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Dr Rachele Bernasconi

Overview of role

Rachele is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow within the Mine Water and Environment Research Centre in the School of Science.

Background/Employment History

  • August 2021 – ongoing: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Mine Water and Environment Research Centre, Edith Cowan University.
  • April – August 2021: Geneticist/Zoologist, Biologic Environmental.
  • August 2020 – August 2021: Laboratory Technician, Edith Cowan University.
  • October – December 2019: Research Assistant, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
  • March – October 2019: Analytical Laboratory Assistant, Edith Cowan University.
  • February – July 2011/12: Research Assistant Endangered Wildlife Trust.
  • July 2011 – February 2012: Research Assistant/Coordinator, Fundacion Equilibrio Azul.

Awards and Recognition

  • 2022: ECU, School of Science Early Career Grant, ~$8,000
  • 2017/19: Ecological Society of Australia / Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment. $12,000.’ Temporal and environmental patterns of Coral-Symbiodinium-bacteria.’
  • 2016: ECU, Conference Post Graduate Funding. ~$2,000. Temporal and environmental patterns of Coral-Symbiodinium-bacteria.’
  • 2016: Women Divers Hall of Fame (USA). ~$3,000
  • 2016: Morley Rotary Club donation. $500.
  • 2016: Combined Biological Sciences Meeting, Environmental Science Student Poster Award. $300.
  • 2015/16: ECU, Post Graduate Funding. $3,000
  • 2015/19: ECU, International Postgraduate Research Scholarship. ~$94,500.
  • 2011: Polytechnic University of Marche, Campus World Grant. ~$4,000.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Aquatic, microbial, and molecular ecology.
  • Environmental DNA
  • Restoration/Rehabilitation/Management/Closure of mining pit lakes.
  • Coral symbiosis.
  • Ecological interactions.
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