ProfMartina Doblin

I'm the CEO of the Sydney Institute of Marine Science, a multi-university partnership between UTS, UNSW Sydney, Macquarie University and the University of Sydney.

I also the Head of the Productive Coasts research program within the Climate Change Cluster (C3) in the UTS Faculty of Science. My goal is to contribute to the science that will help address Australia grand challenges of food security, biodiversity conservation and ecosystem health, as well as climate variability and change. 

I have conducted research on algae and microbes for more than 20 years, attracting over $10 million in competitive grants from the Australian Research Council and other funding sources. I have worked with the Australian Government as a research contractor, and have also been engaged as independent consultant, translating scientific research into marine policy and working with aquatic industries to improve environmental outcomes.

I'm interested in the resilience of algal communities to deal with short and long-term environmental change - not only to cope with contemporary shifts in climate, but also to harness nature's innovations and put them to effective use in bio-industries.