Research Interests

I am currently interested in the adaptive potential of reefs to climate change. Specifically, I am interested in the interactions between host genetics, environment, and symbionts that lead to enhanced heat tolerance among individuals, species, and populations. My research spans a range of manipulative experiments to determine bleaching phenotype, coupled with gene-environment interactions (seascape genomics) to better understand the mechanisms of coral heat tolerance.

Staff Links

Prof Andrew Hoey - James Cook University, College of Science and Engineering
Prof/ Jan Strugnell - James Cook University, Evolutionary Biology
A/Prof Ira Cooke - James Cook University, Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Ecology
Dr Oliver Selmoni - Univeristy of Zurich, Group Leader of Spatial genetics
Dr Hugo Harrison - University of Bristol, Senior Lecturer