Craig Styan

Teaching Strengths

Environmental Science
Experimental Design and Statistics
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
Coastal and Marine Ecology

APrf Craig Styan

Associate Professor

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

College of Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Craig is based at the Mawson Lakes Campus, where his research is focussed on monitoring and managing the environmental impacts in coastal environments; he also has an interest in the social aspects of developments and “Social Licence to Operate". Prior to joining UniSA in 2020, Craig was based in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences at University College London (UCL), where he remains an adjunct Reader. Before that, Craig worked for about five years in industry in Western Australia, designing and running large environmental monitoring programs for port developments . Previous to this, Craig was a lecturer and taught marine ecology and statistics at Deakin University and before that was a U2000 Fellow at the University of Sydney (where he also taught marine ecology and experimental design/statistics). He also held an Australian Research Council funded post-doctoral research position at the University of Melbourne and while finishing his PhD worked as a senior fisheries biologist at the South Australian Research and Development Institute. 
 

Year Citation
2023 Striolo, A., Jones, A., & Styan, C. (2023). The effectiveness of an interdisciplinary postgraduate-taught program in terms of employability. Education for Chemical Engineers, 45, 1-10.
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2023 Kastury, F., Cahill, G., Fernando, A., Brotodewo, A., Huang, J., Juhasz, A. L., . . . Styan, C. (2023). Metallic mangroves: Sediments and in situ diffusive gradients in thin films (DGTs) reveal Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. lives with high contamination near a lead‑zinc smelter in South Australia. Science of the Total Environment, 857(Pt 3), 10 pages.
DOI Scopus13 WoS11 Europe PMC5
2021 Niner, H. J., Jones, P. J. S., Milligan, B., & Styan, C. (2021). Exploring the practical implementation of marine biodiversity offsetting in Australia. Journal of Environmental Management, 295(113062), 9 pages.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2019 Falkenberg, L. J., Styan, C. A., & Havenhand, J. N. (2019). Sperm motility of oysters from distinct populations differs in response to ocean acidification and freshening. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 7 pages.
DOI Scopus15 WoS15 Europe PMC6
2019 Mitchell, A. C., & Styan, C. A. (2019). Reflections on engagement from a community liaison committee for a zinc mine in rural South Australia. Extractive Industries and Society, 6(2), 504-509.
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2019 Lockyer, A., Binet, M. T., & Styan, C. A. (2019). Importance of sperm density in assessing the toxicity of metals to the fertilization of broadcast spawners. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 172, 547-555.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2018 Koleva, M. N., Calderón, A. J., Zhang, D., Styan, C. A., & Papageorgiou, L. G. (2018). Integration of environmental aspects in modelling and optimisation of water supply chains. Science of the Total Environment, 636, 314-338.
DOI Scopus23 WoS17 Europe PMC1
2017 Koleva, M. N., Styan, C. A., & Papageorgiou, L. G. (2017). Optimisation approaches for the synthesis of water treatment plants. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 106, 849-871.
DOI Scopus20 WoS17
2017 Niner, H. J., Milligan, B., Jones, P. J. S., & Styan, C. A. (2017). Realising a vision of no net loss through marine biodiversity offsetting in Australia. Ocean and Coastal Management, 148, 22-30.
DOI Scopus16 WoS15
2017 Falkenberg, L. J., Wrange, A. L., Kinnby, A., Havenhand, J. N., Lockyer, A., & Styan, C. A. (2017). Low sensitivity of reproductive life-stages in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) to abamectin. Chemosphere, 182, 665-671.
DOI Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC4
2017 Niner, H. J., Milligan, B., Jones, P. J. S., & Styan, C. A. (2017). A global snapshot of marine biodiversity offsetting policy. Marine Policy, 81, 368-374.
DOI Scopus29 WoS26
2017 Styan, C. A., McCluskey, C. F., Sun, Y., & Kupriyanova, E. K. (2017). Cryptic sympatric species across the Australian range of the global estuarine invader Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923) (Serpulidae, Annelida). Aquatic Invasions, 12(1), 53-65.
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2016 Koleva, M. N., Polykarpou, E. M., Liu, S., Styan, C. A., & Papageorgiou, L. G. (2016). Optimal design of water treatment processes. Desalination and Water Treatment, 57(56), 26954-26975.
DOI Scopus8 WoS7
2016 Falkenberg, L. J., Havenhand, J. N., & Styan, C. A. (2016). Sperm Accumulated Against Surface: A novel alternative bioassay for environmental monitoring. Marine Environmental Research, 114, 51-57.
DOI Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC4
2015 Falkenberg, L. J., & Styan, C. A. (2015). The use of simulated whole effluents in toxicity assessments: A review of case studies from reverse osmosis desalination plants. Desalination, 368, 3-9.
DOI Scopus26 WoS20
2015 Burridge, C. P., Peucker, A. J., Valautham, S. K., Styan, C. A., & Dann, P. (2015). Nonequilibrium conditions explain spatial variability in genetic structuring of little Penguin (Eudyptula minor). Journal of Heredity, 106(3), 228-237.
DOI Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC5
2014 Falkenberg, L., & Styan, C. (2014). Too much data is never enough: a review of the mismatch between scales of water quality data collection and reporting from recent marine dredging programmes. Ecological Indicators, 45, 529-537.
DOI Scopus10 WoS9
2013 Styan, C. A., & Hanley, J. R. (2013). Muddying the waters: The science of protecting the environment during dredging. Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs, 5(4), 137-144.
DOI Scopus5
2012 Styan, C. A., & Rosser, N. L. (2012). Is monitoring for mass spawning events in coral assemblages in north Western Australia likely to detect spawning?. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 64(11), 2523-2527.
DOI Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC4
2011 Teske, P. R., Rius, M., McQuaid, C. D., Styan, C. A., Piggott, M. P., Benhissoune, S., . . . Beheregaray, L. B. (2011). Nested cryptic diversity in a widespread marine ecosystem engineer: A challenge for detecting biological invasions. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11(1), 13 pages.
DOI Scopus42 WoS40 Europe PMC20
2010 Beck, H. J., & Styan, C. A. (2010). Colour patterns in the sea urchin, Heliocidaris erythrogramma, suggest limited connectivity across the Southern and Pacific Ocean coastlines of Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 61(2), 143-152.
DOI Scopus10 WoS11
2008 Styan, C. A., Kupriyanova, E., & Havenhand, J. N. (2008). Barriers to cross-fertilization between populations of a widely dispersed polychaete species are unlikely to have arisen through gametic compatibility arms-races. Evolution, 62(12), 3041-3055.
DOI Scopus26 WoS25 Europe PMC13
2008 Palmer, A. N. S., Styan, C. A., & Shearman, D. C. A. (2008). Foot mucus is a good source for non-destructive genetic sampling in Polyplacophora. Conservation Genetics, 9(1), 229-231.
DOI Scopus17 WoS16
2006 Styan, C., Masia, M., & Kleeman, P. (2006). Human loadings on handrails. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 7(3), 185-196.
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2005 Styan, C. A., Byrne, M., & Franke, E. (2005). Evolution of egg size and fertilisation efficiency in sea stars: Large eggs are not fertilised more readily than small eggs in the genus Patiriella (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Marine Biology, 147(1), 235-242.
DOI Scopus20 WoS18
2004 Hutson, K., Styan, C., Beveridge, I., Keough, M., Zhu, X., El-Osta, Y., & Gasser, R. (2004). Elucidating the ecology of bucephalid parasites using a mutation scanning approach. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 18(2), 139-146.
DOI Scopus7 WoS9 Europe PMC3
2004 Styan, C., Vukovic, A., Sewell, P., & Benson, T. M. (2004). An adaptive synthesis tool for rib waveguide design. JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, 22(12), 2793-2800.
DOI WoS7
2003 Styan, C. A., & Butler, A. J. (2003). Scallop Size does not Predict Amount or Rate of Induced Sperm Release. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 36(2), 59-65.
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2003 Styan, C. A., & Butler, A. J. (2003). Scallop size does not predict amount or rate of induced sperm release. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 36(2), 59-65.
DOI Scopus10 WoS10
2003 Styan, C. A., & Butler, A. J. (2003). Asynchronous patterns of reproduction for the sympatric scallops Chlamys bifrons and Chlamys asperrima (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) in South Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 54(1), 77-86.
DOI Scopus11 WoS11
2003 Franke, E. S., Babcock, R. C., & Styan, C. A. (2003). Sexual conflict and polyspermy under sperm-limited conditions:: in situ evidence from field simulations with the free-spawning marine echinoid <i>Evechinus chloroticus</i> (vol 160, pg 485, 2002). AMERICAN NATURALIST, 161(1), 169.
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2002 Franke, E. S., Babcock, R. C., & Styan, C. A. (2002). Sexual conflict and polyspermy under sperm-limited conditions: In situ evidence from field simulations with the free-spawning marine echinoid Evechinus chloroticus. American Naturalist, 160(4), 485-496.
DOI Scopus91 WoS88 Europe PMC56
2002 Styan, C. A., & Strzelecki, J. (2002). Small scale spatial distribution patterns and monitoring strategies for the introduced marine worm, Sabella spallanzanii (Ploychaeta: Sabellidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 126(2), 117-124.
Scopus3 WoS3
2002 Marshall, D. J., Styan, C. A., & Keough, M. J. (2002). Sperm environment affects offspring quality in broadcast spawning marine invertebrates. Ecology Letters, 5(2), 173-176.
DOI Scopus62 WoS60
2000 Styan, C. A., & Butler, A. J. (2000). Fitting fertilisation kinetics models for free-spawning marine invertibrates. Marine Biology, 137(5-6), 943-951.
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2000 Marshall, D. J., Styan, C. A., & Keough, M. J. (2000). Intraspecific co-variation between egg and body size affects fertilisation kinetics of free-spawning marine invertebrates. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 195, 305-309.
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1998 Styan, C. A. (1998). Polyspermy, egg size, and the fertilization kinetics of free-spawning marine invertebrates. American Naturalist, 152(2), 290-297.
DOI Scopus144 WoS138 Europe PMC82
1997 Styan, C. A. (1997). Inexpensive and portable sampler for collecting eggs of free-spawning marine invertebrates underwater. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 150(1-3), 293-296.
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1997 Ayre, D. J., Davis, A. R., Billingham, M., Llorens, T., & Styan, C. (1997). Genetic evidence for contrasting patterns of dispersal in solitary and colonial ascidians. Marine Biology, 130(1), 51-61.
DOI Scopus71 WoS68
1996 Doube, B. M., & Styan, C. (1996). The response of Aporrectodea rosea and Aporrectodea trapezoides (Oligochaeta: Lubricidae) to moisture gradients in three soil types in the laboratory. BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS, 23(2), 166-172.
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1996 Davis, A. R., Ayre, D. J., Billingham, M. R., Styan, C. A., & White, G. A. (1996). The encrusting sponge Halisarca laxus: Population genetics and association with the ascidian Pyura spinifera. Marine Biology, 126(1), 27-33.
DOI Scopus13 WoS14

  • Ocean beach ecology and threats: a stakeholder perspective, CLLMM: Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Research Centre (Goyder Inst), 31/03/2025 - 31/03/2026

  • Transforming Australian regions for sustainable development: a novel approach to critical mineral recovery from contaminated sites, Australia's Economic Accelerator Grant, 01/02/2024 - 01/10/2025

  • Going South: establishment of invasive, tropical pearl oysters in the (temperate) gulfs of South Australia, Royal Society of South Australia - Small Research Grant, 23/09/2024 - 23/09/2025

  • Pearl Oysters in the upper Spencer Gulf - PhD student Neve Skinner, Northern and Yorke Landscape Board, 03/05/2024 - 30/06/2025

  • FNSSA Going South: establishment of invasive, tropical pearl oysters - Neve Skinner, The Field Naturalist Society of South Australia, 14/03/2024 - 03/03/2025

Courses I teach

  • BUSS 5442 Social License to Operate (2025)
  • NASC 1011 Honours Research Project 2 N (2025)
  • BIOL 4001 Coastal Environments (2024)
  • NASC 1011 Honours Research Project 2 N (2024)

Programs I'm associated with

  • LMEV - Master of Environmental Science
  • LBVT - Bachelor of Environmental Science

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2026 Principal Supervisor A better Blue Economy: understanding and managing the impacts of industrial developments on coastal ecosystems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sachith Gamage
2026 Principal Supervisor Towards sustainable management of industrially contaminated coastal sediments Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Damsara Rasandun Anthony
2023 Co-Supervisor 110483 - Citizen science mosquito surveillance: invasive species, data mining, and virus detection Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Shashikala Wijesooriya
2022 Principal Supervisor Going South: establishment of invasive, tropical pearl oysters in the (temperate) gulfs of South Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Neve Skinner
2020 Co-Supervisor Modelling, prevalence and immobilisation of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Julie Sleep

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