My key research interest is population assessments through aerial surveys and I am developing techniques to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or drones) for surveying marine mammal populations to assess marine mammal abundance and distribution, particularly of dugongs and humpback whales. I have also researched dugong behaviour and responses to human activities, particularly boat traffic and ‘pingers’ or acoustic alarms designed to reduce marine mammal entanglement in nets.