Professor

Madeleine van Oppen

FAA

Madeleine van Oppen
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Madeleine van Oppen is an ecological geneticist and expert on microbial symbiosis and climate change adaptation of reef corals. Her fundamental research has revealed several mechanisms by which corals adapt or acclimatise to environmental change, including those mediated by their microbial symbionts. Building on these discoveries, van Oppen developed a platform of innovative assisted evolution technologies that harness the natural adaptive mechanisms to enhance coral climate resilience. These technologies have become a critical element of coral reef restoration research in Australia and overseas.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3105 GENETICS
    • 310509 Genomics
  • 3107 MICROBIOLOGY
    • 310703 Microbial Ecology
  • 3199 OTHER BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
    • 319902 Global Change Biology
41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
  • 4103 ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
    • 410305 Environmental Marine Biotechnology

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Biology
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Algae
  • Conservation Biology
  • Genomics
  • Coral Reefs
  • Climate Adaptation
  • Marine Biology
  • Symbiosis

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