Caitlin Philipps

Honours Student

Caitlin spent most of her childhood sailing and exploring the Victorian coastline which sparked her passion for the marine world. It was witnessing the negative consequences in the environment she loved that led her involvement with the SEALIFE Trust ANZ and Ocean Youth and then the Ocean’s Project World Oceans Day Youth Advisory Council. It was working in conjunction with these organisations and people from around the world that Caitlin decided to follow a career in marine biology. This decision took her to Townsville where she began a Bachelor of Advanced Science in Marine Biology at James Cook University in 2019.  After graduating in 2021, Caitlin is now completing her Honours degree investigating currents and hydrodynamic models on coral reefs and how they can be used by marine ecologists.