Committees
Local Organising Committee

Dr Alicia Sutton
Conference Chair & WA Branch President
AMSA
Director,
Principal Scientist, Carijoa

Ms Charlotte Birkmanis
PhD candidate
The University of Western Australia Oceans Institute & School of Biological Sciences & WA Branch Secretary and Student Representative, AMSA

Dr Holly Raudino
Research Scientist
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Marine Science Program

Dr. Tiffany Simpson
Research Associate, Trace and Environmental DNA Lab
Curtin University

Dr Elizabeth Sinclair
Senior Research Fellow
The University of Western Australia Oceans Institute & School of Biological Sciences

Dr Simone Strydom
Research Scientist
Marine Science Program at the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation & Attractions

Jo Buckee
Principal Scientist, TLA Environmental
PhD Candidate, Environmental and Conservation Sciences | Murdoch University
Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University

Dr Andrew Hosie
Curator (Crustacea & Worms)
Department of Aquatic Zoology
Western Australian Museum

Dr Matthew Harvey
Director
Ocean Vision Environmental Research Pty. Ltd.

Robert Pemberton
Business Support Manager
The Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
Scientific Committee

Dr Charlotte Robinson – Chair
Research Associate
Remote Sensing & Satellite Research Group, Curtin University

Dr Frances D’Souza
Senior Environmental Officer
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation

Dr Indi Hodgson-Johnston
Assistant Director
Integrated Marine Observing System

Dr. Lyndon Llewellyn
Lead, Science Impact and Stakeholder Development
Australian Institute of Marine Science

Professor Anthony Richardson
Centre for Applications in Natural Resource Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Physics
University of Queensland and CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere

Dr Alicia Sutton
Conference Chair & WA Branch President
AMSA
Director,
Principal Scientist, Carijoa

Dr James Tweedley
Lecturer of Animinal Biology
School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems, Harry Butler Institute
Murdoch University

Dr Beth Fulton
Research Group Leader Marine Systems Modelling & Informatics, CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
Adjunct Professor Centre of Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania

Kevin Bancroft
Research Scientist (Marine)
Marine Science Program, Biodiversity and Conservation Science Directorate
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
KENSINGTON Western Australia
Honorary Research Associate, School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia

Jo Buckee
Principal Scientist, TLA Environmental
PhD Candidate, Environmental and Conservation Sciences | Murdoch University
Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University

Associate Professor Nicole Jones
Ocean Graduate School and The UWA Oceans Institute, Affl. School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Western Australia

Dr Jennifer Verduin
Co-Chair
Senior Lecturer Oceanography and Marine Pollution, Environmental and Conservation Sciences | Murdoch University, Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University