DrAna Paula Da Silva

Research Projects

2023 - 2026 The Great Barrier Reef in 2100 (funded by ARC Discovery Program) project led by Professor Ana Vila-Concejo (USYD) and other internal and external collaborators: This research will develop models to quantify the biotic/abiotic stressors on the GBR, supporting predicitions of the GBR eco-morphodynamic evolution until 2100 under the IPCC climate scenarios.

2023 - 2025 Coastal Monitoring of Coral Islands Training (funded by Department of Foreign Affairs, Geoscience Australia Marine Resources Initiative) led by Prof. Elaine Baker and Prof. Ana Vila Concejo. This project involves capacity building of international participants from Southeast Asia countries on fieldwork and data processing on coral reef and islands, with focus on the eco-morphodynamic processes of these ecosystems.

Research Supervision

PhD Students

2024 - 2027 Deborah Fonseca - External Co-Supervisor (Lead Supervisor A/Prof. Graziela Miot da Silva, Flinders University).Project: Seagrass impacts on wave-current attenuation and coastal protection.

2023 - 2026 Kate Whitton - Co-Supervisor (Lead Supervisor Prof. Ana Vila Concejo, Co-Supervisor Prof. Maria Byrne).Project: Parameterizing benthic community changes under various environmental stressors in a changing climate.

2023 - 2025 Lachlan Perris - Co-Supervisor (Lead Supervisor Prof. Ana Vila Concejo, Co-Supervisors A/Prof. Tristan Salles, Dr. Thomas Fellowes).Project: Hydrodynamics of Spurs and Grooves.

2023 - 2025 Md. Yousuf Gazi - Co-Supervisor (Lead Supervisor Prof. Ana Vila Concejo, Co-Supervisor Dr. Thomas Fellowes).Project: Shape and dynamics of beaches in estuaries and bays.

Master Students

2025 - 2026 Anika Kowald-Linsley - Co-Supervisor (Lead Supervisor Prof. Ana Vila Concejo).Project: Rubble island dynamics post severe tropical cyclone event.

2025/02 Alex Nielsen - Lead Supervisor (Co-Supervisor Prof. Ana Vila Concejo).Project: Benthic community changes and recovery potential over a decade of compound stressors in Low Isles.

2025/02 Ruby Singh - Lead Supervisor (Co-Supervisor Prof. Ana Vila Concejo, A/Prof. Eleanor Bruce).Project: Assessing surf-ecological hotspots and emerging threats along Western Australia.

2025/01 Gabija Posiunaite - Lead Supervisor (Co-Supervisors Prof. Ana Vila Concejo and A/Prof. Tristan Salles).Project: Vulnerable zones under storm wave threat over the Great Barrier Reef. [COMPLETED]

2025/01 Spencer Goldberg - Co-Supervisor (Lead Supervisor Prof. Ana Vila Concejo).Project: Reef slope changes after the passage of distinct tropical cyclones. [COMPLETED]

Honours Students

2025 - 2026 Abbey-Rose Coules - Co-Supervisor (Lead Supervisor Prof. Ana Vila Concejo).Project: Fine sediment dynamics around a rubble island post severe tropical cyclone event.

2025 - 2025 Wan Yi Steilberg-Liu - Co-Supervisor (Lead Supervisor Prof. Ana Vila Concejo).Project: Rubble tracts dynamics and sediment delivery around a rubble island pre and post severe tropical cyclone event.

2024 - 2025 Liav Meoded Stern - Co-Supervisor (Lead Supervisor Prof. Ana Vila Concejo, Co-Supervisor Dr. Shawna Foo).Project: The influence of hydrodynamics and geomorphology of a coral reef lagoon on recovery of bleached corals. [COMPLETED]

2024 - 2024 Saanvi Deobhankar - Lead Supervisor (Co-Supervisor Prof. Ana Vila Concejo).Project: Mechanical erosion of different coral morphologies across the Great Barrier Reef. [COMPLETED]