Dr Alirezza Bahadori

• Biomass gasification
• Waste plastics pyrolysis
• Oil and natural gas processing and LNG
• Thermodynamics
• Thermal engineering and heat transfer
• Artificial intelligent modelling and optimization

Associate Professor Kirsten Benkendorff

• Marine molluscs and intertidal reef biodiversity
• Invertebrate immunity and impacts of stress
• Bioactive marine natural products
• Seafood quality, marine lipids, environmental contaminants

Professor Bill Boyd

• Environmental management and planning
• Higher education and teaching & learning
• Socio-cultural perspectives on environmental management
• Cultural heritage management
• Quaternary geology including palynology
• Geoarchaeology

Associate Professor Daniel Bucher

• Coral reef ecology
• Subtropical reef ecology
• Benthic invertebrates of sandy sediments

Dr Daniele Cagnazzi

• Behavioural ecology and conservation of marine megafauna
• Population dynamics of tropical inshore dolphins
• Health assessment of marine megafauna
• Conservation genomics of marine megafauna

Dr Matheus C. Carvalho

• Re-evaluation of global marine primary production

Dr Claudia Catterall

• Ecology and management of plant species and vegetation communities
• Conservation of threatened plant species and communities
• Ecological restoration

Associate Professor Malcolm Clark

• Engineering and Environmental Geochemistry
• Acid Rock Drainage
• Sediment water interactions

Associate Professor Symon Dworjanyn

• Aquaculture
• Seaweed and invertebrate ecology
• Chemical ecology

Dr Dirk Erler

• Nitrogen cycling
• Wastewater systems
• Coral palaeoceanography
• Using coral skeletons to understand oceanic biogeochemistry in the past

Professor Brad Eyre

• Biogeochemistry
• Nutrient budgets and water quality
• Estuaries

Associate Professor Ross Goldingay

• Conservation of threatened and endangered wildlife
• Ecology and management of forest wildlife
• Road impacts on wildlife and their mitigation

Dr Kevin Glencross

• Evaluating the biodiversity value of mixed species restoration systems throughout the agricultural landscapes of the Northern Rivers - a reforestation project funded by the Commonwealth Clean Energy Futures/Emissions Reduction Fund. Funds are available for an eligible Honours candidate to assist with biodiversity monitoring and ecological assessment at sites, contact Dr Glencross.

Dr Habibullah

• Mechatronics (Mechanical/Structural vibration control, Nanopositioning control, Automotive and Bio-mechatronics)
• Robotics and intelligent control (Agricultural, industrial, and medical robotics)
• Dynamic systems modelling and control theory

Professor Peter Harrison

• Reproduction in reef corals
• Effects of bleaching and pollution stress on corals
• Coral reef monitoring and management

Professor Brendan Kelaher

• Drone science and 4D habitat mapping
• Drone-based monitoring of wildlife (e.g. white sharks, turtles and dolphins)
• Sustainable use of marine biodiversity
• Marine conservation and management

Dr Yee Yan Lim

• Health monitoring of civil, mechanical and aerospace structures using smart materials
• Piezoelectric based energy harvesting from ambient vibration, human motion and wind to power electronic devices, medical implants such as pacemakers and wireless sensor networks
• Performance of civil engineering materials including concrete, structural adhesive, fibre reinforced polymer

Associate Professor David Lloyd

• Marine and Terrestrial Protected Area Management
• Environmental Interpretation/Education
• Community and Indigenous Consultation
• Colombo Plan Scholarships are available for eligible Honours students for project work in Indonesia, contact Dr Lloyd.

Dr Hanabeth Luke

• Social license for land use change
• Science communication & engagement strategies
• Sustainability transitions & adaptation
• Interactions between Indigenous knowledge, science and/or environmental management

Dr Mona Malekzadeh 

• Electrokinetic dewatering, decontamination and consolidation of clays and mine tailings
• Biocementation and soil strengthening
• Self-weight settlement prediction and analysis of slurries such as mine tailings and marine sediments
• Expansive soils
• Waste management
• Geosynthetics and geo-liners

Dr Benjamin Mos

• Aquaculture
• Anthropogenic impacts in aquatic systems; climate change and pollution
• Marine invertebrate ecology

Associate Professor Doland Nichols

• Domestication of subtropical and tropical tree species
• Tree regeneration in Border Ranges
• Silviculture and forest health in subtropical eucalypt plantations

Dr Sumith Pathirana

• Geographic information systems and remote sensing
• Environmental hazard risk mapping
• Climate change and vector borne diseases

Associate Professor Steven Purcell

• Fisheries and aquaculture
• Marine animal behaviour and ecology
• Conservation biology of marine animals

Associate Professor Amanda Reichelt-Brushett

• Ecotoxicology
• Trace Metals
• Sediment and water quality
• Assessment of mercury contamination in fish and shell fish from Buru Island, Indonesia, a site of artisanal gold mining
• Effects of nickel and cobalt on the anemone Aiptaisa pulchella
• Sediment toxicity assessment using the brittle star Aphipolis squamata

Professor Andrew Rose

• Iron nutrition of phytoplankton
• Biogeochemistry of reactive oxygen species
• Aquatic photochemistry
• Mineral formation and nucleation in aquatic systems
• Phosphorus removal and recovery from wastewater and organic solid waste

Professor Isaac Santos

• Groundwater geochemistry
• Coal seam gas
• Carbon cycle in aquatic environments

Dr Anna Scott

• Examining aspects of the symbiosis between sea anemones, anemonefishes, and zooxanthellae
• Investigating the reproductive biology and developing captive breeding techniques for host sea anemones
• Elucidating the impacts of the marine ornamental aquarium trade
• Determining the impacts of climate change on various aspects of the symbiosis i.e. bleaching, range shifts, and thermal tolerance limits

Associate Professor Kai Schulz

• Phytoplankton responses to global change
• Ocean acidification and upwelling

Professor Scott Smith

• Repair of civil infrastructure using advanced materials
• Recycled construction materials development
• Teaching and learning in engineering

Professor Stephen Smith

• Marine biodiversity
• Human impacts and their management
• The biology and ecology of marine molluscs
• The ecology of subtropical reefs

Dr Debra Stokes

• Mangrove ecology
• Estuarine benthic ecology
• Coastal geomorphology

Professor Caroline Sullivan

• Ecological and Environmental Economics
• Ecosystem service valuation
• Resource use by indigenous people
• Climate adaptation
• Water resources and their management

Dr Ahmed Mostafa Thabet

• Mechanical design of wire mesh security screen doors and window grilles under extreme loading and environmental conditions.
• The Effect of the FRP confinement tube on the structural integrity of  concrete columns.
• Mechanical Response of Ballistically Damaged Composite Honeycomb Sandwich Panels.
• Investigation of Shear Key Methodology for Improving Structural Performance of foam-core Sandwich Panel.
• Durability assessment of femur fracture repair with Supercables under cyclic loading.
• Effect of Carbon Black Loading on the Mechanical Behaviour of Styrene Butadiene and Nitrile Butadiene Rubber Compounds.
• Design and Manufacturing of a Multi-Punch Machine for Production Pharmaceutical Tablets.

Associate Professor Kathryn Taffs

• Palaeoecology
• Wetland ecology and management
• River and estuary health

Professor Jerry Vanclay

• Modelling competition in mixed species stands
• Plantations and water use
• Incentives for sustainable private native forestry

Dr Michael Whelan

• Geographic information systems and database management
• Remote sensing
• Agricultural software

Dr Lachlan Yee

• Environmentally applied polymer chemistry, soil and marine
• Antibacterial polymer surfaces
• Environmentally sustainable and responsible chemistry
• Remediation or mitigation of pollution in the environment, chemistry emphasis
• Environmentally sustainable, responsible or biodegradable materials, emphasis on chemistry, ideally with polymers

MULLUMBIMBY LANDCARE GROUP

• Coral Tree - comparison of weed infested creek versus native vegetation
• Black Taro (Xanthosma) comparison of growth rates, habitat values (e.g. for invertebrates) between Black Taro, edible Taro, Cunjevoi and native riparian vegetation; and control methods for Black Taro
• Platypus surveys - Wilsons Creek and habitat quality assessments
• Albert's Lyrebird - interpreting lyrebird song and dance routines
• Threatened flora species - various topics such as growth rate comparisons and life cycles
• Contact Associate Professor Anja Scheffers for more information

RICHMOND RIVER

• Recreational preferences in the Richmond River: implications for a healthy catchment; implications for a cycle-way development
• Managing fish assemblages for water quality (2015)
• Restoration outcomes at wetland sites in the Richmond River - measuring multiple benefits
• Assessing the effect of riparian vegetation on gas transfer above sub-tropical rivers
• Biodiversity payment potential from forestry sites in the Richmond River catchment
• Contact Associate Professor Caroline Sullivan for more information