PhD supervisors: Prof L Beheregaray and A/Prof Luciana Möller
Moving from Hong Kong to study in Australia, I had many opportunities to explore and discover native wildlife. During my undergraduate studies, I developed an understanding of Australian biodiversity, which fuelled my passion for nature and led me to pursue an Honours research project. Under the supervision of Prof Luciano Beheregaray and A/Prof Luciana Möller, my Honour project aimed to inform fishery management strategies by focusing on the population structure and connectivity of the commercially targeted ocean jacket (Nelusetta ayraud). I am currently pursuing a PhD in the same lab, investigating the population and seascape genomics of the commercially important silver trevally (Pseudocaranx gerogianus) across Australia and New Zealand. My research aims to clarify the taxonomy and evolutionary divergence of Pseudocaranx species, while identifying the genomic population structure, connectivity, and the adaptive potential of silver trevally in the face of climate change. I hope my research will provide baseline information for sustainable fisheries management and contribute to the conservation of marine biodiversity.