Dr Ellen Hussain
Ellen specialised in the underwater elements of South Pacific, travelling to remote island nations such as Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Dr Hussain is a professional SCUBA diver with a background in marine biology and works for the BBC, filming underwater in exotic locations.
Dr Shay O’Farrell
Shay is now working at the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland as program manager
of ‘Landuse 2050 & Healthy Oceans’. As such, he works closely with the Marine Spatial Ecology Lab.
Dr Manuel González-Rivero
Manuel is a post-doctoral researcher at the Coral Reef Ecosystems lab at the University of Queensland looking at the effects of climate change on coral reef associated invertebrates.
Past PhD students from the University of Exeter (pre 2010):
John Hedley, PhD. John now works for ARGANS as a remote sensing researcher.
Clare Muller, PhD, Impact of mangroves on larval reef fish.
Stephen Box, PhD. Steve set up the Utila Centre for Marine Ecology in Honduras and is a partner in the FORCE project.
Nicola Foster, PhD. Nicola went on to work for TIDE in Belize and now works as a researcher at the University of Plymouth.
Hendrik Renken, PhD. Henk now works for a Dutch consultancy investigating ship groundings.
Alastair Harborne: Works with MSEL on a DECRA.
Sonia Bejarano: Works in MSEL and is part-funded by the Living Oceans Foundation.
Iliana Chollett: Works in MSEL on the FORCE project.
Previous research associates and post-docs:
Dr Iakovos Matsikis
Dr Helen Edwards
Mr Ian Edwards (Elliott)
Dr Karen Brady
Dr Kamilla Zychaluk