About Us

Professor Anthony Richardson (UQ)

Anthony uses mathematical, statistical and computational tools to investigate the functioning of marine systems function and how they are impacted by people – and to uncover potential solutions. His primary research interests are 1) Marine spatial planning, including where best to locate marine protected areas to protect biodiversity under climate change and human use; 2) Applying robust statistical techniques to characterise and understand impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems; and 3) Developing marine ecosystem models that reveal the role of plankton in regulating fisheries productivity and carbon sequestration.

Professor David Schoeman (UniSC)

Dave is a numerical ecologist with an international reputation in ecological analysis and synthesis. His primary research focus is on detecting, attributing and projecting the impacts of climate change in the global ocean, and on developing solutions to minimise the ecological risks to marine systems posed by climate change and other human activities. His expertise in statistical modelling and spatial analysis has, nevertheless, enabled him to work on diverse ecological questions across both marine and terrestrial systems. These opportunities have also allowed him to pursue his passion for programming in R.

Dr Jason Everett (UQ)

Jason is a biological oceanographer and data scientist. He works on understanding how oceanographic processes structure global pelagic food webs, designing climate-smart marine protected areas and investigating the impact of climate-change on marine ecosystem function. He enjoys working with model output, including oceanographic, climate and size-spectra, and collating large observational datasets to analyse.

Recently Jason has been building R-packages and R-shiny visualisation tools and applying novel spatial planning methods to inform marine spatial management. He is currently working on tools for on-the-ground deployment in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) and various island nations of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans.

The latest tools released are the Biological Ocean Observer, in conjunction with the r-package planktonr.