Janice Lough

Janice Lough serves as Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow at James Cook University's ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. She holds a BSc (Hons) and PhD from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, and is affiliated with the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Her research focuses on climate-proxy analysis using coral records and understanding climate change impacts on tropical reef ecosystems.

Key areas include interpreting coral banding data to reconstruct historical climate patterns and assessing modern reef resilience under global warming. She contributes to interdisciplinary projects linking environmental changes with human societies. Lough serves as Advisory Editor for Coral Reefs journal and has collaborated on high-impact studies about coral genetics and fisheries vulnerability.

Her work bridges paleoclimate science with contemporary ecological challenges, emphasizing the urgent need for adaptive management strategies in marine conservation.