanic eddies, surface currents, and ocean mixing; applications of AI in ocean remote sensing
Dr. Ada C. Y. Lee
Assistant Lecturer
Historical ecology, biogeochemistry, global change, marine biology, conservation
Mangrove ecology, molecular ecology, herbivory
Dr. Shelby McIlroy
Honorary Assistant Professor
Prof. Paolo Momigliano
Honorary Assistant Professor
Molecular ecology, Ecology and Evolution of Coral Symbiosis, Population connectivity and Range expansion
Speciation genomics, Seascape genetics, Conservation genetics of marine fauna,
Genomics of local adaptation
Demographic modelling from genetic data
Prof. Moriaki Yasuhara
Honorary Professor
Paleoecology and macroecology, Biodiversity patterns, Climatic impacts, Deep-sea biology, Human-induced ecosystem degradation
Administrative Staff
Toman Lam
Assistant administrative manager
Dr. Phil Thompson
Outreach and education officer
Janis Mok
Outreach and strategic partnerships manager
Dr. Pavel Toropov
Executive communications officer
Dr. Jane Wong
Data and technology officer
