Amelia Wenger

Dr. Amelia Wenger is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of the Environment, University of Queensland, and leads the Water Pollution Program at the Wildlife Conservation Society. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to water pollution management, coral reef conservation, and integrated land-sea planning, emphasizing ecological and social connectivity.

• Research Themes: Biodiversity conservation, environmental management, marine biology
• Collaborations: Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Centre for Marine Science

Research Interests include wastewater pollution management, integrated watershed management, and coral reef conservation. Her work addresses pollution assessment, monitoring, and cross-sector collaboration for co-benefits to nature and people.

Recent Research Trends highlight spatial frameworks for sanitation, watershed management solutions, and global coral reef refugia diversification. She emphasizes pollution impacts on marine ecosystems, climate resilience, and human-health-environment links.

Supervision involves advising PhD projects on sediment pollution, coral reef resilience, and watershed management in the Pacific. Collaborators include experts in marine science, environmental policy, and public health.

Funding includes grants from the Wildlife Conservation Society, Coral Accelerator Program, and BRIN-KONEKSI, supporting projects on marine debris, climate resilience, and pollution risk assessment tools.