Hannah is a PhD student based at MAVE Lab, working in collaboration with BEAM Lab and CERG. She completed a Bachelor of Marine Science, minoring in Earth and Environmental Science, at the University of Wollongong in 2024, and an Honours degree in 2025. Her interests include behavioural ecology, marine conservation, and how the intersect of humanities and science can help address ecological challenges. Previously, Hannah interned with the NSW Government Office of Energy and Climate Change, and volunteered in a PhD lab assisting with the dissection of sea urchins from barren vs non-barren reef areas.

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Hanna's PhD research uses decades of stranding records from across Australia and New Zealand to understand how cetacean occurrence is changing through space and time. Specifically, Hannah will be analysing how patterns differ between species and ecological groups, and how environmental factors like ocean temperature and climate cycles influence these trends.

 

PhD Project:

 

How climate change is reshaping cetacean occurrence in Australia and New Zealand.

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Supervisors:  Dr Katharina Peters, Assoc Prof Sarah Hamylton (University of Wollongong), Dr Frédérik Saltré (University of Technology Sydney) and Prof Karen Stockin