Where Environmental Science & Aquaculture Takes You:
Driving sustainability, food security, and environmental solutions
Your guide to JCU’s Environmental Science and Aquaculture programs
🕒 Time: 1pm – 2pm
Are you passionate about taking action to tackle our current environmental challenges?
If so, you’re a unique individual with the potential to make our future a better place!
As the environmental impacts of business operations come under more scrutiny and the demand for sustainable food sources increases due to interruptions to the global food supply, professionals with expertise in environmental science or aquaculture are becoming increasingly valuable. Their knowledge is crucial in developing sustainable solutions for the challenges we face both on land and at sea.
This Open House, don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn more about JCU’s environmental science and aquaculture programs in a course preview with Associate Professor Jose Domingos.
In this session, you will:
- Understand the concept of environmental science and aquaculture and the roles they play in building a sustainable future.
- Learn about the course structure of the environmental science and aquaculture programs offered and understand the difference between these programs.
- Explore the career prospects for graduates of environmental science and aquaculture programs in Singapore and Australia.
- Get a glimpse of the Aquaculture Research and Teaching Faculty at JCU.
- Discover how the intercampus exchange program on our Australia campuses and international field trips can expose you a wide variety of learning experiences.
- Have your questions answered during the Q&A session.
Speaker Profile
 | Dr Jose Domingos Associate Professor/Principal Research Fellow, Aquaculture Dr Domingos has a long involvement with commercial shrimp and marine finfish operations. Prior to joining the James Cook University (Australia) Aquaculture Genetics research team in 2008 for the development of knowledge to improve barrumundi breeding, Dr Domingos worked as a production manager for several shrimp farms in the South and Northeast of Brazil, where he supervised over 700 hectares of shrimp farming. Trained in Brazil (Oceanography, FURG; MSc. Aquaculture, UFSC) and Australia (PhD Aquaculture Genetics, JCU), Dr Domingos has 20 years of combined industry, government and academic background. |