New Fellow Professor Madeleine van Oppen FAA (Australian Institute of Marine Science) is an ecological geneticist working to harness the natural adaptive mechanisms of corals to enhance their climate resilience. Her fundamental discoveries in this area have allowed for the development of innovative assisted evolution technologies that have become a critical element of coral reef restoration research.
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