We are pleased to announce a new AIMS@JCU initiative – Postdoctoral Research Fellowships – with three up for grabs.

This initiative continues the long partnership between our leading tropical marine research institutions, offering the opportunity to work closely with distinguished researchers from both AIMS and JCU.  

Each fellowship is named in honour of distinguished marine scientists, celebrating their immense contributions to our field.

AIMS@JCU Janice Lough Postdoctoral Fellowship – Reef Responses to Environmental change

Dr Janice Lough is recognised as a world leader in developing high-resolution environmental and growth histories from corals, assessing the nature and consequences of climate change for coral reefs and for the people who depend on them.  The successful applicant will design and deliver high impact research using laboratory-, aquarium- and field-based experiments to measure and understand reef responses to environmental change.

AIMS@JCU David McKinnon Postdoctoral Fellowship – Modelling Coastal Dynamics

Dr McKinnon and the biological oceanography group led many pioneering studies describing the plankton and their contribution to ocean productivity and marine foodwebs across northern Australia.  This research will develop methods and tools to quantify and predict changes in dynamic coastal settings in northern Australia, to better understand habitat sensitivity and vulnerability, towards improving conservation and other environmental (e.g. blue carbon storage) outcomes.

AIMS@JCU Bette Willis Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Reef Connectivity

Professor Bette Willis is a world leader in the biology and ecology of reef corals. Her research focused on questions relating to the biology and ecology of stony corals, particularly the health of reef corals and the factors driving outbreaks of coral disease, and the potential of corals to acclimatise and adapt to a changing world.  The successful applicant will develop oceanographic and biophysical dispersal models based on the extensive AIMS and JCU large-scale, long-term datasets, to better predict how oceanographic circulation and biological attributes shape connectivity between reefs.

The call for applications closes 19/08/2024, so please share widely with your networks.