Peter Macreadie

Professor Peter Macreadie is global leader in marine science and sustainability. He is the Director of RMIT's Centre for Nature Positive Solutions and Founder/Director of the Blue Carbon Lab (www.bluecarbonlab.org). Peter leads a team of scientists using nature to help mitigate climate change and promote a sustainable economy.

Peter is committed to translating science into real-world action and bringing partners along on the journey (incl. governments, corporates, traditional owners, communities). He and his team are tackling big issues facing people and planet, including: blue carbon, teal carbon, citizen science, ecosystem restoration, aquatic biosecurity, natural capital accounting, eco-tourism, biodiversity, fisheries, microplastics, seaweeds, coastal protection, and decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure. Peter’s approach to research is trans-disciplinary, spanning the fields of chemistry, ecology, social science, microbiology, environmental economics, policy, and molecular biology. 

He has published >250 scientific papers, including top journals such as Science, Nature Climate Change, One Earth, Nature Ecology and Evolution, The Lancet Planetary Health, PNAS and Global Change Biology. 

Peter has attracted >$35M in research funding and received >30 awards and fellowships in recognition of his and his team’s contribution to science, including: the 2023 Frontiers Planet Prize National Champion (Australia); the 2020 Premier's Sustainability Award (Victoria); the 2019 Australian Financial Review Award for Industry Engagement; the 2017 Deakin Vice Chancellor's Mid-Career Research Award; and the 2015 David Syme Prize for ‘best original research in Australia undertaken in the previous two years in Biology, Physics, Chemistry or Geology’.