Catherine Ellen Lovelock FAA (born 1964)[1] is an Australian marine ecologist, whose research focuses on coastal ecosystems. She is a professor in the School of Biological Science at the University of Queensland and 2020 Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow.

Catherine Lovelock
Lovelock in 2014
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Alma materUniversity of Western Australia
James Cook University
AwardsGeorgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow
Suzanne Cory Medal
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Queensland
ThesisAdaptation of tropical mangroves to high solar radiation (1991)

Education

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Lovelock has a BSc from the University of Western Australia.[2] She received a fellowship from the Australian Institute of Marine Science to support her research for her PhD, titled "Adaptation of tropical mangroves to high solar radiation" from James Cook University (1991).[3]

Career

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Lovelock began her research career with the Australian Institute of Marine Science in 1991–2.[4][5] She moved to the Australian National University in 1993–4[6][7] and then continued her research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama in 1995–2005.[8] In 2005 she joined the University of Queensland, while continuing her association with the STRI.[9]

Her long-term research has shown that damming waterways has adversely affected mangroves, particularly through the loss of mud.[10] Writing with Daniel A. Friess, J. Boone Kauffman and James W. Fourqurean, she contributed a chapter to A Blue Carbon Primer: The State of Coastal Westland Carbon Science, Practice and Policy.[11]

In 2020 she was awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship and the Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship for her research project focussing on coastal ecosystems and the effects on them of climate change and how blue carbon may mitigate those effects.[12]

Lovelock was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in May 2021[13][14] and is recognised as a global expert on coastal ecosystems, particularly those involving mangroves.[15] She and Terry Hughes were awarded the Suzanne Cory Medal jointly in March 2023.[16]

Selected works

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  • Lovelock, Catherine (1993), Field guide to the mangroves of Queensland, Clarke, Steve (illustrator), Australian Institute of Marine Science, ISBN 978-0-642-18502-0

Journal articles

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Most cited per Google Scholar:[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Lovelock, Catherine (1964–)", Trove, 2008, retrieved 8 November 2021
  2. ^ "Professor Catherine Lovelock". University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  3. ^ Lovelock, Catherine Ellen (1991), Adaptation of tropical mangroves to high solar radiation, retrieved 8 November 2021
  4. ^ J M Cheeseman; B F Clough; D R Carter; Catherine E. Lovelock; O J Eong; R G Sim (1 July 1991). "The analysis of photosynthetic performance in leaves under field conditions: A case study using Bruguiera mangroves". Photosynthesis Research. 29 (1): 11–22. ISSN 0166-8595. PMID 24415036. Wikidata Q38940934.
  5. ^ Catherine E. Lovelock; Barry F Clough (1 October 1992). "Influence of solar radiation and leaf angle on leaf xanthophyll concentrations in mangroves". Oecologia. 91 (4): 518–525. Bibcode:1992Oecol..91..518L. doi:10.1007/BF00650325. ISSN 0029-8549. PMID 28313504. Wikidata Q87590344.
  6. ^ Sharon A. Robinson; Catherine E. Lovelock; C. B. Osmond (August 1993). "Wax as a Mechanism for Protection against Photoinhibition - A Study ofCotyledon orbiculata". Botanica Acta. 106 (4): 307–312. doi:10.1111/J.1438-8677.1993.TB00753.X. ISSN 0932-8629. Wikidata Q64213863.
  7. ^ Catherine E. Lovelock; C B Osmond; M Jebb (1 April 1994). "Photoinhibition and recovery in tropical plant species: response to disturbance". Oecologia. 97 (3): 297–307. Bibcode:1994Oecol..97..297L. doi:10.1007/BF00317318. ISSN 0029-8549. PMID 28313623. Wikidata Q39190951.
  8. ^ C. E. LOVELOCK; C.B. OSMOND; R. D. SEPPELT (December 1995). "Photoinhibition in the Antarctic moss Grimmia antarctici Card when exposed to cycles of freezing and thawing". Plant. 18 (12): 1395–1402. doi:10.1111/J.1365-3040.1995.TB00200.X. ISSN 0140-7791. Wikidata Q54669688.
  9. ^ Catherine E Lovelock; John J. Ewel (1 July 2005). "Links between tree species, symbiotic fungal diversity and ecosystem functioning in simplified tropical ecosystems". New Phytologist. 167 (1): 219–228. doi:10.1111/J.1469-8137.2005.01402.X. ISSN 0028-646X. PMID 15948844. Wikidata Q39190927.
  10. ^ Scales, Helen (12 November 2015). "Mangrove Forests Are Being Starved of Mud". Hakai Magazine. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  11. ^ Windham-Myers, Lisamarie; Crooks, Stephen; Toxler, Tiffany G., eds. (2019), A blue carbon primer : the state of coastal westland carbon science, practice and policy, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 978-0-429-43536-2
  12. ^ "2020 Laureate Profile: Professor Catherine Lovelock". Australian Research Council. 6 July 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Cath Lovelock". Australian Academy of Science. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Twenty-two Australians recognised among our nation's most distinguished scientists | Australian Academy of Science". Australian Academy of Science. 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  15. ^ "UQ wetlands expert lauded as one of Australia's top scientists". Faculty of Science, University of Queensland. 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Decoding dragons and devils, what triggers volcanoes, and more: Australia's stars of science". Australian Academy of Science. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  17. ^ "Catherine E Lovelock". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 8 November 2021.