Bradley Eyre

Biography

Professor Bradley Eyre is Foundation Director of the Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Southern Cross University.

Professor Eyre is a member of SCU's Research Clusters:

• Reefs and Oceans
• Catchments, Coasts and Communities

Professor Eyre's work contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals

Research

Professor Eyre’s research looks at the flow of carbon and nitrogen through the earth-system, and changes in these flows due to global change (e.g. climate change, ocean acidification, and eutrophication). He uses a variety of research approaches in his work, on scales from a few meters to global estimates. He works across the land-ocean continuum from inland endorheic drainage basins to the continental shelf. Much of his research has been in (sub) tropical coastal systems, including estuaries, rivers, lakes and catchments, near-shore coastal areas, muds, permeable sands, mangroves, seagrasses and coral reefs, but he has also worked in warm and cold temperate and arctic systems. Professor Eyre is currently focusing on the effects of global change on shallow water carbonate sediment dissolution and how this influences the long-term accumulation of carbonate material on coral reefs and greenhouse gas emissions from aquatic systems and their contribution to global budgets.

Professor Eyre has secured over $20 million in research funding, including more than $10 million from 32 ARC grants. He has led numerous industry collaborations, including 11 ARC Linkage projects and over $3 million in contract research. His work spans nearly all Australian states and territories and involves a wide range of government, academic, and private partners. His long-term industry partnerships—some lasting over 20 years—highlight the sustained impact of his research on policy and practice.

Supervision

Professor Eyre has supervised 32 PhD students (currently supervising 13) and mentored 22 early- and mid-career researchers. His mentees have secured 11 ARC fellowships, including two Future Fellowships and six DECRAs. He is dedicated to capacity building and supporting successful research careers.