Experience

eDNA frontiers, Curtin University

• Australia
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  My main roles include designing and conducting researches to improve the sensitivity and efficiency of environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling and lab procedures, and coordinating community outreach programs to teach high school students about environmental issues we are facing and how to identify and monitor them using eDNA. My main roles include designing and conducting researches to improve the sensitivity and efficiency of environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling and lab procedures, and coordinating community outreach programs to teach high school students about environmental issues we are facing and how to identify and monitor them using eDNA.



CSIRO

• Australia
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  I assist researches on molecular biology/ecology at Future Science Platforms (FSP), CSIRO. My role includes sampling and processing environmental DNA (eDNA) in a molecular laboratory, and run bioinformatics and statistical analyses. I assist researches on molecular biology/ecology at Future Science Platforms (FSP), CSIRO. My role includes sampling and processing environmental DNA (eDNA) in a molecular laboratory, and run bioinformatics and statistical analyses.



Curtin University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Candidate

  • Aug 2016 - Feb 2022

  My PhD project title is "Morphology and ecology of fishery important, cryptic teleosts in Australia".I worked on this research project to improve the understanding of the fishery important species as well as to expand my skills and knowledge in the field of marine/fishery science, ecology, molecular biology, statistics (i.e. species distribution modelling, multivariate analyses) and programming languages.

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2020 - Apr 2021

  I carried out statistical analyses for the large dataset from the 10 years of monitoring project on benthic and coral species abundance at Lizard Island, Australia.



Toledo Institute for Development and Environment

• Punta Gorda, Belize, Central America

• Marine Biologist

  • Apr 2014 - Aug 2015

  Major project involved: Size at sexual maturity of Queen Conch, Strombus gigas. Foley, J., Takahashi, M. (in press) Shell Lip Thickness is the Most Reliable Proxy to Sexual Maturity in Queen Conch (Lobatus gigas) of Port Honduras Marine Reserve, Belize; Informing Management to Reduce the Risk of Growth Overfishing. Frontiers Major project involved: Size at sexual maturity of Queen Conch, Strombus gigas. Foley, J., Takahashi, M. (in press) Shell Lip Thickness is the Most Reliable Proxy to Sexual Maturity in Queen Conch (Lobatus gigas) of Port Honduras Marine Reserve, Belize; Informing Management to Reduce the Risk of Growth Overfishing. Frontiers



Australian Institute of Marine Science

• Australia
• Research Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Nov 2013 - Feb 2014

  Major project involved: Tropical seagrass communities at CO2 volcanic vents in Papua New Guinea; Implications for ocean acidification Takahashi, M., Noonan, S., Collier, C. J., Fabricius, K. E. (2015) The effects of long-term in situ CO2 enrichment on tropical seagrass communities at volcanic vents. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsv157 Major project involved: Tropical seagrass communities at CO2 volcanic vents in Papua New Guinea; Implications for ocean acidification Takahashi, M., Noonan, S., Collier, C. J., Fabricius, K. E. (2015) The effects of long-term in situ CO2 enrichment on tropical seagrass communities at volcanic vents. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsv157



James Cook University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2011 - Oct 2013

  Seagrass long-term monitoring. McKenzie, L., Collier, C.J., Langlois, L., Yoshida, R.L., Smith, N., Takahashi, M,. Waycott, M. (2015) Marine Monitoring Program: Inshore seagrass annual report for the sampling period 1st June 2013 - 31st May 2014. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville Collier, C. J., Villacorta-Rath, A. C., Dijk, K. J., Takahashi, M., Waycott, M. (2014) Seagrass proliferation precedes mortality during hypo-salinity events: a stress-induced morphometric response. PLoS One, 9 (4), e94014



Australian Institute of Marine Science

• Australia
• Research Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2011 - Sep 2011

  The major project involved: The effects of sedimentation on sponges. Description and monitoring of foraminifera communities on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia Thompson, A., Costello, P., Davidson, J., Logan, M., Schaffelke, B., Takahashi, M., Uthicke, S. (2011) Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program. Final Report of AIMS Activities - Inshore coral reef monitoring 2011. Report for Great Barrier Reef Marine Part Authority. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville. 128 pp. The major project involved: The effects of sedimentation on sponges. Description and monitoring of foraminifera communities on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia Thompson, A., Costello, P., Davidson, J., Logan, M., Schaffelke, B., Takahashi, M., Uthicke, S. (2011) Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program. Final Report of AIMS Activities - Inshore coral reef monitoring 2011. Report for Great Barrier Reef Marine Part Authority. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville. 128 pp.



James Cook University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2010 - Jan 2011

  Major project involved: Temperature and CO2 effects on the behaviours of juvenile coral reef fish at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Major project involved: Temperature and CO2 effects on the behaviours of juvenile coral reef fish at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia



Four Seasons Resort

• United Kingdom
• Hospitality
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Scuba Dive Instructor

  • Dec 2007 - Feb 2008



Pro Dive Cairns

• Cairns, Australia

• Scuba Dive Instructor

  • Nov 2005 - Feb 2006



Pro Dive Cairns

• Cairns, Australia

• Scuba Dive Instructor

  • Aug 2004 - Dec 2004