Australian research into how marine ecosystems are affected by a combination of environmental change, human activity and management decisions, received a boost recently with the award of a Commonwealth Science and Industry Research Organisation (CSIRO) CEO's Science Leader Fellowship to marine scientist, Dr Beth Fulton.
The Fellowship recognizes Dr. Fulton's exceptional leadership of marine ecosystem modelling research at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research in Hobart. It follows Dr Fulton's award last year of the Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year part of the Prime Minister's Prizes for her world leading work and its influence on managing the impacts of fishing and understanding climate change. Dr Fulton's Atlantis computer model, the only one to give equal attention to the biophysical components of marine ecosystems, and the impacts and economic benefits of human use was rated the "world's best" model for strategic evaluation of marine fisheries management issues by the United Nations Food and Agriculture organization last year. Together with colleagues, Dr Fulton also developed InVitro ecosystem modelling software that allows users to explore the impacts and management of the myriad pressures exerted on marine and coastal environments by major industries such as tourism, mining, fishing and shipping.
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