Brief description
A/Prof Stephen Battaglene Teaching Responsibilities - My post graduate teaching responsibilities include co-supervision of:Mr Mark De Pannone an Australian PhD student on an Aquafin CRC scholarship is co-supervised with A/Prof John Bowman. Mark's research thesis is tentatively entitled The identification and development of probionts for use in marine fish hatcheries. His research has provided better understanding of microbial communities in larval culture and identified and tested potential probiotic bacteria.Mr Bryan Choa an international PhD student from the Philippines is an adopted Aquafin CRC student co-supervised with Prof Chris Carter. Bryans research thesis is tentatively entitled Early weaning and dietary requirements of striped trumpeter post-larvae. His research has provided the first weaning and feeding experiments with post-larvae and critical information on optimal temperatures, body composition and feeding ration.Ms Melanie Andrews an international PhD student from South Africa was adopted into the Aquafin CRC in March 2006 and is co- supervised with A/Prof Barbara Nowak, and Dr Jennifer Cobcroft. Her research thesis is tentatively entitled Metazoan parasites of the Striped Trumpeter. Her research has described and identified two new copepod parasites and is examining control and treatment methods.Ms Jennifer Covello an international PhD student from Canada was adopted into the Aquafin CRC in February 2006 and is co-supervised with A/Prof Barbara Nowak, Dr Richard Morrison. Her research thesis is tentatively entitled Specific immune response of the Striped Trumpeter (Latris lineata): characterisation, ontogeny, and vaccine development.Mrs Reham Negm an international Egyptian student started in 2008 and is co- supervised with Dr Jennifer Cobcroft and A/Prof Barbara Nowak. She is researching the role of vitamin A in the development of marine larvae through an ARC Linkage project.
I was inaugural leader of the Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram (2001-2003), responsible for the strategic development and management of all Atlantic salmon research in Australia. I have recently completed a scoping study with scientists from CSIRO and AMC 0examining the potential impact of climate change on the industry. I was on the international review panel examining the Southern Bluefin Tuna farming in Australia for the Commission for the Conservation of SBT in 2006.
