Philip Orr
Philip
is a consultant plant physiologist with expertise in cyanobacteria,
cyanobacterial
toxins, bloom management and human health and reservoir risk
assessment.
John Beardall
John is a Reader in the Biological Science Dept at Monash University. He is a plant physiologist interested in photosynthesis, algal mediated benthic processes and biospectroscopy . He and his research team were awarded the 2002 Provasoli Award..
john.beardall@aspab.cjb.net
Secretary
Shauna Murray
Shauna has
recently completed her PhD
and is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Sydney, working on
the
phylogenetics, systematics and toxicity of dinoflagellates.
shauna.murray@aspab.cjb.net
Joanna Jones (Kain)
Joanna Jones retired from the University of Liverpool in the UK, moved to Australia and is now a Visiting Fellow in the School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University. She is engaged in intertidal research near Batemans Bay, NSW.
joanna.jones@aspab.cjb.net
Committee Member
Britta Schaffelke
Britta is
a
Phycologist with a distinguised research career having been awareded
the
Provasoli Award in 1999.
Britta
is currently the Manager of Knowledge Exchange and Education with the
CRC for Reef Research in Townsville.
britta.schaffelke@aspab.cjb.net
Tim Haggitt
Tim is a Ph.D. student at Auckland University and is studying the ecophysiology of Eklonia dieback. Tim is also helping local communities develop monitoring programs to asses the effect of unrestrained shellfish harvesting.
tim.haggitt@aspab.cjb.net
Wendy Nelson
Wendy is a marine botanist and has recently moved to NIWA as the co-ordinator of the National Centre for Aquatic Biodiversity and Biosecurityfollowing a long career at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongerewa. She is a member of numerous Natioanal and International organisations dealing with phycolgy and aquatic botany.
wendy.nelson@aspab.cjb.net
Lindsey Zemke-White
Lindsey is a Post Doctoral Research fellow at the University of Auckland. He studies the use of seaweeds by humans, and as a food source for herbivores. He has a wide randge of interests outside science including performing arts and communication, painting, plastering, carpentry and concrete laying, He isis also somewhat of a computer geek !
lindsey.zemke-white@aspab.cjb.net