Lab Members

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Dr. Karen Cheney

Karen is the Principal Investigator in the School of Biological Sciences, UQ. We closely collaborate with members of Prof. Justin Marshall’s lab in Queensland Brain Institute, also at UQ. Student supervision is split between Karen, Justin, Dr. Fabio Cortesi and Fanny in various ratios.

Dr. Naomi Green

Naomi investigates the visual systems of triggerfish and conducts behavioural trials to understanding animal perception.

Dr. Cedric van den Berg

Cedric is developing quantitative methods to analyse animal colour patterns and is interested in the function and evolution of warning signals in nudibranch molluscs.

Dr. Martin Luehrmann

Martin completed his PhD investigating the visual ecology of cardinal fish. He is currently working with us as a senior research assistant.

Dr. JP Hobbs

Dr JP Hobbs has recently arrived at UQ to continue his research, looking at human impacts on the evolution of coral reef fishes – particularly clownfish.

Valerio Tettamanti

Valerio has just commenced his PhD and is based in QBI. He is working on the molecular genetics of clownfish visual systems.

PhD Student

Laurie Mitchell

Laurie is investigating the visual system and ecology of anemone fish. He is also using CRISPR/CAS9 to understand the molecular genetics of opsin proteins.