Academic rigor, journalistic flair
PhD Student, University of Sydney
Matthew Clements is PhD student working closely with Professor Maria Byrne in her Marine and Developmental Biology lab at the University of Sydney. He is interested in the ecology of crown-of-thorns starfish throughout their entire life history; from larvae to adult. Echinoderms have had centre stage in his research career to date spanning topics of asexual reproduction, salinity tolerance of the larvae, juvenile-adult interactive behaviour and field based adult population demography and ecology. One Tree Island Research Station, the University’s facility on the Great Barrier Reef, provides a stunning coral reef system to delve into a marine biology career and an exciting place to continue exploring important topics in echinoderm biology.
Experience
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2023–presentPhD Student , The University of Sydney
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2022–2023Assistant researcher, The University of Sydney
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2019–2021Marine invertebrate taxonomist , APEM, UK
Education
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2021The University of Sydney, BLAS (honours I, Marine Sci)
Publications
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2022Freshening of Great Barrier Reef waters is deleterious for larval crown-of-thorns starfish, counter to the terrestrial runoff hypothesis,
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2021The waiting stage, prolonged residency in nursery habitats by juveniles of the predatory sea star Marthasterias glacialis,
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2019Forever fissiparous: asexual propagation and stable demography in a tropical and geographically isolated asterinid sea star,
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