+ "text": "Postdoctoral Fellows\n\nDr Kieran Murphy\n\n\n\n \n\nKieran is a quantitative ecologist specialising in macroecological processes, with a focus on understanding the impacts of climate change and fishing on marine ecosystems. Through his research, he aims to contribute to the development of solutions for sustainable life on Earth.\nKieran is currently working on the Australian Research Council Discovery Project “Zooplankton: the missing link in modelling the ocean carbon cycle,” leading the continued development of the Zooplankton Model of Size Spectra (ZooMSS). His work focuses on enhancing modelling of fish groups, incorporating fishing impacts into ZooMSS, temperature sensitivity of physiological processes, and the mesopelagic realm.\nHis research expertise lies in size-structured food web modeling, which he has used to explore cephalopod ecology and trait-based representation in ecosystem models. During his PhD, Kieran investigated how functional traits explain trophic allometries of cephalopods and demonstrated that incorporating greater biological realism into size-based feeding relationships can significantly impact ecosystem structure and stability.\nKieran is also involved in east Antarctic regional modeling at UTAS and is an active member of FishMIP (Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project), where he currently leads a Southern Ocean-focused working group."
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