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Ms Rachel DOWNEY

PhD researcher

The Australian National University

Location

Research School of Biology, The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia

Nationality

Australia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Email(s)

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Telephone

0478224946

Profile URL

https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/racheldowney1

Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)

ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9275-8879

Highest Degree

MSc

Job Type

Research
Data Management

Activities

Polar and deep-sea biogeographer researching benthic organisms (sponge specialist) in polar environments using taxonomy, occurrence data, and environmental data to understand current and future data gaps and threats. Specialist taxonomic skills in sponge identification. Team member of ASCCC (Antarctic Seabed Carbon Capture Change) an international research team exploring blue carbon accumulation and sequestration in the Southern Ocean. Co-lead of the deep-sea NW Pacific Challenger 150 programme.

Sea regions of study

Arctic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean

Skills

Taxonomy; biological data management; deep-sea and polar fieldwork; teaching and mentoring

Working language(s)

English

Citation(s)

Google Scholar

Created: 2023-03-08 by Rachel DOWNEY | Last Updated: 2023-10-27 by Sofie DE BAENST