Professor FALKENBERG Laura Jane
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(Office): Rm 107A,Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, CUHK
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Education2013
PhD, The University of Adelaide

2008 Honours Degree of Bachelor of Science, The University of Adelaide

2007 Bachelor of Arts with Bachelor of Science, The University of Adelaide

PositionAssistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Post Doctoral Research Associate, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
Post Doctoral Research Associate, University College London
Post Doctoral Research Associate and Teaching Assistant, The University of Adelaide
Research InterestsGlobal change biology – particularly ocean acidification and warming
Marine ecosystem dynamics, shifts, and resistance/resilience
Herbivore-autotroph ecophysiology, behaviour, and interactions
Socio-economic consequences of environmental change
Representative PublicationsFull publication list - https://scholar.google.no/citations?user=Ah41w8UAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Falkenberg LJ, Wrange AL, Kinnby A, Havenhand JN, Lockyer A, Styan CA (2017) Low sensitivity of reproductive life-stages in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) to abamectin. Chemosphere, 182: 665-671.
Connell SD, Fernandes M, Burnell OW, Doubleday ZA, Griffin KJ, Irving AD, Leung JYS, Owen S, Russell BD, Falkenberg LJ (2017) Testing for thresholds of ecosystem collapse in seagrass meadows. Conservation Biology, 31: 1196-1201.
Falkenberg LJ, Tubb A (2017) Economic consequences of ocean acidification: publication patterns and directions for future research. Ambio, 46: 543-553.
Falkenberg LJ, Havenhand JN, Styan CA (2016) Sperm accumulated against surface: a novel alternative bioassay for environmental monitoring. Marine Environmental Research 114: 51-57.
Falkenberg LJ, Russell BD, Connell SD (2016) Design and performance evaluation of a mesocosm facility and techniques to simulate ocean acidification and warming. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 14: 278-291.
Falkenberg LJ, Connell SD, Russell BD (2013) Disrupting the effects of synergies between stressors: improved water quality dampens the effects of future CO₂ on a marine habitat. Journal of Applied Ecology 50: 51-58.
Falkenberg LJ, Russell BD, Connell SD (2013) Contrasting resource limitations of marine primary producers: implications for competitive interactions under enriched CO₂ and nutrient regimes. Oecologia 172: 575-583.
Falkenberg LJ, Russell BD, Connell SD (2013) Future herbivory: the indirect effects of enriched CO₂ may rival its direct effects. Marine Ecology Progress Series 492: 85-95.
Falkenberg LJ, Russell BD, Connell SD (2012) Stability of strong species interactions resist the synergistic effects of local and global pollution in kelp forests. PLoS ONE 7: e33841.
Russell BD, Thompson JI, Falkenberg LJ, Connell SD (2009) Synergistic effects of climate change and local stressors: CO₂ and nutrient driven change in subtidal rocky habitats. Global Change Biology 15: 2153-2162.

AwardsAssociate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Finalist in the South Australian Science Excellence Awards for PhD Research Excellence – Life and Environmental Sciences
Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
Australian Water Association HJN Hodgson Medal Finalist
Professional Activities
Raelyn Cole Editorial Fellow at Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
Review editor at Frontiers in Marine Science
Mentor in the 1000 Girls, 1000 Futures program, The New York Academy of Sciences