Winner of the IEEE-RAS Outstanding WiRA Early Career Contribution Award at ICRA 2026!

I am so honoured to have been named as Winner of the IEEE-RAS Outstanding WiRA Early Career Contribution Award at ICRA 2026, for our paper “Automated Coral Spawn Monitoring for Reef Restoration: The Coral Spawn and Larvae Imaging Camera System (CSLICS)”!

The Outstanding Women in Robotics & Automation (WiRA) Paper Awards recognise and promote the impact of female researchers in robotics and automation at different stages of their careers.

As part of this, my work was presented in a 3 minute pitch at the IEEE-RAS Women in Robotics and Automation Luncheon.

You can see a recording of my pitch here:

Thanks so much to Melanie Wille for representing me on the day at ICRA - for presenting my pitch and accepting this award on my behalf!

IEEE-RAS Outstanding WiRA Early Career Contribution Award at ICRA 2026

The work was also presented at a poster session on Wednesday in the main track of ICRA - thanks to Tobias Fischer for presenting at the interactive session.

Acknowledging the many co-authors and collaborators of this work: Dorian Tsai, Christopher A. Brunner, Riki Lamont, F. Mikaela Nordborg, Andrea Severati, Java Terry, Karen Jackel, Matthew Dunbabin, Tobias Fischer, Scarlett Raine.

This work was a collaboration between:

QUT Centre for Robotics
Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program
Australian Institute of Marine Science