Partners and senior Scientists
Dr Johanna Johnson
Aust: +61 418760225
Vanuatu: +678 5551114
Johanna has 28 years’ experience in natural resource management and research in tropical ecosystems. She specialises in climate change vulnerability and adaptation, community-based conservation, marine monitoring, reef resilience, and providing decision-support. Johanna is also Director of C2O Pacific and an Academic Editor for PLOS Climate.
Dr Johanna Johnson
Jane Waterhouse MSc
Aust: +61 (0)409 053 367
Jane has 26 years’ experience working in the Great Barrier Reef on water quality, catchment management and science facilitation. She has expertise in assessing interactions from ridge-to-reef, and conducting water quality risk assessments to support improved catchment management. She provides policy advice to governments and regional agencies.
Jane Waterhouse MSc
Affiliated scientists and collaborators
Dr Rickard Abom
Aust: +61 (0)424 351 269
Rick has over 15 years’ experience working in the Great Barrier Reef in environmental science and tourism. His expertise includes assessing the effects of invasive species on native fauna and strong field work and technical knowledge across marine and terrestrial environments.
Dr Rickard Abom
Dr Mari-Carmen Pineda
Aust: +61 (0)413 022 758
Mari-Carmen is a marine environmental scientist with over 15 years’ experience in science and environmental research, and specialises in environmental pressures on marine organisms. She has experience working in Spain, France, USA, Panama, South Africa and Australia.
Dr Mari-Carmen Pineda
Dr Katie Sambrook
Aust: +61 (0)487 148 086
Katie is a marine ecologist with 10 years’ experience in research and communications. Her expertise includes fish-habitat relationships, connectivity, seascape ecology, mapping and spatial analysis, marine policy, invasive species, coral disturbance, recovery and restoration. She has worked in the UK, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Dr Katie Sambrook
Dr Bianca Molinari
Aust: +61 (0)477 450 590
Bianca is an environmental scientist with experience in hydrology, remote sensing, quantitative ecology, and spatial analysis. She has worked and studied in Brazil, Belgium, Portugal, and Australia.
Dr Bianca Molinari
Sandra Erdmann MSc
Aust: +61 (0)421 880 629
Sandra is a marine scientist with expertise in project management and data analysis. She has experience as a researcher in the field and laboratory, and specialises in coral reef ecology and climate change, and is experienced in bioinformatics & programming. She has worked in various European countries, El Salvador and the GBR.
Sandra Erdmann MSc
David Welch MSc
Vanuatu: +678 5632627
Aust: +61 (0)414 897 490
Dave has over 28 years’ research experience and specialises in fisheries biology and ecology, fisheries stock assessments, monitoring, fisher surveys and climate impacts on fisheries. Dave has worked in tropical Australia, the Pacific and in the Indian Ocean, and is Principal Scientist at C2O Fisheries and C2O Pacific.
David Welch MSc
Britt Basel MSc
USA/Mexico: +1 (310) 773 7638
Cuba: +53 5 201 3344
Britt specialises in climate change adaptation, community-driven ecosystem solutions, capacity building, disaster risk reduction, community conservation, water management, agro-ecology, and sustainable livelihoods. Her experience spans 42 countries and she is fluent in English and Spanish. Britt is Principle at Ecothropic in Mexico & Cuba.
Britt Basel MSc
Kerrie Youngs
(+61) 413191613
wildernatureconsulting@gmail.com
Kerrie has over 20 years’ experience spanning the corporate sustainability and community-based resource management sectors. She has particular expertise in climate change adaptation and vulnerability assessments, nature-based solutions, stakeholder engagement and science communication. Kerrie has worked throughout Australia, the Pacific and South-East Asia.
Kerrie Youngs
Former Partners
Dr Michelle Devlin
UK: +44 (0) 7867181303
Michelle was a founding Partner and Senior Scientist at C2O Consulting from 2008 to 2015. She specialised in providing advice to managers and policy makers on water quality issues. She has over 26 years’ experience working on coastal and marine ecosystems, particularly environmental monitoring of water quality and eutrophication. Michelle is now based in the UK, leading programs in Europe and the Pacific region.
Dr Michelle Devlin
Vale Dr Jon Brodie
Jon was a Partner and Senior Scientist at C2O Consulting from 2014 until 2020. Jon brought over 40 years’ experience in water quality research, monitoring and management in Australia, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Jon worked on projects providing policy advice to governments regarding water quality and catchment activities, and assessing environmental risks of pollutants to marine ecosystems. Jon was instrumental in developing key water quality policies for the GBR and his dedication and honesty will be missed. His passing is a great loss to C2O and the scientific community.
Vale Dr Jon Brodie
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