Research Fellow
Environmental and ecosystem models, Use of models in natural resource management, risk assessment, integrated assessment, Bayesian models, uncertainty analysis, links between science, policy and management, ecotoxicology
Phone: +61 (0)2 6125 8132
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6125 0746
E-mail: carmel.pollino@anu.edu.au

Carmel has a PhD in Environmental Toxicology from RMIT University, and a Masters in Environmental Law from Macquarie University. Between 2000 and 2002, Carmel was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the City University of Hong Kong, investigating the effects of sediment-derived and food borne pollutants on native marine fish species. Between 2002 and 2006, Carmel joined the Water Studies Centre at Monash University as a Research Fellow, specialising in the development of ecological risk assessment methodologies, particularly focussing on stakeholder engagement and Bayesian models. In late 2006 Carmel joined iCAM at ANU.

Research, Teaching & Professional Activities

My research interest is in the development, application and adoption of models into natural research management. I have a keen interest in developing model methodologies that engage a diverse group of stakeholders, examine complex problems, and fit into an adaptive management framework.

I have also conducted several training courses in ecotoxicology, risk assessment methodologies and Bayesian networks. Courses have included undergraduates, graduates and professionals.

Recent projects have been conducted with Land and Water Australia, the Mekong River Commission, Ok Tedi Mining Limited, irrigation bodies, and natural resource management agencies and organisations.

Selected Publications

Clarke, T., Andrews, S., Moate, P.J., Pollino, C.A. and Schmidt, W.L. (1997) Evaluation of low cost in-line milk samplers for estimating cow somatic cell counts. Journal of Dairy Research 64, 13-22

Pollino, C.A. and Holdway, D.A. (1999) Potential of Two Hydra Species as Standard Toxicity Test Animals. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 43, 309-316

Pollino, C.A. and Holdway, D.A. (2002) Alteration in the reproductive potential of crimson-spotted rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis) exposed to Bass Strait crude oil and dispersed crude oil. Environmental Toxicology 17, 138-145

Pollino, C.A. and Holdway, D.A. (2002) Toxicity testing of crude oil and related compounds to early life stages of the Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 52, 180-189

Pollino, C.A. and Holdway, D.A. (2003) Hydrocarbon-induced changes to the metabolic and detoxification enzymes of the Australian crimson-spotted rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis). Environmental Toxicology 18, 21-28

Wu, R.S.S., Pollino, C.A., Au, D.W.T. Zheng, G.J. Yuen, B.B.H., Lam, P.K.S. (2003) Evaluation of biomarkers of exposure and effect in juvenile areolated grouper, (Epinephelus areolatus) upon foodborne exposure to benzo[a]pyrene. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 22, 1568-1573

Pollino, C.A. and Holdway, D.A. (2003) Reproduction of a laboratory-based population of the Australian Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis). Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology 9, 113-117

Au, D.W.T., Chen, P., Pollino, C.A., Wu, R.S.S., (2004) Cytological changes in association with EROD induction in fish on dietary exposure to benzo[a]pyrene. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23, 1043-1050

Au, D.W.T., Pollino, C.A., Wu, R.S.S., Shin, P.K.S., Lau, S.T.F., Tang, J.Y.M. (2004) Chronic effects of suspended solids on gill structure, osmoregulation, growth, and triiodothyronine in juvenile green grouper Epinephelus coioides. Marine Ecology Progress Series 266, 255-264

Pollino, C.A., Feehan, P., Grace, M., Hart, B.T. (2004) Fish communities and habitat changes in the highly modified Goulburn Catchment, Victoria, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 55, 769 - 780

Pollino, C.A and Hart, B.T., 2005. Can Bayesian approaches in risk assessment help make better sense of ecotoxicological information? Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology 11, 57-58

Pollino, C.A., Woodberry, O., Nicholson, A.E. and Korb, K.B., 2005. Parameterising Bayesian Networks: A Case Study in Ecological Risk Assessment. In: V. Kachitvichyysnukul, U. Purintrapiban and P. Utayopas (Eds), Proceedings of the 2005 Conference on Simulation and Modelling, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 289-297.

Pollino, C.A and White A. (2005) Development and application of a Bayesian decision support tool to assist in the management of an endangered species. MODSIM 2005, Melbourne Australia.

Thomas, C., Hart, B., Nicholson, A., Grace, M., Brodie, J., and Pollino, C. (2005) Development of prioritisation criteria for ecological risk modelling. MODSIM 2005, Melbourne Australia.

Pollino, C.A., Hart, B.T., 2006. Bayesian decision networks - going beyond expert elicitation for parameterisation and evaluation of ecological endpoints. International Environmental Modelling and Simulation Society; Vermont, USA.

Hart, B.T., Burgman, M., Grace, M., Pollino, C.A., Thomas, C. and Webb, J.A., 2006. Risk-based approaches to managing contaminants in catchments. Human Ecol. Risk Assess. 12, 66 - 73

Pollino, C.A., Feehan, P., Grace, M., Hart, B.T. 2006. Reply to the comment by Crook and Koster on "Temporal change in fish assemblages in the lower Goulburn River, south-eastern Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 57, 309 - 311

Pollino, C.A, White A. and Hart, B.T. 2007. Development and application of a Bayesian decision support tool to assist in the management of an endangered species. Ecological Modelling 201, 37-59

Pollino, C.A., Woodberry, O., Nicholson, A.E., Korb, K.B. and Hart, B.T., in press. Parameterisation of a Bayesian network for use in ecological risk management. Environmental Modelling & Software Pollino, C.A., Georgiades, E. and Holdway, D.A. in press. Use of the Australian crimson-spotted rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis) as a model test species for investigating the effects of endocrine disruptors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry