Professor Alistair Poore

Researcher

My Expertise

Marine ecology; plant-herbivore interactions; invertebrates

Fields of Research (FoR)

Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology), Ecology, Evolutionary biology

Biography

Professor Alistair Poore is Head of the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences. He has research interests in ecology and evolutionary biology, with a focus on coastal marine ecosystems.

My Qualifications

PhD, University of New South Wales, 1999
Bsc(Hons), Monash University 1992

My Awards

2020. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales

2012: UNSW Vice Chancellor's Award...view more

My Qualifications

PhD, University of New South Wales, 1999
Bsc(Hons), Monash University 1992

My Awards

2020. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales

2012: UNSW Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence

2013: Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning from the Federal Government's Office of Learning and Teaching.

2014. Provasoli Award from the Phycological Society of America (best paper published in Journal of Phycology for 2013).

My Research Activities

Details of research projects can be found at http://alistairpoore.org/

My research focuses on the ecology and evolution of interactions among marine organisms, in particular benthic invertebrates and algae. My current research projects involve:

the impacts of herbivores on plant communities
the ecology and evolution of host choice in marine herbivores
human impacts to coastal marine ecosystems
adaptation of marine organisms to environmental stress
use of citizen science data for biodiversity monitoring

My Research Supervision

Areas of supervision

Students interested in honours or postgraduate research degrees (MSc, MPhil or PhD) should email me (a.poore@unsw.edu.au) with information about their research experience, academic record and research interests. All students need to check their eligibility for a higher degree program, and investigate scholarships to support postgraduate research.

Research areas: marine ecology, plant-herbivore interactions, human impacts on marine ecosystems

Currently supervising

Tim Cutajar (PhD). Using invertebrate-derived DNA for detecting threatened amphibians (co-supervised with Jodi Rowley and Kristine Bohmann).

Jessica Guerchon (PhD). Reproductive and behaviour of bluebottles (co-supervised with Amandine Schaeffer, Kylie Pitt and Jaz Lawes)

Niki Hubbard (PhD). Impacts of artificial light at night on marine organisms (co-supervised by Mariana Mayer-Pinto and Katherine Dafforn)

Maddy Langley (PhD). Restoring threatened seagrass meadows (co-supervised with Adriana Vergés)

Chris Roberts (PhD). Using recreational dive photographs to monitor change on rocky reefs. (co-supervised with Adriana Vergés)

Lena Holtmanns (PhD). How artificial light at night interacts with habitat complexity to affect marine communities (co-supervised with Mariana Mayer-Pinto)

My Teaching

BEES2041 Data Analysis for Life and Earth Scientists

sampling and experimental design
introduction to statistical analyses for biologists and environmental scientists
interpretation and communication of data analyses

BIOS2031 Biology of Invertebrates

diversity, form and function of invertebrate animals

BIOS3091 Marine and Aquatic Ecology

experimental ecology of nearshore environments (rocky shores, beaches, coral reefs and soft sediments)
ecology of freshwater habitats
management and conservation of aquatic habitats

Environmental Computing