Sam Swan

Lab Manager

Growing up close to the coast as a Townsville local sparked Sam’s interest in the ocean at a young age. After some time living abroad, he found his way back to Townsville and enrolled in a Bachelor of Science at James Cook University, majoring in Marine Biology and Paleontology. Sam came to the lab while combining the two fields in a minor project with David Bellwood and started as lab manager shortly afterward. He is passionate about assisting his colleagues to integrate leading technologies and methods in the research and teaching of reef fish ecology and evolution.