Understanding the impact of artificial coral reefs in ecosystem restoration and recovery.
Oliver's work focuses on understanding how artificial reef structures influence water flow and marine life, particularly in shallow coral reef environments. In the face of climate change and widespread reef degradation, artificial reefs are increasingly used in restoration and coastal protection efforts, but their ecological and hydrodynamic impacts remain poorly understood.
Oliver combines 3D photogrammetry and open-source monitoring tools to investigate how artificial reef design can better support biodiversity and resilience. By making these tools open and accessible, Oliver also aims to empower local stakeholders and researchers with better data for decision-making.
Professional history
2023-present: PhD Researcher, ZSL Institute of Zoology and Imperial College London: Investigating how artificial structures used to propagate tropical stony corals influence hydrodynamics and ecosystem function, using computational fluid dynamics and field-based monitoring.
2024-present: Committee Member, Reef Conservation UK
Oct 2022-Oct 2023: Phenomics Researcher, Natural History Museum, London
Jan 2022-Aug 2022: 3D Digitisation Assistant, Goswami Lab, NHM London
Jun 2021-Sept 2021: Assistant Ecologist, Tyler Grange Group
2017-2021: MSci Environmental Science, University of Birmingham
Publications
Y He, J M Mulqueeney, E C Watt, A Salili-James, N S Barber, M Camaiti, E S E Hunt, O Kippax-Chui, A Knapp, A Lanzetti, G Rangel-de Lázaro, J K McMinn, J Minus, A V Mohan, L E Roberts, D Adhami, E Grisan, Q Gu, V Herridge, S T S Poon, T West, A Goswami, Opportunities and Challenges in Applying AI to Evolutionary Morphology, Integrative Organismal Biology, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2024, obae036, https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obae036