Andy Whiteley

Professor Andy Whiteley

Degree in Marine Biology
Bachelor of Science (Marine Biology)
PhD in Biological Oceanography

As Group Leader, with overall responsibility for delivering MicroBlitz as part of my West Australian Premier’s Fellowship, I work with our project and research managers to organise and implement pretty much everything: recruitment, sample collection, data generation/analysis, the works. But I also have key strategic responsibilities, such as building links with other research projects, end users and stakeholders to maximise the impact of MicroBlitz and the dissemination of our research.

You could say MicroBlitz is my brainchild. I conducted a similar project in the UK, where I used DNA sequencing of microbial communities to generate the first microbial map of a country. And yes, I’m a Pom, although, as a trained marine biologist who moved into DNA-based environmental science, I’ve worked all over the world in all sorts of strange aquatic and terrestrial environments. Recently, I even visited the UK parliament’s House of Lords, where I spoke to some very unusual creatures about the effects of climate change.

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