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We wish to grow the Australia New Zealand Marine Harmful Algal Bloom Network via an online directory for individuals working on and interested in marine harmful algal blooms.

​This is a community resource and based on self-submitted profiles.

Where available, profiles include experience, affiliations, and areas of expertise provided by the individual.

We appreciate your interest in this group, and support for the network.

The directory is currently under development. If you wish to be included on the this list or update any existing information that you have already provided, please contact info@anzhabnet.com.

Our Network

Please note that ANZHABNET does not formally assess, endorse, or verify the expertise described in individual profiles.

Dr Anusuya Willis

Director Australian National Algae Culture Collection
Australian National Algae Culture Collection / CSIRO

algae physiology genomics cyanobacteria algae isolation algae culturing

Dr Jeff Cosgrove

Senior Environmental Officer (Adjunct Assoc. Prof.)
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

HAB management, water quality monitoring, phytoplankton ecology

Mr Dave Brewer

Director
David Brewer Consulting

fisheries science, fisheries management, biodiversity conservation

Miss Ana Lehane

Student
UTS

sustainability, ESG, CSR, biodiversity, water quality, conservation, climate resilience, stakeholder engagement

Prof Charlie Huveneers

Academic (Professor)
Flinders University

shark and ray ecology

Dr Chaojiao Sun

Research Scientist
CSIRO Environment

physical oceanography and hydrodynamic modelling

Dr Greta Gaiani

Researcher
University of Technology Sydney

harmful algal blooms (HABs), molecular detection, marine toxins, lateral flow

Mrs Megha Joshi

Technical Officer
Australian water quality Center

water quality monitoring, phytoplankton taxonomy, HABs, marine microalgae, data analysis, ecology, research, taxonomy, South Australia, environmental monitoring.

Mrs Leah Gibala-Smith

Phytoplankton Taxonomist
FlowCam

Algae, toxins, taxonomy, HABs, Karenia, fluid imaging, assay, microscope, ELISA, PCR

Dr Kirralee Baker

Research Projects Office
CSIRO

phycology, climate change, trait based ecology

Mr Sam Gordon

Founder - Managing Director
Blue Agrifood Advisory

aquaculture, business bdministration, project management, supply chain management

Ms Samantha Sea

Lead citizen scientist
Phytoplankton of South Australia, citizen science group

water sampling, networking and some identification, public engagement.

Mr Eadyn Meunier

Casual Research Assistant
University of Tasmania/ CSIRO/ Analytical Services Tasmania

Cultivation, isolation, organic/humic nutrients

Mr Stephen Dixon

Water technologies, specialising in Ultra Fine Bubble (UFBs) or Nano Bubbles.
See3 Global Pty Ltd

innovation, business development, global experience, and contacts, worked with the major water tech businesses.

Prof Martina Doblin

Team leader Productive Coasts, Director Sydney Institute of Marine Science
University of Technology Sydney

HAB ecology, coastal water quality, climate–ecosystem dynamics, evidence-based policy, interdisciplinary systems science, observing & modelling, research translation, cross-sector partnerships, strategic leadership

Prof Katherine Daniell

Professor
The Australian National University

river basin management, water governance, estuaries, politics, innovation, policy analytics, emerging technologies, systems, cybernetics, cultures

Dr Leanne Pearson

Senior Research Associate
The University of Newcastle

cyanobacteria, algae, toxins, natural products, biosynthesis, saxitoxin, tetrodotoxin

Dr Pascal Craw

Research Scientist
CSIRO

automated eDNA instrumentation, high resolution eDNA observations, eDNA mapping,

Dr Peter Kamen

research fellow
University of the Sunshine Coast

diatoms, microbiology, public health coastal waters, medical expertise

Dr Sasi Nayar

Program Leader - Aquaculture
South Australian Research and Development Institute - Aquatic Sciences

physiology, bioactives, metabolites, mass culture, IMTA, circular economy, biotechnology

Dr Steve Brett

Scientific Manager
Microalgal Services

marine phytoplankton identification, taxonomy, harmful algal blooms

Dr Cameron Veal

Principal Operational Excellence and Transformation
Seqwater

freshwater cyanobacteria toxin, recreation management

Dr Heather Fenton

Wildlife Pathologist
Australian Registry of Wildlife Health

wildlife diseases and pathology, especially marine birds, mammals, and turtles, animal disease diagnostics

Mrs Kirsten Beames

Fish Health Frontline Supervisor
Humpty Doo Barramundi

6-years on farm experience in fish health, water quality, algae checks, bacterial isolation, sample submissions

Mrs Chathurika Ellawela Pahalage

Technical Officer Life Sciences
SA Water

algae, freshwater algae, marine algae, HAB, algal blooms, harmful algae

Dr Benjamin Liffner

Senior Research Associate
Adelaide University

microscopy, cell biology

Ms Shelly Alderman

Assistant Director, Dairy, Egg and Fish Export Program
Department of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry

aquaculture, food safety, food/fisheries legislation

Mrs Karen Simonsen

Senior Biologist
ALS Water & Hydrographics Hobart

cyanobacteria, diatoms, taxonomy, toxins, microalgae

Dr Duane March

Team Leader, Marine Wildlife
DCCEEW - National Parks and Wildlife Service

veterinarian, stranding, pathology, disease

Mr Joe Jacobson

Managing Director
Little swanport oysters

oyster farming

Dr Eugene Zhang

Hatchery Lead
Moana NZ

algae biotech

Mr Damien Norman

Manager, Analytical Services Tasmania
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania/Analytical Services Tasmania

biotoxin and phycology laboratory services.

Dr Jonathan M Werry

Senior Marine Scientist
GHD

baseline monitoring, experimental design, food chain ecology, marine animal telemetry

Assoc Prof Alison Turnbull

Program Leader Healthy Seafood
University of Tasmania

marine biotoxin accumulation and depuration, bivalves and non-bivalve vector, risk assessment, risk communication, biotoxin management guidance

Mr Anthony Zammit

Manager NSW Shellfish Program
NSW DPIRD - NSW Food Authority

food safety, bivalve shellfish, environmental health, HABs, emergency response, environmental monitoring, environmental pollution investigation.

Dr Logeshwaran Panneerselvan

Research Fellow
UON

microbiology, bioremediation, microplastics, human health

Dr Peter Kerkenezov BM

Researcher
Citizen Scientist

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Dr Sahan Jayasinghe

Experimental Scientist
CSIRO

phytoplankton taxonomy & biology, molecular biology, environmental DNA

Mr Phil Baker

Senior Shellfish Operations Officer
NSW Dept Primary Industries & Regional Development - NSW Shellfish Program

shellfish food safety, government

Dr Yussi Palacios

Research Fellow
Monash University

algal physiology, microalgal growth, photosynthesis, water quality, faecal contamination, water sensitive urban design

A/Prof Ben Woodcroft

Group leader
Queensland University of Technology

metagenomics, bioinformatics

Mr Craig Ingram

Manger Projects and Aboriginal Engagement
Victorian Fisheries Authority

fisheries management, policy development

Dr Ruth Eriksen

Senior Research Scientist - Phytoplankton
CSIRO Environment

taxonomy, monitoring, algal culture, ecotoxicology, time-series, forecasting, ML-AI

Mrs Meagan Turner

Director
Turners Oyster Farm and South Australian Oyster Growers Association board member

oyster farmer

Ms Megan Burgoyne

Senior Environmental Officer - Salmon Environmental Regulation Division
Environment Protection Authority (Tasmania)

aquaculture, monitoring programs, food safety, identification, enumeration, laboratory, biotoxin management

Mr Daniel Casement

Chief Executive
Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association

fisheries science, leadership, advocacy

Dr Jennifer Skerratt

Senior research scientist
CSIRO

biogeochemical modelling, remote sensing taxonomy

Dr Bojan Tamburic

Senior Lecturer
UNSW Sydney

environmental engineering, water quality, harmful algae, satellite remote sensing, non-contact sensing, artificial destratification, oxidation, bioflocculation

Ms Jane Hall

Wildlife Health Project Officer
Taronga Conservation Society Australia

marine mammal, marine turtle, marine birds, toxicology, pathology, disease, health

Ms Joanna Strzelecki

Senior Experimental Scientist
CSIRO

plankton, food webs, blue economy, seafood futures, fishery

Miss Louise Hosking

PhD Candidate
University of South Australia

marine science, sclerochronology, cephalopods, elasmobranchs, chemical Analysis

Professor Stuart Ralph

Head of Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
The University Of Melbourne

plastids, protists, transcriptomics, genomics, parasitology, genomics

Dr Alison Featherstone

Business Development Manager Analytical Services Tasmania
Analytical Services Tasmania

analytical environmental chemistry, commercial laboratory services, biotoxin algae

Dr Nur Un Nesa

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James Cook University

reproductive biology, crustacean reproduction, artificial breeding

Dr Anastasiia Snigirova

senior project officer, casual academics, research associate
Flinders University

phytoplankton, microphytobenthos, dinoflagellates, diatoms, plastisphere, microplastics, microalgal biodiversity

Mrs Toni Menjivar

Supervising Scientist - Biology
Port Macquarie Hastings Environmental Laboratory

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Dr Craig Styan

Associate Professor
University Of South Australia

marine ecology, ecotoxicology, marine invertebrates, macroalgae

Ms Carey Hannaford

Director, biostratigrapher, palynologist, phycologist
MGPalaeo

palynology

Dr Matt Landos

Aquatic veterinarian
Future Fisheries Veterinary Service Pty Ltd

fish kill outbreak investigation. Infectious and non-infectious diseases of aquatic animals, epidemiology, veterinary pathology, biosecurity.

Mr M M Jain

Advisor
Nysargic krishi

project planning and implementation

Dr Angela Capper

Senior Research Fellow
CQUniversity

harmful algal blooms (HABs), dinoflagellates, cyanobacteria, diatoms, ciguatera poisoning (CP), microalgal dynamics in aquaculture ponds, bioremediation, animal feed supplements

Dr Ana Rubio

Catchments Coordinator
Hornsby Shire Council

algae monitoring, algae data analysis, management response to HAB

Dr Kugapreethan Roopasingam

Research Fellow
University of Melbourne

metabolomics, mass spectrometry, metabolism

Dr Tuti Siregar

Researcher
National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia

marine environment, food safety, toxicology, analytical chemistry

Dr Alice Jones

Senior lecturer in resilience ecology
Adelaide University

seagrass, resilience, fish populations, community dynamics

Dr Lesley Rhodes

Senior Research Scientist
Cawthron Institute

harmful algal blooms, benthic dinoflagellates, ciguatera poisoning

Mr Jason Clark

General manager
Humpty doo barramundi

experience with harmful blooms in ponds for the last 10 years in northern Australia

Professor David Hamilton

Director, Australian Rivers Institute
Griffith University

hydrodynamics, nutrients, biogeochemistry, algal blooms, cyanobacteria.

Mr Piers Harrison

Specialist Adviser
New Zealand Food Safety

shellfish sanitation programmes, marine biotoxin monitoring programmes

Dr Glenn McGregor

Science Leader
Queensland Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

phylogeny and taxonomy of microalgae and cyanobacteria, HAB monitoring

Professor Jan Strugnell

Professor - Marine Biology and Aquaculture
James Cook University

aquaculture, fisheries, population genetics, evolutionary genetics.

Dr Tamsyne Smith-Harding

Senior Scientific Officer
Microalgal Services

marine algae, phytoplankton taxonomy, harmful algal blooms

Mr Mark Van Asten

Managing Director
Diagnostic Technology

molecular, field testing, PCR

Ms Namitha Purushothaman

Acting Senior Technical Officer
AWQC

cyanobacterial identification, marine algae- planktonic dinoflagellates, diatoms

Mrs Suzanne Egan

Senior Environmental Officer - Salmon Regulation
EPA Tasmania

microscopy skills, environmental regulation, food safety

Mr Joseph Perkins

PhD candidate
James Cook University

harmful algal blooms (HABs), gambierdiscus, ciguatera poisoning, eDNA, DNA metabarcoding, omics, ciguatoxins, benthic dinoflagellates, Great Barrier Reef

Professor Gustaaf Hallegraeff

Emeritus Professor
IMAS

global HABs with a focus on the causative organisms

Dr Tim Jordan

Section Head - Organic Chemistry, Biotoxin Facility Manager
Analytical Services Tasmania

biotoxin testing, PST, AST, DST, NST

Mr Connor Campbell

Environmental Officer
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation

water quality, commercial toxin tests, qPCR

Mrs Amna Ashfaq

PhD
University of Technology Sydney

molecular biology, bioinformatics

Dr James Fensham

Senior Aquatic Veterinarian
Future Fisheries Veterinary Service

veterinary, epidemiology, aquaculture, biosecurity, disease, diagnostics, water quality

Dr Sam Murray

Senior Scientist - Marine Chemistry
Cawthron Institute

natural products, ciguatera, mass spectrometry, compound discovery, method development

Associate Professor Mark Doubell

SARDI Oceanography Subprogram Leader
SARDI

phytoplankton, biophysical couplings, turbulence, HAB, microscale, thin layers, plankton ecology

Professor Michael Holmes

Retired
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland

ciguatera, Gambierdiscus, Fukuyoa, PSP, DSP

Dr Emiliano Cimoli

Lecturer
University of Tasmania (IMAS)

remote sensing, hyperspectral, unmanned vehicles

Professor Perran Cook

Professor
Monash University

cyanobacteria, nitrogen, phosphorus, algal bloom, dinoflagellates

Mrs Ros Watson

ANACC Collection Manager
CSIRO - ANACC

microalgae culturing, isolation, strain management including reference strains, live cultures, growth media, strain accessioning

Ms Audrey Falconer

Fieldwork Coordinator, MRG and Volunteer, MV
Marine Research Group of the FNCV and also Museums Victoria

nemertea, staurozoa, plankton citizen science

Dr Vikki Lowe

Micropaleontologist
Lawler & Lowe Micropaleontology

radiolarians, diatoms, paleoceanography, paleoecology, biological oceanography

Miss Camilla Crockart

A/g Principal Planning and Development Officer (Aquaculture) / Scientific Officer
NRE Tas

HABs, food safety, aquaculture, shellfish

Mrs Giorgia Bovari

Technical Officer- Life Sciences
SA Water

microalgae, cyanobacteria, HABs, qPCR, monitoring, water quality

Dr Houceine Bouya

Postdoc
Um6p

screening biotoxine

Dr Alison Dann

Molecular Plant Pathologist
Department of Natural Resources and Environment

molecular biology, plant pathology, diagnostics, DNA barcoding, genomics, microbiology

Dr Zoe Doubleday

Senior lecturer
University of South Australia

marine animal biology, marine invertebrates, fisheries, aquaculture, marine ecology, HAB impacts and mitigation

Dr Hazel Farrell

Shellfish Operations Officer, NSW Shellfish Program
NSW DPIRD Biosecurity and Food Safety / NSW Food Authority

seafood safety, aquaculture monitoring programs, HAB risk management.

Miss Alessandra Palomino

Scientific Officer
SASQAP

microalgae, shellfish, HABs

Dr Cintia Iha

Research Scientist
CSIRO, Australian National Algae Culture Collection (ANACC)

algae, seaweed, genomics, taxonomy, systematics, evolution, physiology, omics, bioinformatics, genetic population.

Professor Michele Burford

Professor
Griffith University

nutrient biogeochemistry, algal ecology, cyanoHAB ecology

Ms Johanna Williams

Occupational Therapist
Citizen Scientist & Occupational Therapist Adelaide Night and Day Family/Occupational Therapy

occupational therapy, citizen science, SA marine mortality event, harmful algal bloom

Dr Michaela Larsson

Scientific Officer
WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER)

taxonomy, ecology, toxicology, monitoring.

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