Tries Razak
PhD Student
Marine Spatial Ecology Lab
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Queensland
St Lucia, QLD 4072
Ph: +61 7 3365 1671
Email: t.razak@uq.edu.au
Interests:
The main theme of my PhD is “The effects of climate change on the growth rates of modern corals” where I will be assessing the relationship between growth rates of a range of modern corals (<50yrs old) and key environmental variables (water temperature, ocean acidification and sedimentation).
Career:
2008‐2010 Project Leader, Study on Reef Rehabilitation Projects in Indonesia, WWF US and the Packard Foundation
2008‐2010 Project Advisor, Post‐Tsunami Reef Rehabilitation in Western Province the Solomon Islands, WWF Solomon Islands
2005‐2006 Project Leader, Reef Rehabilitation with Ecoreefs in Indonesia – EcoReefs Inc., SAGE & the Packard Foundation
2004‐2005 Science Program Officer, the Indonesian Coral Reef Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia
2002‐2003 Marine and Coastal Regions Program Officer, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
2002 Researcher Assistant, Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
1999‐2000 Education and Training Program Officer, the Indonesian Coral Reef Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia
1999 Founder of the Indonesian Coral Reef Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia
Qualification:
2000‐2002 MSc Biodiversity and Systematic, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
2001 Coral tissue slide reading course, George Washington University, USA
1994‐1998 BSc (Hons) Marine Sciences, Bogor Agriculture University, Indonesia
Publications:
Tries Razak and Bert Hoeksema. 2003. The hydrocoral genus Millepora (Hydrozoa: Capitata: Milleporidae) in Indonesia. Zool. Verh. Leiden 345, 31.x.2003: 313‐336, figs 1‐42.
Colette Wabnitz, Michelle Taylor, Edmund Green and Tries Razak. 2003. From Ocean to Aquarium: The Global Trade in Marine Ornamental Species. UNEP‐WCMC Biodiversity Series No. 17. Cambridge, U.K. 64pp
Conference abstracts:
Tries Razak. “The Population Of Hard Coral Colonies Growing On Ecoreefs® Artificial Modules On Manado Tua Island, Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.” (11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Florida. July 2008)
Tries Razak. “Hard coral community on the Ecoreefs rehabilitation site, Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.” (3rd Coastal Zone Asia Pacific Conference, Batam, Indonesia. August 2006)
Tries Razak and Bert Hoeksema. “A Recent Revision and a Key Identification to Millepora Species in Indonesian Water.” (10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan. June-July 2004)
Fellowships & Awards:
2012‐2015 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) – PhD at School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland
2008 Travel award – 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, USA
2004 Travel award – 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan
2002‐2003 British Chevening Award in Biodiversity – British Government and UNEP‐World Conservation Monitoring Centre
2001 Travel award – 21st International Symposium of Sea Turtle, Philadelphia, USA
2000‐2002 StuNed (Studeren in Nederland) Scholarship – MSc Biodiversity and Systematic, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
2000 Rio Tinto & Earthwatch Fellowship Program – the Green Turtles of Malaysia in Kuala Terengganu and Redang Island