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Emeritus Professor Paul Lavery

Emeritus Professor

Staff Member Details
Email: p.lavery@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5162-273X

Paul is Emeritus Professor in the School of Science, where he conducts research on marine ecosystems.

Background

Paul is a Marine Ecologist, focusing on benthic marine ecosystems, particularly seagrasses. He is globally recognised for his research on Blue Carbon to mitigate climate change, and the use of seagrass soils as environmental archives to reconstruct environmental change. He has led numerous research programs on seagrass and other blue carbon ecosystems in Australia and Europe, where he was appointed Researcher Vinculado of Spanish Research Council. He led an UN-coordinated program to build blue carbon project capacity of NGOs throughout SE Asia.

Paul published the first seagrass blue carbon assessment for Australia and was part of the team producing the first Australia-wide assessment of blue carbon. He helped develop Australia’s first blue carbon method for the Emissions Reduction Fund and the associated BlueCAM model and provides advice to governments and NGOs on blue carbon methods. His research on the impact of dredging on seagrasses has been translated into industry standard operating protocols.  He is a member of the IUCN’s threatened species group for seagrasses. He has >160 research publications and has received more than $13 m in research funding.

Paul was previously the Head of School (Science), Associate Dean (Research), and Director of the University’s Centre for Marine Ecosystem’s Research.

Professional Associations

  • Australian Marine Sciences Association, 1988-present (member)
  • Royal Society of Western Australia, 2024-2025 (member)

Awards and Recognition

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2024     Emeritus Professor Edith Cowan University
  • 2018     Mentorship Award - Early and Mid-Career Researcher Network Awards, Edith Cowan University
  • 2016     Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Award for Engaged Research, Edith Cowan University
  • 2015     Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Award for Excellence in Engaged Teaching, Edith Cowan University
  • 1983     WE Blackall Award, University of Western Australia

National and International Research Positions

  • 2022     Researcher Vinculado, Spanish Research Council (Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes)
  • 1994     National Science and Environmental Research Council Fellowship, Canada

Research Areas and Interests

Marine ecology – blue carbon – seagrasses – paleo-ecological reconstruction – Nature Based Solutions – biogeochemistry

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