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Brigitte Sommer is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney. With a PhD in Marine Ecology from the University of Queensland, she has a comprehensive background in community ecology and macroecology biogeography. Her research focuses on understanding the processes that control the distribution and abundance of marine organisms, particularly in ecosystems that transition between biogeographical zones where tropical and temperate species overlap. This includes studying corals with high-latitude range limits in Australia and Japan, where environmental conditions differ significantly from the tropics. Her work on climate change hotspots examines the impacts of warming on species distributions and interactions. Brigitte employs trait-based and phylogenetic community ecology, along with species distribution modeling to enhance her investigations into the ecology of transition zones. She is also involved in 3D mapping and modeling of coral colonies to gain insights into the functioning of complex marine ecosystems. Brigitte has been awarded several grants for her research efforts, including an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.
University of Sydney • Sydney, Australia
Conduct research in marine ecology, focusing on community ecology and the impacts of climate change on marine organisms.
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