Meet the Lab

 I started out with a strong interest in ecological and evolutionary theory, writing an Honours thesis on sexual selection and a PhD thesis on the fitness consequences of habitat selection decisions (e.g. ecological traps). I’ve since turned to various applied topics relating to sustainable use of the coastal marine environment, especially aquaculture-environment interactions. As a postdoctoral researcher, I currently split my time between the SALTT lab and the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, where I study, among other things: 

• New strategies to prevent and control sea lice within salmon farms
• Environmental benefits arising from aquaculture, such as habitat provision and nutrient remediation at shellfish and seaweed farms (including some work in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy)
• Conservation and restoration of temperate reef ecosystems, especially solutions to overabundant sea urchin populations