Tanika Shalders

Tanika Shalders completed a BSc (Honours) in Environmental Biology and Coastal Zone Management at Curtin University and is nearing completion of a PhD in Climate Change Ecology and Fisheries Science with Southern Cross University and New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (Fisheries). Tanika’s PhD research investigates the impacts of current and near-future climate change on the quality, availability and distribution of nutrients derived from harvested marine resources. As a multidisciplinary researcher, she uses a range of tools to tackle this topic including proximate and elemental analysis, lipid- and metabolomics, statistical modelling and spatial predictions. These skills are further supported by her experience as a technician, research assistant and marine scientist for organisations such as The Department of Biodiversity Conservations and Attractions, MScience and The University of Western Australia and include animal husbandry, leading fieldwork and supporting long-term monitoring programmes, quantitative statistical ecology, scientific writing, and project management. Tanika’s passionate about increasing the transferability of science-based research to real-world applications and the general public and contributes where possible to books, online articles, magazines and government strategies.