Dr Craig Styan
Dr Craig Styan has been AMSA member since joining as an overly-keen undergraduate in 1989. After an Honours year working on marine parasites at Adelaide University and then work as a research assistant with David Ayre in Wollongong, Craig completed his PhD at Adelaide University with a thesis on the reproductive ecology of scallops. He then worked as a fisheries biologist, running abalone monitoring programs in South Australia, followed by a post-doc with Mick Keough at Melbourne University learning to understand good coffee. Next was a position as a U2000 research fellow/lecturer position at Sydney University based in Tony Underwood’s research centre for 5 years, teaching marine ecology, experimental design and statistical analysis. He then moved south to Deakin University at Warrnambool, where he froze for 3 years before leaving for environmental consultancy in Western Australia. Along the way he has managed to do research in Sweden, the UK and New Zealand.
One of Craig’s key research interests is experimental design and analysis and since joining in 2008 Craig has been responsible for the design and analyses of monitoring work by RPS’s marine ecology group in Australia, particularly associated with oil and gas developments in tropical northwest Australia. He is also currently an adjunct research fellow at the University of Western Australia, which allows him to maintain research interests in the reproduction and larval biology of marine invertebrates and occasionally still dabble in molecular population genetics and biogeography. Perhaps the most notable highlight from his career thus far has been the strong correlation (r2 ? 1) between his re-location across Australia and the subsequent appearance of his favourite flavoured milk, Farmers Union Iced Coffee, in places where it had not been available previously. Although still not officially available in Perth, he has sourced a local supplier.