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Associate ProfessorLuis Afonso

Associate Professor of Marine Sciences

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts

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  • Associate Professor of Marine Sciences
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts
  • +61 3 556 33461 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    3AW News Talk Melbourne Radio Do fish get stressed? March 2023
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2015 - Excellence in Teaching: in recognition of excellence in ideas in innovation and in designing and implementing a new teaching program
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2014 - Excellence in Teaching: in recognition of excellence in learning and empowering learners for jobs and skills of the future
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2012 - Excellence in Teaching: in recognition of outstanding performance
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2012 Deakin University Excellence in Research
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Conference Organization
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Organizer of the Kudoa thyrsites Workshop. Campbell River, BC, Canada (2010).
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Member of the Organizing Committee for the VII International Congress on the Biology of Fish - St. Johns, NL, Canada (2006).
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Co-organizer of the Stress Symposium at the VII International Congress on the Biology of Fish - St Johns, NL, Canada (2006).
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Co-organizer of the Stress Symposium at the VI International Congress on the Biology of Fish - Manaus, Brazil (2004).
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Member of the Organizing Committee for the XXXVI Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Animal Science - Porto Alegre, Brazil (1999).
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Editorial Board: Associate Editor Aquaculture Journal (2021-2022); Journal of Aquaculture Research and Development (2012-present)
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals and funding agencies: Aquaculture, Reviews in Aquaculture, Fish and Shellfish Immunology, General and Comparative Endocrinology, Journal of Fish Biology, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Journal of Aquaculture Research and Development.
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Reviewer for granting agencies NSERC and Genome Canada (Canada), USDA, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Small Business Innovation Research (USA)
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Faculty HDR Coordinator (SEBE) - Deakin University (2022-2023)
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Associate Professor of Marine Science, Deakin University (2016-present)
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Director, International Research Training - Deakin University, Deakin Research (2016-2019)
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Senior Lecturer in Marine Sciences Deakin University (2012-2015)
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Research Chair in Aquaculture and Environment - British Columbia Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences, Campbell River, BC, Canada, (2009-2012)