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Dr Alirezza Bahadori
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- Biomass gasification
- Waste plastics pyrolysis
- Oil and natural gas processing and LNG
- Thermodynamics
- Thermal engineering and heat transfer
- Artificial intelligent modelling and optimization
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Associate Professor Kirsten Benkendorff
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- Marine molluscs and intertidal reef biodiversity
- Invertebrate immunity and impacts of stress
- Bioactive marine natural products
- Seafood quality, marine lipids, environmental contaminants
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Professor Bill Boyd
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- Environmental management and planning
- Higher education and teaching & learning
- Socio-cultural perspectives on environmental management
- Cultural heritage management
- Quaternary geology including palynology
- Geoarchaeology
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Associate Professor Daniel Bucher
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- Coral reef ecology
- Subtropical reef ecology
- Benthic invertebrates of sandy sediments
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Dr Daniele Cagnazzi
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- Behavioural ecology and conservation of marine megafauna
- Population dynamics of tropical inshore dolphins
- Health assessment of marine megafauna
- Conservation genomics of marine megafauna
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Dr Matheus C. Carvalho
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- Re-evaluation of global marine primary production
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Dr Claudia Catterall
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- Ecology and management of plant species and vegetation communities
- Conservation of threatened plant species and communities
- Ecological restoration
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Associate Professor Malcolm Clark
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- Engineering and Environmental Geochemistry
- Acid Rock Drainage
- Sediment water interactions
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Associate Professor Symon Dworjanyn
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- Aquaculture
- Seaweed and invertebrate ecology
- Chemical ecology
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Dr Dirk Erler
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- Nitrogen cycling
- Wastewater systems
- Coral palaeoceanography
- Using coral skeletons to understand oceanic biogeochemistry in the past
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Professor Brad Eyre
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- Biogeochemistry
- Nutrient budgets and water quality
- Estuaries
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Associate Professor Ross Goldingay
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- Conservation of threatened and endangered wildlife
- Ecology and management of forest wildlife
- Road impacts on wildlife and their mitigation
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Dr Kevin Glencross
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- 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.
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Dr Habibullah
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- 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
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Professor Peter Harrison
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- Reproduction in reef corals
- Effects of bleaching and pollution stress on corals
- Coral reef monitoring and management
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Professor Brendan Kelaher
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- 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
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Dr Yee Yan Lim
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- 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
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Associate Professor David Lloyd
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- 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.
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Dr Hanabeth Luke
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- Social license for land use change
- Science communication & engagement strategies
- Sustainability transitions & adaptation
- Interactions between Indigenous knowledge, science and/or environmental management
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Dr Mona Malekzadeh
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- 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
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Dr Benjamin Mos
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- Aquaculture
- Anthropogenic impacts in aquatic systems; climate change and pollution
- Marine invertebrate ecology
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Associate Professor Doland Nichols
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- Domestication of subtropical and tropical tree species
- Tree regeneration in Border Ranges
- Silviculture and forest health in subtropical eucalypt plantations
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Dr Sumith Pathirana
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- Geographic information systems and remote sensing
- Environmental hazard risk mapping
- Climate change and vector borne diseases
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Associate Professor Steven Purcell
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- Fisheries and aquaculture
- Marine animal behaviour and ecology
- Conservation biology of marine animals
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Associate Professor Amanda Reichelt-Brushett
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- 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
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Professor Andrew Rose
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- 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
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Professor Isaac Santos
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- Groundwater geochemistry
- Coal seam gas
- Carbon cycle in aquatic environments
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Dr Anna Scott
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- 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
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Associate Professor Kai Schulz
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- Phytoplankton responses to global change
- Ocean acidification and upwelling
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Professor Scott Smith
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- Repair of civil infrastructure using advanced materials
- Recycled construction materials development
- Teaching and learning in engineering
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Professor Stephen Smith
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- Marine biodiversity
- Human impacts and their management
- The biology and ecology of marine molluscs
- The ecology of subtropical reefs
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Dr Debra Stokes
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- Mangrove ecology
- Estuarine benthic ecology
- Coastal geomorphology
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Professor Caroline Sullivan
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- Ecological and Environmental Economics
- Ecosystem service valuation
- Resource use by indigenous people
- Climate adaptation
- Water resources and their management
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Dr Ahmed Mostafa Thabet
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- 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.
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Associate Professor Kathryn Taffs
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- Palaeoecology
- Wetland ecology and management
- River and estuary health
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Professor Jerry Vanclay
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- Modelling competition in mixed species stands
- Plantations and water use
- Incentives for sustainable private native forestry
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Dr Michael Whelan
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- Geographic information systems and database management
- Remote sensing
- Agricultural software
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Dr Lachlan Yee
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- 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
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MULLUMBIMBY LANDCARE GROUP
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- 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
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RICHMOND RIVER
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- 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
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