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Ms Tash Dunham

Senior School Officer (School Research Centre Support)

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 2412
Mobile: 0439 940 787
Email: n.dunham@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
  • Research Centre Lead Assistant.
  • Support for Centre members.
  • Centre committees and group meetings coordination and assistance.
  • Centre & Research event coordination.
  • Research and Centre marketing materials and social media advise and coordination.
  • Invitations campaign for UG to Honours and PG Research.
  • Grant tracking for Centres.
  • Oral Exams.
  • Health and Safety Representative.

Background

Tash completed her Masters by Research at ECU in 2014 and has worked at ECU since 2010 on various research projects many relating to the investigation of climate change and human impacts on coastal ecosystems. She has an extensive knowledge of marine based research, and she has been involved in many projects in collaboration with WAMSI, Department of Transport, Geocatch and Department of Biodiversity, Conversation and Attractions and the Water Corporation.

More recently Tash has moved into an Operations role supporting the School of Science staff and students with research related duties.

The Strategic centres she supports are:

  • Centre for Marine Ecosystem Research (CMER)
  • Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (CAIML)
  • Conservation and Biodiversity Research Centre (CBRC)
  • Centre for Securing Digital Futures (CSDF)

Professional Memberships

  • 2010 – Golden Key International Honour Society

Research Areas and Interests

  • Human impacts in coastal ecosystems, inclusive of seagrasses and mangrove.
  • Climate change impacts on coastal ecosystems.
  • Plastic pollution within the marine environment.

Research Outputs

2024

Reports

  • Whale, J., Dunham, T., Bywater, A., Field, D., Sinclair, EA., Strydom, S., McMahon, K. (2024). Thermal priming of dehisced Posidonia seed does not increase thermal tolerance in establishing seedlings. Online. Western Australian Marine Science Institution.
  • Said, N., Webster, C., Dunham, T., Strydom, S., McMahon, K. (2024). Seagrass thermal tolerance varies between species and within species across locations. Online. Western Australian Marine Science Institution.
  • Webster, C., Said, N., Dunham, T., Bywater, A., Jung, M., Billinghurst, J., Strydom, S., McMahon, K. (2024). Posidonia sinuosa tolerates the cumulative effects of a short-term heatwave and low light event. Online. Western Australian Marine Science Institution.
  • Webster, C., Said, N., Dunham, T., Bywater, A., Strydom, S., McMahon, K. (2024). Resilience of seagrass Posidonia sinuosa is negatively affected by high levels of burial of dredged material. Online. Western Australian Marine Science Institution.
  • Said, N., Webster, C., Dunham, T., Strydom, S., McMahon, K. (2024). Current state of knowledge for dredging and climate change impacts on seagrass ecosystems to inform environmental impact assessment and management A case study: Cockburn Sound and Owen Anchorage, Western Australia. Online. Western Australian Marine Science Institution.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Strydom, S., McCallum, R., Lafratta, A., Webster, C., O'Dea, C., Said, N., Dunham, T., Inostroza, K., Salinas Zapata, C., Billinghurst, S., Phelps, C., Campbell, C., Gorham, C., Bernasconi, R., Frouws, A., Werner, A., Vitelli, F., Puigcorbe Lacueva, V., D'cruz, A., McMahon, K., Robinson, J., Huggett, M., McNamara, S., Hyndes, G., Serrano Gras, O. (2023). Global dataset on seagrass meadow structure, biomass and production. Earth System Science Data, 15(1), 511-519. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-511-2023.
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