Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong, Australia, 2005– present Lecturer, University of Wollongong, Australia, 2003 – 2004 Lecturer, University of Adelaide, Australia, 2001 – 2003 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA, 1999 – 2001 Postdoctoral Scholar, Brown University, USA, 1996 – 1998 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Wollongong, Australia, 1995 – 1996 PhD, Marine Ecology, University of Sydney, Australia, 1996 MSc, Biological Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Canada, 1990

Population and community ecology of benthic invertebrates, insects, and plants in coastal terrestrial, marine, and estuarine habitats (rocky reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves, marshes, beaches, dunes, etc.) Importance of dispersal, habitat selection, and colonisation (i.e., recruitment) to the structure and dynamics of populations and communities Influence of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on recruitment, population dynamics, and species diversity Predicting how humans will destroy the planet and developing conservation strategies to avoid this

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