Dr. Dominique McCowan
About Dr. Dominique McCowan
I grew up around the fossilized corals of the Devonian period (390 mya) and studied Biology (BSc), Chemistry (ASc) and Geology (minor) at Indiana University Southeast. I was a teaching and laboratory assistant for field ecology and field biology and held an internship with the local health department to study the ecology of mosquitoes and epidemiology of West Nile Virus. I moved to Australia for postgraduate studies and completed degrees in Tropical Marine Ecology and Fisheries Biology (Graduate Diploma in Research Methods) and Coral Reef Biology, Ecology and Physiology (PhD) with the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies @ James Cook University, Townsville. I was a teaching and research associate and laboratory manager throughout my candidature. I also completed postdoctoral scholarship on Coral Reef Ecology, Evolution and Geology (both with the ARC@JCU and independently).
I have conducted fieldwork in Hawaii, Florida, Bahamas, Dominica and every sector of the Great Barrier Reef. My research has studied the effects of climate change on coral species assemblages through ecological and evolutionary time by analyzing coral susceptibility and mortality to disturbance as well as the underlying drivers of variability in stress responses such as zooxanthellae density and/or clade, and completing comparisons on the different methods used to define bleaching in relation to potential lethality and/or recovery capabilities.
My unique perspective on the evolutionary history of reef corals and their resiliency through geologic time has led me to theorize about the potential for inevitable, pulsatic crypto-evolution with the Cnidarian polyp as the LUCA, and I’m currently taking the time to publish these results as well as many other theorems, with particular regards to the implications of the issue of miss-scaled discussion on Earth Sciences, the corrective action, the unifying field theory (change in organismal dimensionality) and Unified Field Research, which collects the different fields of science and unifies seemingly opposing views such as evolution and spirituality.
Achievements
Impact Level
Preacher: 2058 pts
Students Reached
1387 students from 57 classes
Skills
- Marine Biology
- Ecology
- Environmental Biology
Here are some of the sessions presented by Dr. Dominique McCowan
EcoHero Feedback: Panel](/content/app/videos/110997/index.html) EcoHero Feedback: Panel](/content/app/videos/110996/index.html) EcoHero Feedback: Panel](/content/app/videos/110858/index.html) EcoHero Feedback: Panel](/content/app/videos/110856/index.html) Industry Led Project #2-Marine Consultant: Rigs to Reefs Mid Point Check-In](/content/app/videos/109952/index.html) Industry Led Project #1-Feedback for Marine Consultant: Rigs to Reefs](/content/app/videos/109951/index.html) Cleaning up the world's oceans.](/content/app/videos/94464/index.html) Marine Biologist Needed!](/content/app/videos/87390/index.html) Marine biologist Podcast Interview](/content/app/videos/86419/index.html) Career Exploration - Marine Biologist](/content/app/videos/79804/index.html) Women in Leadership - A Career in Marine Biology](/content/app/videos/79982/index.html) BRIGHTWORKS CLUBS: Spotlight on Marine Biology](/content/app/videos/80295/index.html) Biology End of Semester Motivation](/content/app/videos/79492/index.html) Human Impacts on The Environment](/content/app/videos/70178/index.html) Who Eats Whom? (P9)](/content/app/videos/67329/index.html) Ocean Pollution](/content/app/videos/66292/index.html) Interconnectivity of Earth's spheres](/content/app/videos/66286/index.html) Scientific Exploration (Oceanography)](/content/app/videos/66176/index.html) Humans and Biodiversity](/content/app/videos/64157/index.html) Destruction of Coral Reefs](/content/app/videos/60098/index.html)
Here are some of the Industry Chats presented by Dr. Dominique McCowan
Hawaiian Reef Coral Geology and Ecology](/content/app/videos/57320/index.html) Coral Reefs: Fossils (Paleobiology) and Ecology](/content/app/videos/57260/index.html) Coral Reef Ecology and Evolution; An application of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity to Natural Sciences](/content/app/videos/55631/index.html)