Professor Paul Edward Gribben

My students and I focus on the ecology of coastal marine ecosystems. I am interested using fundamental ecology to improve our understanding of the response of marine communities to global change and to develop more robust conservation and restoration efforts for critical marine foundation species such as oysters and seagrasses. I work in temperate systems around the world and members of my lab conduct research at local and international scales. As I am interested in instilling students with the skills to address any ecological question that piques their interest, my research has a strong experimental focus. I am also Director of the Sydney Harbour Research Program (Sydney Institute of Marine Science). This is a large interdisciplinary program including researchers from government agencies, universities and conservation agencies. The aim of this program is to provide natural solutions to environmental issues. Students involved with this program get to be part of a large collaborative group with a common goal of building resilience and resistance into our estuarine and harbour ecosystems. Life-history and community ecology, Species interactions, Marine biological invasions, Coastal ecosystem health, Human disturbances, Marine biodiversity, Foundation species