Jaever (Jae) Santos

Jaever (Jae) is the Senior Natural Sciences Collection Enhancement Project (CEP) Coordinator at the Australian Museum.

Jae started with the Australian Museum as the Digitising Technical Officer for Malacology, working extensively on land snails and hazardous chemical management. From there he transitioned to the collections systems team as the Database Support Officer. In that role he led the development and implementation of the museum’s collection management system user training program.

In a brief shift away from the museum, Jae worked for the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water in Canberra. As the Scientific Officer for data at the Australian Biological Resources Study, Jae served as the liaison between taxonomic experts and software developers to advise on digital products such as the National Species List and the Australian Faunal Directory.

Jae uses his experiences in taxonomy, museum collections and database administration to coordinate the digitisation of the museum’s natural science collections. In addition to managing technical staff, he advises on the development and implementation of technical solutions for the CEP.

• Master of Science (Research) in Marine Science (First Class Honours), Auckland University of Technology. Thesis: “Two New ‘Bottletail Squids’ (Cephalopoda: Sepiadariidae) from New Zealand, with New Observations on Sepioloidea pacifica (Kirk, 1882)”
• Postgraduate Diploma of Science in Marine Science, University of Auckland.
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Marine Science, University of Auckland.

• Santos, J.M., Bolstad, K.S.R. & Braid, H.E. Two new ‘bottletail squids’ (Cephalopoda: Sepiadariidae: Sepioloidea) from New Zealand, with new observations on Sepioloidea pacifica (Kirk, 1882). Mar. Biodivers. 52, 26 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01247-z