Alaric McCarthy

Rachel Millar

Marine Ecologist

 

Role at Cawthron

Rachel is a Marine Ecologist in Cawthron’s Healthy Oceans group, working within the Environmental Interactions team. She works across a range of aquaculture projects, leading monitoring surveys and environmental impact assessments for marine farms. With a background in restoration ecology and marine conservation, her research focuses on how marine species interact with their environment, and the role of indigenous habitat restoration in supporting healthy ecosystems.

Technical skills, experience and interests

  • Marine environmental effects monitoring

  • Environmental impact assessments

  • Marine habitat restoration

  • Historical ecology

  • Kelp eco-physiology

Qualifications

  • PhD Marine Ecology, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2019

  • BSc (Hons) Marine Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2015

    Alaric McCarthy