Dr. Neil Hutchinson

Originally from the UK, Neil achieved his PhD at the University of Hong Kong and has been working in Southeast Asia for over 25 years. Now an Associate Professor at JCU Singapore, Neil coordinates the Bachelor of Business and Environmental Science degree program at the Singapore campus of James Cook University (JCU) and conducts research examining the ecology of coastal marine communities.

As a broadly trained marine ecologist, he has worked at a wide range of institutions including universities, government research laboratories and NGO’s, providing research services and information to a variety of stakeholders. He advocates research that has direct implications for conservation biology and fisheries management, in collaboration with both researchers and the broader non-scientific community.