Dr Jasmin Martino

Jasmin is an aquatic ecologist specialising in fish and cephalopod biology, alongside isotope ecology. At UNSW, Jasmin is part of the Centre for Ecosystem Science and the Water Research Laboratory focused on reconnecting fish passage. Her research combines fish biology with hydraulic engineering to address the critical issue of widespread barriers to freshwater fish migration. Her team's mission is to develop and implement as an efficient and cost-effective solution for fish passage. Jasmin’s role includes conducting laboratory experiments using full-scale models on native Australian fish and undertaking field deployments to trial the Tube Fishways in natural ecosystems.

Before joining UNSW, Jasmin completed her PhD at the University of Adelaide where her research centred on connecting sclerochronology and physiology with isotopic tracers in marine fish. Subsequently, she worked extensively in the field investigating population and spatial dynamics of octopus. During this time, she also conducted systematic evaluations of oxygen isotopes in cephalopod carbonates as thermal proxies, and constructed global isotopic maps to geolocate marine animals.