Serena Mou

Serena Mou is a Researcher at the Queensland University of Technology Centre for Robotics (QCR), specializing in marine robotics for environmental conservation. Her work centers on developing robotic platforms like FloatyBoat (Autonomous Surface Vehicle) and RangerBot (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) to address critical marine challenges, including reef restoration, disease detection, and species monitoring.

She integrates machine learning algorithms into these systems to enable tasks such as seabird species detection, sea turtle counting, nuisance algae identification, and coral health assessment. Her research emphasizes leveraging robotics to combat environmental issues like stony coral tissue loss disease and support ecosystem preservation.

• Developed payloads for marine robots to tackle reef restoration
• Created ML models for ecological data analysis
• Focus on environmental impact through autonomous systems

Serena's work bridges robotics engineering with biological conservation, aiming to drive sustainable solutions for marine ecosystems.