QML hosts an interdisciplinary team of biologists, oceanographic modellers, chemists, and engineers. We pursue applied research in areas such as marine resources, invasive species control, and fisheries management, and blue-skies research in organismal biology including anatomy, phylogenetics, and ecosystem dynamics. 

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We currently host a diverse range of PhD projects stemming marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Find out more about our PhD projects here.

Sustainable Resources

• Coastal engineering, wave energy, and its environmental impacts
• Seaweed based research including the cultivation and novel uses of local seaweed species
• Fisheries management

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function

• Pelagic, benthic, and rocky shore ecology
• Invasive species research (marine, freshwater, and terrestrial)
• Marine Biodiversity Data Portal (2023-2028)
• Animal behaviour and welfare

Evolutionary Ecology and Systematics

• Physiology and metabolism of marine invertebrates
• Morphology, and anatomical visualisation via tomographic modelling

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