Remo has over 20 years of research experience in water engineering and joined the School of Civil Engineering at UQ in 2016. Remo’s research projects span a wide range of topics including marine renewable energy, hydrodynamics in coastal areas, sediment transport processes, seafloor mapping, and environmental engineering.

Remo started his professional career at the Franzius-Institute for Hydraulic, Waterways and Coastal Engineering at Hannover University, Germany. He completed his PhD in the Earth Sciences Department at the University of Toronto, Canada, focusing on the hydrodynamics of oceanic gravity and turbidity currents. He continued his work in Canada as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences at the University of Toronto, with a research focus on turbulence in coastal boundary layers and sediment transport processes in density currents.

Before joining UQ, Remo worked as a Lecturer and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian Maritime College (AMC), University of Tasmania, where he contributed to a range of projects in Tasmanian coastal waters (including marine renewable energy, tidal current analysis, and pipeline surveys) as well as limnological studies (e.g. Lake Ohau, New Zealand). A career highlight was a research expedition to Antarctica (Cape Evans, McMurdo Sound) funded by NZARI, where he worked with an international team of sea-ice experts to analyse sea-ice–ocean boundary layer processes using an autonomous underwater vehicle (UBC Gavia AUV).

At UQ, Remo’s research builds on his work at AMC and is underpinned by strong collaborations with the University of Tasmania. Several projects have advanced renewable energy site-exploration methodologies, addressing critical knowledge gaps in assessing site suitability and linking local hydrodynamic and geotechnical conditions with device design. Since 2019, Remo has been actively involved in the Blue Economy CRC, serving as Deputy Program Lead for Research Program 4 (Environment & Ecosystems) and, since December 2025, contributing to Research Program 3 (Marine Renewable Energy).