Favourite papers?
Sims, D. W., Berrow, S. D., O’Sullivan, K. M., Pfeiffer, N. J., Collins, R., Smith, K. L., Pfeiffer, B. M., Connery, P., Wasik, S., Flounders, L., Queiroz, N., Humphries, N. E., Womersley, F. C., & Southall, E. J. (2022). Circles in the sea: annual courtship “torus” behaviour of basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus identified in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology., 101(5), 1160–1181. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15187
Queiroz, N., Humphries, N. E., Couto, A., Vedor, M., Da Costa, I., Sequeira, A. M. M., Mucientes, G., Santos, A. M., Abascal, F. J., Abercrombie, D. L., Abrantes, K., Acuña-Marrero, D., Afonso, A. S., Afonso, P., Anders, D., Araujo, G., Arauz, R., Bach, P., Barnett, A., … Sims, D. W. (2019). Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries. Nature, 572(7770), 461–466. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1444-4
Ian Collins
BSc - Applied Computing and Biology | University of Kansas (USA)
MSc - Marine Biology | James Cook University
Ian is Master’s of Marine Biology student working on their thesis. Their interest in elasmobranch conservation occurred early in life while in Missouri and Kansas. Building a computational toolkit, Ian attended the University of Kansas pursuing a degree in Applied Computing and Biology which integrated biology courses into the computer science curriculum.
Coming to Australia, Ian became involved with the FINstitute chapter at James Cook University of which Ian is currently the Vice President helping facilitate speakers and events for the chapter. Ian is excited to apply the skills in computer science and data analysis to creating stronger conservation and well-being impacts within fisheries.
Ian's current projects include:
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Master’s thesis comparing 2-D and 3-D environmental risk assessments of elasmobranches in Queensland fisheries.
