ProfessorMaria Byrne
Professor of Marine Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science
Orcid identifier0000-0002-8902-9808 (opens in a new tab)
- Professor of Marine Biology, School of Life and Environmental SciencesFaculty of Science
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Maria's research aligns with the Faculty of Science Research Strengths - Cultivating Scientific Capability, Understanding Life on Earth, Molecules to Materials, Understanding Disease & Disorder in Humans, Healthy Animals, Preventing and Treating Disease & Disorder, Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifespan, Biodiversity Conservation, Climate and Environmental Change, Sustainability, Healthy Ecosystems, Decision-Making for a Sustainable Future, Net Zero Technologies.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTCollaborative Grant 2026Sydney Environment Institute1 Jan 2026People funded by this grant:
- Byrne M
- GRANTImpact of decreased salinity on the barrens forming sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii in context with freshening events from flooding.Ecological Society of Australia1 Jan 2025People funded by this grant:
- Webb M,
- Byrne M
- GRANTDetermining key demographic parameters for a pervasive coral predator: the age and size structure of long-term non-outbreak populations of COTSAustralian Coral Reef Society1 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Clements M,
- Byrne M
- GRANTPost-graduate support to develop science to support Red Sea Urchin fisheriesFisheries Research and Development Corporation1 Jan 2024People funded by this grant:
- Byrne M
- GRANTThe Great Barrier Reef in 2100Australian Research Council (ARC)3 Jun 2022 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Coco G,
- Salles T,
- Byrne M,
- Vila-Concejo A,
- Mendez F
- GRANTJuvenile resilience hypothesis and potential for adult-juvenile semiochemical communicationGreat Barrier Reef Foundation1 Jan 2021People funded by this grant:
- Byrne M
- GRANTA 4D habitat-modelling facility to support marine ecological researchAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2022People funded by this grant:
- Figueira W,
- Dickman C,
- Marzinelli E,
- Byrne M,
- Vila-Concejo A
- GRANTResilience to food scarcity: the development and microbiome of COTS larvae in natural oligotrophic reef conditionsAustralian Museum1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Deaker D,
- Byrne M
- GRANTNESP Ecosystem Functioning - Project 3: Juveniles in waiting - delayed life stage switch from the herbivorous to the coralivorous juvenile crown of thorns sea starReef and Rainforest Research Centre1 Jan 2018People funded by this grant:
- Byrne M
- GRANTSwimming behaviors of larval Crown-of-Thorns-Seastars: implications for distribution and dispersal modelingAustralian Museum1 Jan 2018People funded by this grant:
- Byrne M,
- Chan K
- GRANTAssessing the causes and prevalence of cloning in larval Crown-of Thorns-Seastars: implications for estimating and modeling dispersal potentialAustralian Museum1 Jan 2017People funded by this grant:
- Allen J,
- Byrne M
- GRANTTransgenerational Plasticity & Epigenetics - Ocean Change AdaptationEnvironmental Trust (NSW)1 Jan 2017People funded by this grant:
- Ross P,
- Marsh A,
- Parker L,
- Byrne M,
- O'Connor WA
- GRANTAnthropogenic impacts on tropical echinoderms of the Great Barrier ReefAustralian Coral Reef Society1 Feb 2016People funded by this grant:
- Wolfe K,
- Byrne M
- GRANTThe lifespan and behavioural repertoire of Acanthaster planci larvaeIan Potter Foundation1 Aug 2015People funded by this grant:
- Dworjanyn SA,
- Byrne M
- GRANTAdaptive capacity of marine invertebrates in a climate change oceanAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 May 2015 - 30 Jun 2022People funded by this grant:
- Poore A,
- Dworjanyn SA,
- Byrne M
- GRANTUnderstanding the functional role of large benthic foraminifera to reef scale carbonate productionIan Potter Foundation1 Apr 2015People funded by this grant:
- Doo S,
- Byrne M
- GRANTMaximising Environmental Outcomes of Coastal Infrastructure UpgradesNSW Environmental Trust1 Jan 2015People funded by this grant:
- Dworjanyn SA,
- Coleman M,
- Smith S,
- Kelaher BP,
- Figueira W
- GRANTQuantification of coral reef habitat structural complexity and community composition in a changing ocean using 3D models.Great Barrier Reef Foundation1 Jan 2015People funded by this grant:
- Figueira W,
- Pizarro O,
- Byrne M,
- Williams S,
- Booth D
- GRANTBiology and ecology of tropical beche-de-mer sea cucumbers on the Great Barrier Reef, prospects for vulnerable species in a changing oceanGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority7 May 2014People funded by this grant:
- Byrne M,
- Wolfe K
- GRANTBiology & ecology of vulnerable beche-de-mer sea cucumbers on the Great Barrier ReefEquity Trustees Limited1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Byrne M,
- Wolfe K
- GRANTCLARIOstar Multifunctional Microplate Reader for Shared Used at the Open Access, Multi-User Molecular Biology Core FacilityNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Poronnik P,
- Richardson DD,
- Sunde M,
- Zhu L,
- Goldsbury C
- GRANTPeoples Choice Bommies AwardGreat Barrier Reef Foundation1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Wolfe K,
- Byrne M
- GRANTBiology and ecology of Australia's tropical beche-de-mer sea cucumbers, prospects for vulnerable speciesRoyal Zoological Society of New South Wales1 Sep 2013People funded by this grant:
- Byrne M,
- Wolfe K
- GRANTPhysiological effects of climate change stress on adults & offspringNSW Environmental Trust1 Mar 2013People funded by this grant:
- Byrne M