conditions with immediate effect. This project will examine how PAM can inform us about reef condition and the efficacy of protection and restoration.

In this fully funded PhD project, the successful Post-Graduate Researcher will work collaboratively with Dr Nedelec’s research group who are developing novel ecoacoustic predictors for coral reef resilience. They will refine and test these novel ecoacoustic predictors on new and pre-existing datasets. The PhD Researcher will then apply these predictors at a regional scale along the GBR in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Specific sites will be chosen to reflect different policy and management contexts, noise exposures and reef health indicators. The ecoacoustic predictors and regional monitoring sites will be co-designed where possible, informed by the Australian Institute of Marine Science Indigenous Partnerships team, close stakeholder collaboration, workshops and policy analysis.

The ideal PhD candidate for this marine research project will possess strong fieldwork and analytical skills and be open to interdisciplinary research. Competency in software like R, MATLAB, or Python, is highly desirable, alongside a robust understanding of research design and quantitative methods, and openness to learning qualitative approaches such as Indigenous Standpoint Theory.

conditions with immediate effect. This project will examine how PAM can inform us about reef condition and the efficacy of protection and restoration.

In this fully funded PhD project, the successful Post-Graduate Researcher will work collaboratively with Dr Nedelec’s research group who are developing novel ecoacoustic predictors for coral reef resilience. They will refine and test these novel ecoacoustic predictors on new and pre-existing datasets. The PhD Researcher will then apply these predictors at a regional scale along the GBR in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Specific sites will be chosen to reflect different policy and management contexts, noise exposures and reef health indicators. The ecoacoustic predictors and regional monitoring sites will be co-designed where possible, informed by the Australian Institute of Marine Science Indigenous Partnerships team, close stakeholder collaboration, workshops and policy analysis.

The ideal PhD candidate for this marine research project will possess strong fieldwork and analytical skills and be open to interdisciplinary research. Competency in software like R, MATLAB, or Python, is highly desirable, alongside a robust understanding of research design and quantitative methods, and openness to learning qualitative approaches such as Indigenous Standpoint Theory.