Team

Members

  • Professor Justin Seymour – Group Leader
  • Dr Jean-Baptiste Raina – Senior Research Associate
  • Dr Nahshon Siboni – Senior Research Associate
  • Dr Martin Ostrowski – Senior Research Associate
  • Dr Mark Brown – Senior Research Associate
  • Dr Anna Bramucci – Post-doctoral Research Associate
  • Dr Amaranta Focardi – Post-doctoral Research Associate
  • Dr Elliot Scanes – Chancellors Post-doctoral Research Fellow
  • James O'Brien – PhD candidate, Sulphur-mediated microbial interactions under mesoscale oceanographic perturbations
  • Trent Haydon – PhD candidate –  Roles of Metabolite Transformations in Providing Corals with Enhanced Stress Tolerance
  • Nine Le Reun – PhD candidate – Diatom-bacteria interactions.
  • Nathan Williams – PhD candidate – Defining microbial hazards with coastal environments
  • Abeeha Khali – PhD candidate – Eludicating the role of Plant Growth Promoting Hormones in the interactions between marine bacteria and phytoplankton

Alumni

  • Jessica Tout – PhD
  • Lauren Messer – PhD 
  • Jaime Bibiloni-Isaksson – PhD 
  • Richard Carney – PhD 
  • Marco Giardina – PhD
  • Eva Fernandez – PhD
  • Caitlin Lawson – PhD
  • Valentina Hurtado-McCormick – PhD
  • William King – PhD
  • Viet Khue Nguyen – PhD
  • Dr Elizabeth Desacheux – Former Post-doctoral Associate
  • Dr Bonnie Laverock – Former Post-doctoral Associate
  • Dr Maria Shmitz-Fontes – Former Post-doctoral Associate
  • Dr Nathalie Curlevski – Former Post-doctoral Associate
  • Dr Thomas Jeffries – Former Post-doctoral Associate
  • Dr Jessica Hill – Former Post-doctoral Associate

Collaborators and supporters

Microbial Oceanography

We contribute to and benefit from partnerships with several national research infrastructures and initiatives, including:

  • the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS, Opens an external site)
  • Bioplatforms Australia (BPA, Opens an external site)
  • The Australian Microbiome Initiative (Opens an external site)
  • Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS, Opens an external site)

Coastal Microbiology and Water Quality

We partner with several state and local government agencies to help guide and maximize the impact of our research, including:

  • the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE)
  • Beachwatch
  • The NSW Department of Primary Industries
  • Central Coast Council
  • Hornsby Council
  • Northern Beaches Council
  • Ballina Council

Funding support

We are grateful for research funding support from:

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.