Research Themes
Nature-based Climate Solutions
Nature-based Climate Solutions
- Seagrass research
- Ecosystem rehabilitation and restoration
Biodiversity, Ecology & Conservation
Biodiversity, Ecology & Conservation
- Biofouling; Soft-bottom benthos communities
- Mariculture of tropical marine invertebrates
- Phytoplankton community, biodiversity and ecology
- Sea anemone and medusae systematics
- Seagrass and coral physiology and ecology
- Crustacean larval development, brachyuran crab taxonomy and diversity
- Biodiversity of tropical mussels
- Deep-sea biodiversity
- Urban marine ecology
- Coral restoration, marine conservation, public education and outreach
- Marine biodiversity and ecology
- Marine megafauna monitoring using acoustics
- Coral reef monitoring using soundscape studies
- Acoustic monitoring of birds in forests & parks
Climate Change Research & Modelling
Climate Change Research & Modelling
- Climate Modelling (Regional and Urban); Climate Change Scenarios and climate impacts.
Weather Forecast and Radar Nowcast; Applications of AI/ML to weather and climate; Food Security. - Climate impacts on tropical marine ecosystems
- Modelling and monitoring of Arctic glacial melt rates using acoustics
Remote Sensing & Geospatial Science
Remote Sensing & Geospatial Science
- Ambient noise database, modelling and imaging
- Rapid environmental assessment using ambient noise
- Bathymetric and topographic characterisation of shallow water coastal environments; Data modelling for geospatial information
Robotics & Environmental Sensing
Robotics & Environmental Sensing
- Marine coastal sensing
- Marine Environment Sensing Network (MESN)
- Cooperative marine robotics, Underwater communication
- Smart water quality monitoring with robots
- Human-in-the-loop tetherless inspection & light intervention robots
- Deep sea mineral resource mapping
- Underwater acoustics
Coastal & Marine Dynamics
Coastal & Marine Dynamics
- Trace metals and isotopes in the marine environment
- Climate Change , Ocean Dynamics and Circulation; Thermocline Dynamics
- Coastal Processes; Land Reclamation; Harbour design
- Wave Phenomena
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- Sediment dynamics in coastal environments
- Decision Support Systems
- Data-Driven Models
Ecological Monitoring & Data Science
Ecological Monitoring & Data Science
- Marine coastal monitoring
- Marine ecosystem dynamics
- Environmental monitoring; Water quality, Sediment quality
- Ecological, statistical and hydrodynamic modelling