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Deepa Varkey is a marine biologist with research interests in microbial ecology, coastal primary productivity, molecular mechanisms, and thermal tolerance in marine organisms. She completed her PhD in 2016, focusing on temperature adaptation in Synechococcus, which included the use of proteomics to examine how Synechococcus responds to cold temperature stress and to profile phytoplankton diversity in Sydney Harbour and open ocean waters. Dr. Varkey's current research focuses on understanding and predicting the structure and function of marine microbial communities as they vary in space and time in response to environmental changes. Utilizing molecular tools and machine learning, her research aims to predict microbial provinces in oceans using species distribution models based on extensive microbial community and environmental data collected from the Marine Microbes Australian Microbiome projects. A key goal of her research is the development of tools to monitor the health of Australia's marine provinces. Dr. Varkey is also an associate member of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research Working Group #156 (SCOR156), which was established to advance the use of active chlorophyll-a fluorometry techniques and Fast Repetition Rate fluorometry to measure ocean primary productivity.
Applied to Department of Business (MBA Program).