Professor Alasdair Edwards

University of Newcastle, United Kingdom

Committee Chair Professor Edwards is an experienced research leader whose interests include recovery of coral reefs; reef restoration technologies; coral reproduction in the Indo-Pacific; and the systematics and biogeography of reef fish.  In the precursor to CCRES, the Coral Reef Targeted Research & Capacity Building for Management (CRTR) Program, he led the Reef Restoration and Remediation Working Group which produced popular resources for managers seeking to improve reef health.