Staff
Professor Justin Seymour | Group Leader
Dr Nahshon Siboni | Senior Research Associate
Dr Amaranta Focardi | Post-doctoral Research Associate
Dr Elliot Scanes | Chancellors Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Students
Maeva Brunet | Post-doctoral Research Associate
Chantal Philippe | PhD candidate - The role of bacterial pathogen behaviours in marine diseases
Tuan Son Le | PhD candidate - Define the links between environmental processes and increases in pathogenic Vibrio associated with oysters
Colin Lock | PhD candidate - Defining how inter-bacterial symbioses regulate aquatic ecosystem health
Alumni
Jaime Bibiloni-Isaksson | PhD
Richard Carney | PhD
Dr Nathalie Curlevski | Former Post-doctoral Associate
Dr Elizabeth Desacheux | Former Post-doctoral Associate
Eva Fernandez | PhD
Marco Giardina | PhD
Trent Haydon | PhD candidate | Roles of Metabolite Transformations in Providing Corals with Enhanced Stress Tolerance
Dr Jessica Hill | Former Post-doctoral Associate
Valentina Hurtado-McCormick | PhD
Dr Thomas Jeffries | Former Post-doctoral Associate
Abeeha Khali | PhD candidate | Eludicating the role of Plant Growth Promoting Hormones in the interactions between marine bacteria and phytoplankton
Viet Khue Nguyen | PhD
William King | PhD
Sidaswar Krishnan | PhD
Dr Bonnie Laverock | Former Post-doctoral Associate
Caitlin Lawson | PhD
Nine Le Reun | PhD candidate | Diatom-bacteria interactions.
Lauren Messer – PhD
James O'Brien | PhD candidate, Sulphur-mediated microbial interactions under mesoscale oceanographic perturbations
Dr Maria Shmitz-Fontes | Former Post-doctoral Associate
Jessica Tout | PhD
Nathan Williams | PhD candidate | Defining microbial hazards with coastal environments
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:
- Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
- Australian Research Council