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Shawna Foo is a marine scientist and an ARC DECRA Fellow at the University of Sydney, where she holds the prestigious Sydney Horizon Fellowship. Her research focuses on climate resilient corals and the various factors that increase the resilience of marine ecosystems to climate change. She completed her PhD in marine science, concentrating on the adaptive potential of sea urchins in response to ocean warming and acidification. Shawna's postdoctoral work involved studying the effects of ocean acidification in Italy, utilizing natural seawater carbon dioxide vents. Additionally, she has experience working at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Stanford, where she developed a new model system using an anemone species to integrate satellite-based coral mapping alongside benthic surveys, which contributes to coral reef monitoring in context of resilience and recovery under warming scenarios. Shawna has received several grants, including investigations into the reproductive mechanisms of marine species under stress and strategies to increase coral reef resilience to climate-induced stressors. Her work is aligned with Faculty of Science Research Strengths in understanding complex systems and life on Earth.
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