ProfDavid Suggett

Physiology & ecology of coral reef organisms: Physiological and "omic" properties of coral microalgal endosymbionts; Coral adaptation and acclimation to marginal reef environments (including 'super corals'); Environmental control of coral growth and resource allocation;

Coral reef rehabilitation and restoration: Tools and workflows for in-water coral propagation; Biological and Ecological responses to growing and out-planting coral species across diverse environments; Phenotyping-based selection of coral stock; Socio-economics of reef rehabilitation and restoration.

Microalgal photophysiology and productivity in aquatic environments: Coupling of light harvesting, electron turnover and carbon fixation; electron sinks under light-nutrient perturbations; Mechanisms of stress induction and protection; production of biogenic gases (reactive species; biogenic volatile organic compounds).

Photosystem biophysics; Fluorescence as a tool in aquatic sciences: Use of variable fluorescence to quantify microalgal primary production; Mechanistic models of photosynthesis and photochemistry.

Corals and climate change: Biology of "coral bleaching"; Ocean deoxygenation in parallel to ocean warming and acidification; Reef ecological outcomes to major stress events.