Michael was a PhD student at Deakin University with supervisors from Deakin, The University of Melbourne, CSIRO and ACT government. Michael works on finding links between changes in ecosystems due to both natural and anthropogenic pressure and how those changes impact human well-being through their changed capacity to provide ecosystem services. Michael’s skills and interests are centred around data analysis, modelling and spatial analysis. Michael was also a research assistant where he worked on the impacts of plastic debris on coastal environments and was supervising an Honours student in this field of research.

Supervisors:

Professor Emily Nicholson (University of Melbourne) Dr Kay Critchell (Deakin University) Dr Chloe Sato (ACT government) Dr Hui Xiao (CSIRO)