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Natasha Henschke
Email:
[email protected]
Address: Princeton University, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
300 Forrestal Road, Princeton, NJ 08540
Experience
Since 2015
Postdoctoral Research Associate and Senior Nereus Fellow, Princeton University
The Nereus Program is an interdisciplinary initiative that aims to further our knowledge of how
to attain sustainability for global ocean fisheries. I will contribute towards this goal by examining
and modeling global relationships between climate and jellyfish blooms and exploring the global
role of gelatinous zooplankton within planktonic food webs.
2012 – 2014
Marine Biologist, Land’s Edge, Sydney, Australia
As a marine biologist I undertook tours of the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS),
snorkel tours within Sydney Harbour as well as presentations on the effects of a changing
climate on Sydney Harbour. These programs were aimed at high school students and I was solely
responsible for the content and direction of information that I provided.
2009 – 2010
Research Assistant, Fisheries and Marine Environmental Research Labs, University of New
South Wales, Australia
As a research assistant I processed zooplankton samples from past voyages for taxonomic
identification and biomass estimates.
2008 – 2015
Marine Scientist, RV Southern Surveyor/RV Investigator
I have been a scientist onboard the RV Southern Surveyor and RV Investigator for four
multidisciplinary cruises and three transit voyages. As each voyage had a different focus, this
allowed me to increase my knowledge base on several sampling processes in the marine field
including: benthic mapping, benthic and pelagic trawls and sampling of hydrological variables.
On my final transit voyage I acted as the alternate watch leader.
Education
2010 – 2015
Ph.D. Biological Oceanography, University of New South Wales, Australia
Thesis title: “Fecundity, growth and population structure of pelagic tunicates: Processes
influencing salp swarms”
2009
Marine Biology Honours Class 1, University of New South Wales, Australia
Thesis title: “Distribution and population structure of the salp Thalia democratica in relation to
water masses of the Tasman Sea”
2004 – 2008
Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), University of New South Wales,
Australia
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Publications
Henschke N, Smith JA, Everett JD, Suthers IM (2015) Population drivers of a Thalia democratica swarm:
insights from population modelling. Journal of Plankton Research. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbv024
Henschke N, Everett JD, Doblin MA, Pitt KA, Richardson AJ, Suthers IM (2014) Demography and interannual
variability of salp swarms (Thalia democratica). Marine Biology 161: 149-163.
Henschke N, Bowden DA, Everett JD, Holmes SP, Kloser RJ, Lee RW, Suthers IM (2013) Salp-falls in the
Tasman Sea: a major food input to deep sea benthos. Marine Ecology Progress Series 491: 165-175.
Henschke N, Everett JD, Baird ME, Taylor MD, Suthers IM (2011) Distribution of life history stages of the
salp Thalia democratica in shelf waters during a spring bloom. Marine Ecology Progress Series 430: 49-62.
Davies CH, Armstrong AJ, Baird M, Coman F, Edgar S, Gaughan D, Greenwood J, Gusmão F, Henschke N,
Koslow JA, Leterme SC, McKinnon AD, Miller M, Pausina S, Palomino JU, Roennfeldt R, Rothlisberg P,
Slotwinski A, Strzelecki J, Suthers IM, Swadling KM, Talbot S, Tonks M, Tranter DH, Young JW, Richardson
AJ (2014) Over 75 years of zooplankton data from Australia Ecology 95:11, 3229-3229.
Henschke N, Everett JD, Suthers IM, Doblin MA, Hunt BPV, Pakhomov EA, Taylor MD (In review at Deep
Sea Research-I) The zooplankton trophic niche across different water types: a stable isotope analysis.
Henschke N, Everett JD, Suthers IM (In review at Marine Biodiversity Records) An observation of two oceanic
salp swarms in the Tasman Sea: Thetys vagina and Cyclosalpa affinis.
Henschke N, Everett JD, Richardson AJ, Suthers IM (In prep) Rethinking the role of salps in the ocean
Presentations
Henschke N, Smith JA, Everett JD, Suthers IM. A density dependent Thalia democratica population model.
ICES Annual Science Conference, 15-19 September 2014, A Coruña, Spain.
Henschke N, Everett JD, Doblin MA, Pitt KA, Richardson AJ, Suthers IM. Demographic characteristics of salp
swarms (Thalia democratica) and their interannual variability. Fourth International Jellyfish Bloom
Symposium, 5-7 June 2013, Hiroshima, Japan.
Henschke N, Bowden DA, Everett JD, Holmes SP, Kloser RJ, Lee RW, Suthers IM. Pelagic-benthic coupling:
The fate of moribund mega salps (Thetys vagina (Tunicata, Thaliacea)) and their importance as food fall in the
deep sea. Australian Marine Science Association-New Zealand Marine Science Society, 1-5 July 2012, Hobart,
Australia.
Henschke N, Everett JD, Baird ME, Taylor MD, Suthers IM. Relative abundance of life history stages of the
ubiquitous salp Thalia democratica in different water types. 5th International Zooplankton Production
Symposium, 14-18 March 2011, Pucon, Chile.
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Awards and Scholarships
2014
E&ERC Postgraduate Writing and Skills Transfer Award
2012
Postgraduate Research Student Support scheme
2010
Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship
2010
NextWave Scholarship, Young Marine Scientist Program, CSIRO/SIMS
2008/2009
School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES) Vacation Research
Scholarship, UNSW (Awarded twice)
Teaching Experience
I have developed and presented (August 2014) a workshop titled “Introduction to MATLAB for Ecologists”
for postgraduates and academics at UNSW.
I have been a demonstrator for the following UNSW undergraduate courses:
BIOS1101: Evolutionary and Functional Biology
BIOS1201: Molecules, Cells and Genes
BIOS2031: Biology of Invertebrates
BEES2041: Data Analysis for Life and Earth Sciences
BIOS3801: Ocean to Estuarine Systems
I have also been a demonstrator for the following multi-institutional postgraduate course held at the
Sydney Institute of Marine Science:
MSCI6681: Topics in Australian Marine Science
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