Professor Michael Bode
Faculty of Science,
School of Mathematical Sciences
Biography
Michael's research develops quantitative models to inform public policy decision-making. His work integrates ecological theory, optimisation, and decision science to guide management of marine and terrestrial ecosystems. He has led research on topics ranging from crown-of-thorns starfish control on the Great Barrier Reef, to global health strategies, to governance challenges in Antarctica. Michael collaborates widely with government agencies, NGOs, and international research centres to ensure that modelling insights are translated into policy and practice. His broader goal is to develop tools that help society make better, more transparent decisions in the face of complexity and uncertainty.Personal details
Positions
- Professor
Faculty of Science,
School of Mathematical Sciences
Research field
Applied mathematics, Ecological applications, Numerical and computational mathematics
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
Personal webpage: https://michaelbode.wordpress.com/ Group webpage: https://qutameg.wordpress.com/
Publications
- Sacre, E., Pressey, R. & Bode, M. (2019). Costs are not necessarily correlated with threats in conservation landscapes. Conservation Letters, 12(5), 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/200669
- Mills, M., Bode, M., Mascia, M., Weeks, R., Gelcich, S., Dudley, N., Govan, H., Archibald, C., Romero-de-Diego, C., Holden, M., Biggs, D., Glew, L., Naidoo, R. & Possingham, H. (2019). How conservation initiatives go to scale. Nature Sustainability, 2(10), 935–940. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/200673
- Bode, M., Leis, J., Mason, L., Williamson, D., Harrison, H., Choukroun, S. & Jones, G. (2019). Successful validation of a larval dispersal model using genetic parentage data. PLoS Biology, 17(7), 1–13. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/200672
- Bode, M., Bode, L., Choukroun, S., James, M. & Mason, L. (2018). Resilient reefs may exist, but can larval dispersal models find them? PLoS Biology, 16(8), 1–5. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/125758
- Bode, M., Baker, C., Benshemesh, J., Burnard, T., Rumpff, L., Hauser, C., Lahoz-Monfort, J. & Wintle, B. (2017). Revealing beliefs: using ensemble ecosystem modelling to extrapolate expert beliefs to novel ecological scenarios. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 8(8), 1012–1021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/125754
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Award or Prize
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Awarded the 2020 Fenner Medal by the Australian Academy of Science.
- Type
- Nomination/Short Listed for an Award
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Australian Museum. Finalist for the 2020 Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research
- Type
- Visiting an External Institution
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Visiting professorial fellowship to the Institut Henri Poincare, at the Sorbonne University in Paris.
- Type
- Funded Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Australian Research Council Future Fellowship.
Selected research projects
- Title
- A Predictive Framework for the Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity Across the Antarctic
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- SR200100005
- Start year
- 2022
- Keywords
- Title
- Classifying, analysing and modelling regime shifts: Antarctica as a case study
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- SR200100005
- Start year
- 2022
- Keywords
- Title
- Conservation Planning in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Regions
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- SR200100005
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- UAS Remote Sensing for Vegetation Cover, Health and Drivers
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- SR200100005
- Start year
- 2022
- Keywords
- Title
- Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- SR200100005
- Start year
- 2020
- Keywords
- Title
- Conserving Coral Reef fish and Sustaining Fisheries in the Anthropocene
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP190103056
- Start year
- 2019
- Keywords
- Title
- Tackling Pests Using Game Theory to Support Cooperative Management
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP180100259
- Start year
- 2019
- Keywords
- Title
- New Methods for Conserving Dispersing Species on Coral Reefs
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- FT170100274
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Coral reef fishes; Statistics; Coral bleaching; Metapopulation modelling; Larval dispersal; Oceanagraphy
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Guiding conservation decisions with data-driven approaches
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr David Warne - Mathematical Advances in Threat Assessment of Macquarie Island;s Ecosystems
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Matthew Adams - Mathematical Analyses of Antarctic Governance
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Maria Kleshnina, Dr Valeria Foster - Structure and Dynamics of Antartic Governance
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Kate Helmstedt
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Predicting animal movement with flexible statistical models and deep learning (2026)
- Mathematical modelling of robust perfect adaptation in biology and ecology (2023)
- Ecological Models for Threat Management; Considering the Unknowns Using Numerical Analysis and Machine Learning (2021)
- Temporal and Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in Predator-Prey Models (2020)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
- Accounting for heterogeneous detection rates when inferring eradication of an invasive species (2026)
- Detecting Regime Shifts in Small Ecological Datasets: Antarctica as a Case Study (2026)
- Optimal Biodiversity Survey: Where to Survey Biodiversity in Terrestrial Antarctica (2024)
- Tools and approaches for evaluating the effectiveness of Antarctica's protected areas (2024)
- Understanding the Role of Size Limits in Optimal Fisheries Management (2022)
- A Novel Bayesian State-Space Model for Estimating Mosquito Populations (2021)
- Cost Effective Functional Response Experiments via Sequential Design (2021)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.