**About the Editor**

## **Shauna Murray**

Professor Shauna Murray is a marine biologist specialising in the research of ecology and evolution using molecular genetic techniques. Marine biotoxins produced by phytoplankton, single-celled marine protists, are amongst the most toxic substances recorded to date. Her team at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, researches novel genetic tools for the monitoring of marine water quality, and the implemention of these tools across important aquaculture and fishing industries. They work closely with industries and governments, such as in shellfish aquaculture, fisheries, food safety regulators, and the environmental biotechnology sector.
