James Qin Chitty

I’ve always had interest in a wide range of fields of study and disciplines, doing research and reading on all of it. I ended up doing marine and freshwater biology for my Undergraduate degree, due to believing marine and freshwater resources are understudied and protected compared to terrestrial resources, and our increasing reliance on them.  

It is no wonder, due to my broad range of experiences and interest, that I settled on Conservation and Sustainability as my Master’s field of study, being the intersection of a broad range of sciences, as well as necessitating experience in a wide range of other fields of study, such as business, finance, governance, history, and economics, in no particular order.  

I am currently working on assessing the biodiversity impacts of eco-engineering on floating structures for my research project. 

Research interests

Marine and Freshwater Biology; Coral reefs; Ecological Engineering;  Floating Structures