Emma Kennedy is a research scientist at the Global Change Institute, University of Queensland, where she currently works on the 50reefs initiative. 50reefs aims to use the best available science to identify and prioritise protection efforts on the coral reefs that are least vulnerable to climate change, and also have the greatest capacity to repopulate other reefs over time. Emma grew up in the UK where she learned to dive in a gravel pit outside London. After completing a PhD in Caribbean coral reef ecology at University of Exeter, she moved to Australia where she worked with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation to determine whether coralline algae can be used to track the impacts of climate change in the Great Barrier Reef.
Emma loves encouraging others to get into the ocean, and is a scuba instructor at Brisbane Dive Academy, and a passionate advocate of citizen science.
All featured photos were taken by Emma.
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Emma's research focuses on coral reef ecology, from the microscale (tiny Symbiodinium) to the macroscale (assessing global vulnerability of reefs to climate change with 50reefs, and predicting Caribbean reef collapse).
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Emma's research focuses on coral reef ecology, from the microscale (tiny Symbiodinium) to the macroscale (assessing global vulnerability of reefs to climate change with 50reefs, and predicting Caribbean reef collapse).
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Emma is a passionate advocate for citizen science and also enjoys teaching scuba diving in her spare time.
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Emma is a passionate advocate for citizen science and also enjoys teaching scuba diving in her spare time.