Dr Elodie J.I. Lédée

Education

2012-2016 PhD James Cook University, Australia

  • Improving understanding of spatial ecology through Network Analysis of acoustic monitoring data

    • 2006 Master of Applied Science James Cook University, Australia

  • Protected Area Management Major

    • 2004 Bachelor of Science EAI-Tech Sophia-Antipolis, France and James Cook University, Australia

  • Marine Biology Major
  • Conservation Biology

    • Employment/Industry Experience

    Current Assistant Director Digital Services Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australia

  • Acting in this position from 23rd March 2022 to 30th June 2022 and currently from 1st October 2022 to 9th January 2023.
  • Lead and manage the Digital Services Team and a team of consultants.
  • Manage the Digital Services’ budgeting, estimating, planning and objective setting.
  • Support continuous improvement programmes, jointly developing strategies and incentives to enhance performance of technical services and systems.
  • Coordinate and collaborate with others on the promotion, acquisition, development, and implementation of technical managed services and systems.

    • Current Manager Geospatial Services Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australia

  • Acted in this position from 29th January 2021 to 11th August 2021 until I was promoted on 12th August 2021.
  • Lead, manage and mentor the Geospatial Services Team
  • Maintain and build on relationships with key stakeholders within the Authority
  • Maintain and update content management processes to meet the needs of users.
  • Provide overall control to ensure the appropriate use of data visualisation tools and techniques.
  • Selects appropriate channels through which content should be published. Provides advice to users and content authors to leverage the features of the relevant channels and tools used.

    • 11/01/2021 - 11/08/2021 Geospatial Product Developer Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australia

  • Provide geospatial services, including web-based, to a wide range of internal through design, development, implementation, and management of a variety of spatial products and datasets, software applications, and other associated systems
  • Manage and administrate several geospatial databases both local and online using ESRI enterprise data management solutions and modern data management practices
  • Provide expert advice to programs and projects throughout the Authority regarding geospatial data management solutions and enhancements, as well as identifying and facilitating opportunities for integration of project workflows and outcomes into the Portal and/or AGOL environment as appropriate

    • Current Co-Founder of TAMoI: Tracking of Animal Movement Information

  • Develop free curriculum-based resources for teachers that brings the movement of wild animals into classrooms.

    • Current Adjunct Senior Research Fellow Fish and Fisheries Team, James Cook University, Australia

  • Advanced spatial and statistical analyses of large biotelemetry and biologging datasets studying the behaviour, movement and habitat use of a variety of fish species around the globe
  • Supervising Master and PhD students with their spatial and statistical analyses

    • 2019 - 2021 Research Officer Outside the Box Group Pty Ltd, Australia

  • Deploy and administer Geospatial platforms
  • Advise on best practice techniques for data development and maintenance
  • Development and maintenance of field capture data/apps for field staff

    • 2017 - 2021 Post-Doctoral Fellow Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Lab, Carleton University, Canada

  • Advanced spatial and statistical analyses of large biotelemetry and biologging datasets studying the behaviour, movement and habitat use of a variety of fish species in Great Lakes, Canada
  • Supervising Master and PhD students with their spatial and statistical analyses
  • Organised a 2 day-workshop on telemetry: from how it works and study design to data analysis

    • 10/2018 - 02/2019 Carer break for maternity leave

  • Care for my son during his first 4 months
  • Kept supervising Master and PhD students with their spatial and statistical analyses

    • 2017 Research Officer College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Australia

  • Co-organising 4th ICFT conference held in Cairns, QLD Australia, from 19th to 23rd June 2017
  • Advanced spatial and statistical analyses of data
  • Supervising a PhD student with their spatial and statistical analyses on an as needed basis

    • 2017 Research Officer Australian Institute of Marine Sciences, Townsville, Australia

  • Interrogate Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (BRUVS) to identify , count and measure (with stereo-video software) reef shark, rays and fish
  • Participate in the field work planning
  • Contribute to meeting and report

    • 2012 – 2016 Teaching Assistant College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Australia

  • Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS)
  • Advanced Geographic Information System (GIS)
  • Teaching Assistant in GIS (2012 to 2015) and Remote Sensing (2012) for Aus-AID individual student and group of student
  • Teaching Assistant in GIS for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Centre individual student (2016)

    • 2016 Research Officer College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Australia

  • Advanced spatial and statistical analyses of data
  • Supervising an Honours, Masters and PhD student with their spatial and statistical analyses on an as needed basis

    • 2016 Research Officer Tropical Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Research Centre (TropWATER), James Cook University, Australia

  • Perform geospatial data modelling and analysis, using advanced spatial analysis and data manipulation
  • Analyse Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data and display results of analyses, using maps, graphs, and/or tabular data
  • Co-organise stakeholder workshop to test and gather feedback on modelling design

    • 2016 Research Officer Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Australia

  • Organise and supervise volunteers for reading videos from the Global Fin-Print project
  • Data entry for Global Fin-Print project
  • Advanced spatial and statistical analyses of data on various projects

    • 2013 Mentor/Teaching Assistant for African AusAID Student School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Australia

  • Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing

    • 2010-2012 GIS Officer Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (Townsville)

  • Day to Day Management – Compliance unit
  • Presentation – Role of GIS in evidence brief
    • Project Contribution:
  • Coastal Ecosystem Assessment in the Great Barrier Reef Catchment Project
  • Carbon Offset in the Great Barrier Reef Catchment Project

    • 2008-2010 Research Officer Fishing & Fisheries Research Centre, James Cook University, Australia

    Project Contribution:
  • Impacts of the 2004 Rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park on Commercial Line, Trawl and Charter Fishers Project
  • Spawning Closures Project

    • 2008-2009 GIS Officer Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (Townsville)

  • Provide Training in GIS
  • Day to Day Management – Coast Watch
    • Project Contribution:
  • Mapping, Data and Spatial Analysis of
    • Clown Fish Sightings in the Keppel
    • EMC Locations, Density and Frequency in GBRMP
    • Eye on the Reef Project

    2006 Research Officer Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research (ACTFR – James Cook University, Australia)

    Project Contribution:
  • ACTFR Report No. 07/05: Pesticides in the lower Burdekin and Don River catchments: 2005-2007; for the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM.
  • ACTFR Report No. 07/03: Water Quality Issues in the Burdekin Region.
  • ACTFR Report no. 06/25: Water Quality Characteristics of Water Draining Different Land Uses in the Tully/Murray Rivers Region (Dec 05 – June 06).
  • ACTFR Report No. 06/14: The Spatial Extent of Delivery of Terrestrial Materials from the Mackay Whitsunday Region of the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon; for the Mackay Whitsunday NRMW.
  • ACTFR Report No. 06/13: Monitoring of sediments and nutrients in the Burdekin Dry Tropics Region: Interim Report for the 2005/06 wet season; for the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM.
  • ACTFR Report No. 06/06: Nutrients and suspended sediments in the Tully River: Spatial and temporal trends; for Far North Queensland NRM Ltd.
  • ACTFR Report No. 06/06: A report into the water quality condition of the Burdekin River and surrounds based on the AIMS end-of-catchment sampling program.
  • ACTFR Report No. 06/02: The Spatial Extent of Delivery of Terrestrial Materials from the Burdekin Region of the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon; for the Burdekin Dry Tropics Board.
  • ACTFR Report No. 06/01: Event-based water quality monitoring in the Burdekin Dry Tropics Region: 2004/05 wet season; for the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM.

    • Scientific Committee

    Present

    Integrated Marine Observing System - Animal Tracking Facility - Data Sub-Committee

    2018-2019

    Integrated Marine Observing System - Animal Tracking Facility - Task Force

    Voluntary Experience

    2011-2017

    Fisheries and Fishing Research Team, Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Australia
  • Passive acoustic monitoring (deployment, maintenance and downloading) in Cleveland Bay and Townsville offshore reefs
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  • Active acoustic monitoring and GPS tracking of stingrays in Pioneer Bay, Orpheus Island
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  • Reading of baited remote underwater stereo-video systems (BRUV)
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  • Fishing survey (long-line, rod and reel)
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  • Making cartographic map for colleagues
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  • Tutor in Fisheries Management subject (intensive)
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    2010

    Earthwatch Rainforest Trips in June and in October, Wooroonooran National Park, Wooroonooran, Australia

    2005

    Volunteer Ranger at Paluma National Park, Paluma, Australia

    2005

    Preparation and Participation at Workshops and shows in New-Caledonia

    2003

    Survey and collection of biological data with a PhD student on the Ross River turtle: Krefft's River Turtle, James Cook University, Australia

    Qualifications

    2018

    First Aid and CPR Certifications (renew)

    Creating and Sharing GIS Content Using ArcGIS Online (Web-based course)

    Spatial Analysis with ArcGIS Online (Web-based course)

    Introduction to Using Spatial Analysis in ArcGIS Online (Web-based course)

    Get Started with Survey123 for ArcGIS (Web-based course)

    2016

    CPR and Oxygen Providers Certifications (renew)

    Creating Desktop Add-ins Using Python (Web-based course)

    Creating Python Toolboxes Using ArcGIS (Web-based course)

    Python Scripting for Geoprocessing Workflows (Web-based course)

    Sharing Analysis Workflows Using Geoprocessing Packages (Web-based course)

    2015

    First Aid, CPR and Oxygen Providers Certifications (renew)

    Teaching with GIS: Introduction to Using GIS in the Classroom (Web-based course)

    Working with Lidar Data (Web-based course)

    2014

    CPR and Oxygen Providers Certifications (renew)

    2013

    First Aid, CPR and Oxygen Providers Certifications (renew)

    2012

    CPR and Oxygen Providers Certifications (renew)

    Introduction to Social Research and Network Analysis short course - Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc. (ACSPRI) Spring Program

    Managing Imagery with ArcGIS (Web-based course)

    Using Network Analyst in ArcGIS Desktop (Web-based course)

    2011

    Coastal Navigation Course

    Editing in ArcGIS Desktop (Web-based course)

    Using Python in ArcGIS Desktop (Web-based course)

    Visualizing and Analysing Imagery with ArcGIS (Web-based course)

    2010

    First Aid, CPR & Oxygen Providers Certifications

    2006

    Recreational Boat Driver License

    Scientific Societies

  • Oceania Chondrichthyan Society
  • Australian Society for Fish Biology