Ms Monika Schlacher-Hoenlinger - Queensland Museum Staff
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BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD. |
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Dr Schlacher has worked for Queensland Museum since 2000 and is currently a Research Fellow with the Sessile Marine Invertebrates section, which is part of the Museum's centre of Biodiversity. She is responsible for collections, research and documentation of marine animals that live on the seabed, with specific expertise on systematics and biogeography of sponges (Phylum Porifera). As part of an intensive biodiversity survey programme, she has helped catalogue over 3000 benthic marine species, the majority of which are new to science and used as a source for her research. Dr Schlacher has a substantial experience in the environmental ecology and chemistry. Currently principal marine taxonomic consultant to AstraZeneca R&D Griffith University, and a marine biological consultant to several other international scientific institutions including the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD). |
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