| Name | Contact information | Research Interest |
| Dr Joanna Aldridge | joanna.aldridge@sydney.edu.au | Applied mathematics and coastal geomorphology |
| Prof Elaine Baker Director MSI | elaine.baker@sydney.edu.au | Mercury rising, Deep sea mining |
| Dr Joy Becker | joy.becker@sydney.edu.au | Production-limiting infectious diseases affecting global aquaculture. |
| Prof Gavin Birch | gavin.birch@sydney.edu.au | Human-induced change and biological risk posed by contaminants in estuarine/harbour sediments: Sydney Harbour/estuary (Australia) |
| Dr Michelle Blewitt | michelle.blewitt@sydney.edu.au | Marine mammal research |
| Dr Elisa Bone | elisa.bone@sydney.edu.au | Billion Oyster Project, Educational Designer University of Sydney |
| Dr Eleanor Bruce | eleanor.bruce@sydney.edu.au | Integrated Geospatial Management System Sydney Harbour Area |
| Dr Ana Bugnot | ana.bugnot@sydney.edu.au | Invasive species in urban estuaries |
| Prof Maria Byrne | maria.byrne@sydney.edu.au | Impacts of ocean acidification on the interaction between tropical sea cucumbers, sediment biota and lagoon carbonate dynamics – direct and indirect effects of high CO2 |
| Prof Doug Cato | doug.cato@sydney.edu.au | The Behavioural Response of Australian Humpback Whales to Seismic Surveys (BRAHSS) |
| A/Prof Amin Chabchoub | amin.chabchoub@sydney.edu.au | Hydrodynamics |
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Dr Smantha Clark | samantha.clarke@sydney.edu.au | Can submarine landslides trigger tsunamis? |
| A/Prof Ross Coleman | ross.coleman@sydney.edu.au | The impacts of human activities (e.g. pollution, buildings, seawalls) on coastal environments and how best to measure them |
| Dr Navneet Dhand | navneet.dhand@sydney.edu.au | The use of epidemiological and statistical tools to improve public health and to solve intricate problems confronting animal industries |
| Prof Dale Dominey-Howes | dale.dominey-howes@sydney.edu.au | Society & Environment interactions in relation to Natural hazards (tsunami, storm surges, tropical cyclones, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes & climate change) |
| Dr Olivia Evans | olivia.evans@sydney.edu.au | Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome – closing knowledge gaps to continue farming Crassostrea gigas in Australia. |
| Dr Renata Ferrari Legorreta | renata.ferrari@sydney.edu.au | 3D Reefs Project |
| A/Prof Will Figueira | will.figueira@sydney.edu.au | Spatial Ecology of Marine Ecosystems, Marine Resource Management & Conservation, Population Ecology of Marine Fish (Temperate-Tropical) |
| Dr Daniel Harrison | daniel.harrison@sydney.edu.au | Saving the Great Barrier Reef – Cloud Whitening droplet generator |
| Dr Paul Hick | paul.hick@sydney.edu.au | Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome |
| Dr Tom Hubble | tom.hubble@sydney.edu.au | Can submarine landslides trigger tsunamis? |
| Prof Itai Einav | itai.einav@sydney.edu.au | Granular materials and particulate systems |
| Dr Kate Johnson | kate.johnston@sydney.edu.au | Sustaining More Than Fish: Tradition and transformation in environmental conflicts, analysed the discursive and material relationship between culture and sustainability through the case study of tuna and La Tonnara – a tuna trap fishery used for centuries in Southern Italy |
| Prof Ian Jones | ian.jones@sydney.edu.au | Saving the Great Barrier Reef and Fertilising the ocean to help food security |
| Prof Peter Lay | peter.lay@sydney.edu.au | Vibrational Spectroscopic Analysis of Microplastics and Microfibres in Fish |
| Prof Rosmary Lyster | rosemary.lyster@sydney.edu.au | Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law |
| Dr Gabriel Machovsky-Capuska | g.machovsky@sydney.edu.au | Nutritional Ecology of Marine Predators: challenges and opportunities |
| A/Prof Federico Maggi | federico.maggi@sydney.edu.au | Geophysical flows of water, transport and fate of chemical species, and bio-physical processes linking nutrient cycles, plants, and soil microbial communities. |
| Dr Ziggy Marzinelli | e.marzinelli@sydney.edu.au | Understanding the processes that generate, maintain and impact marine ecosystems. |
| Dr Bree Morgan | bree.morgan@sydney.edu.au | The mobility, bioavailability and toxicity of trace metals in natural and disturbed coastal systems. |
| Prof Dietmar Müller | dietmar.muller@sydney.edu.au | Marine geophysics and geodynamics, plate tectonics. Machine Learning Approaches to Analysing Global Sea Surface and Seafloor Data |
| Dr Richard Murphy | richard.murphy@sydney.edu.au | |
| Prof Elspeth Probyn | elspeth.probyn@sydney.edu.au | Eating the Ocean – communicating complexity |
| DR Elliot Scanes | elliot.scanes@sydney.edu.au | Biology of marine invertebrates and their responses to environmental stress. |
| Dr Maria Seton | maria.seton@sydney.edu.au | Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden Continent |
| Dr Yehuda Shalem Coordinator of the MSI | yehuda.shalem@sydney.edu.au | Surface-groundwater interaction in coastal water using geochemistry and modelling |
| Dr Brigitte Sommer | brigitte.sommer@sydney.edu.au | Community ecology, macroecology and biogeography |
| Prof Tim Stephens Deputy Director MSI | tim.stephens@sydney.edu.au | Ocean Governance in the Anthropocene – The Carbonation Challenge |
| Dr Edwina Tanner Coordinator of the MSI | edwina.tanner@sydney.edu.au | Oceanography and global warming (CO2 emissions) |
| Dr Emma Thompson | e.thompson@sydney.edu.au | Future Proofing the Sydney Rock Oyster |
| A/Prof Ana Vila-Concejo | ana.vilaconcejo@sydney.edu.au | Geocoastal research at the University of Sydney |
| Dr Ashley Ward | ashley.ward@sydney.edu.au | Behavioural ecology of fish |
| A/Prof Jody Webster | jody.webster@sydney.edu.au | Spur and Groove Evolution, Formation and Paleoclimate: Great Barrier Reef and French Polynesia |
| Prof Richard Whittington | richard.whittington@sydney.edu.au | Aquatic Animal Health and Environmental Immunology |
| Prof Stefan Williams | stefan.williams@sydney.edu.au | Marine Systems at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics (navigation and mapping, clustering and classification, novel sensing, survey designs and platform designs) |