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Emma Camp | |
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| Born | 1987 |
| Citizenship | English Australian |
| Education | BSc,MSc,Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | Belmont Abbey College,Sheffield Hallam University,University of Essex |
| Known for | Coral reef |
| Website | emmafcamp |
Emma Frances Camp (born 1987) is anEnglish Australianmarine biologist, Coral Expert, and National Geographic Explorer who researches the mechanisms of stress tolerance incorals. She is the Team Leader of the Future Reefs Team at theUniversity of Technology Sydney.[1][2] She is also the co-founder and lead scientist of Coral Nurture Program. In addition to her research, she promotes the retention of females inSTEM fields.[3][4]
Camp was born in 1987 inEssex,England.[5] She is a dual British and Australian citizen. She completed her schooling at St Martins secondary school, where she captained the women's Basketball team to win the National Championship. Camp played professional basketball in their pre-science career, representing England and Great Britain at the youth levels. She was the captain of Essex Blades team.[6]
In 2004, she received her first full international cap against Iceland. Camp attendedBelmont Abbey College inBelmont, North Carolina, where she was awarded a BSc (Hons) and received a sports scholarship. She graduated with an Honours degree in Environmental science and chemistry.[7]
In 2011, She attendedSheffield Hallam University, where she studied herMSc in Environmental Management and Business. During this time, she played forSheffield Hatters Basketball club.[8]
In 2013, Camp's science career began as she took up a science position at the Central Caribbean Marine Institute in theCayman Islands. At the same time, she started a PhD at theUniversity of Essex inMarine biology. Her thesis explored the biogeochemical series of reef-associated habitats oncoral reefs. In 2014, Camp returned to England and took up a sports scholarship at theUniversity of Essex for women's Basketball while she completed herPh.D. Camp captured the team to win the national championship by 1 point with under 2 seconds left. TheUniversity of Essex retired #14 Jersey in honor of Camp's efforts and leadership.[9][10][11]
In early 2016, Camp Camp was awarded an Endeavour fellowship, and she moved to theUniversity of Technology Sydney to focus on research full-time. Her research continued exploring reef-associated systems, such as Mangrove lagoons, to look for corals living in hostile environmental conditions, called Super corals. These natural laboratories have been a focus of Camp's research ever since.[7]
Camp is a National Geographic Explorer. In 2019, Camp's research efforts saw her named a Young Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations.[12] Her research has evolved to consider metabolic interactions between corals and their symbiotic partners and how novel phenotyping tools can be used to select more tolerant corals for reef restoration.[4]
In 2018, Camp co-founded the Coral Nurture Program, a tourism-science site stewardship program on the Goat Barrier Reef. She remains the lead scientist for the Coral Nurture Program. In 2023, she moved to the role of Team Leader of the future Reefs Team at the University of Technology Sydney. The Future Reefs team unites coral Eco physiologists, molecular scientists, biologists, and analytical chemists to study how environmental change shapes coral fitness and survival. The team's research ranges from organism-scale molecular signatures to broad-scale ecological interactions, and specialize in advancing technical solutions to support innovative scientific capacity.[13][14]
Camp broadly supports other organizations working in Marine Conservation, including being a scientific advisor for SeaLegacy and an Ambassador for Coral catch.[15][16] Alongside her research she advocates for the retention of females inSTEM and was named an InauguralSTEM game changer by theAustralian Academy of Science. She is also an active science communicator, passionate about communicating her research to the public, starring in several documentaries, including the BCC National Geographic film Perpetual Planet Heroes of the Ocean.[17][3][18]
Camp has received or been shortlisted for various notable awards.
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