📝 Personal website: catherinejkim.com
🐘 Mastodon: @seaCatKim@scicomm.xy
Hi there! I'm a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Queensland University of Technology. I’m interested in coral reefs 🌊🥽, data science, and teaching. My research as a part of the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program is on modelling coral rubble risk across the Great Barrier Reef and assessing risk of novel interventions.
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👩🏫 I teach into a few science courses at Queensland University of Technology and am an organizer of the Geospatial Community in Meanjin.
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💻 I'm leading the development of a Flood Vulnerability Index for Brisbane City following the Digital Mud Hackathon in the aftermath of the 2022 floods in Brisbane.
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🌱 I’m currently learning Git for version control, Rmarkdown products, and quarto.
- 2026: Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship
- 2023: Highly Commended, Queensland Women in STEM Awards
- Co-Organizer, Brisbane Geospatial Community of Practice
- Co-Organizer, R-Ladies Brisbane
- I regularly contribute to R training in Brisbane at Research Bazaar Queensland. I've also developed and led 2 sessions at ResBaz on building a community of practice website using R.
- PhD (2021): Drivers of coral reef composition, cryptic marine biodiversity, and coral health along the north coast of Timor-Leste (UQ)
- BS (2012): Science of Earth Systems (Cornell)