Professor, Biological Sciences
Ph.D., James Cook University, Australia, 1993
B.Sc., University of Queensland, Australia, 1983
Website: Dr. van Woesik's Website
Professional Experience
Dr. van Woesik has worked on the coral reefs of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans since 1982, and has written more than 100 scholarly research articles on coral reefs. His area of expertise is in the population and community ecology of scleractinian corals. Van Woesik is the Environmental Editor of the international journal Coral Reefs, and is the Recording Secretary of the International Society for Reef Studies (ISRS), and the Scientific Chair of the Science Committee for the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium (to be held in the USA in 2008).
Research Interests
van Woesik's research interests are population and community ecology of scleractinian corals, including the spatial and temporal assessment of coral communities and the application of this ecology to the management of coral reefs. His approach uses a combination of empirical and mathematical techniques to examine processes underlying coral community structure and diversity at multiple spatial and temporal scales.