Zoology & Ecology

Southern Whiteface Research Project
Lyanne Brouwer
01 Jul 2025 - 01 Aug 2028
This project aims to monitor Southern Whiteface (SWF) populations to understand its genetic diversit...
TruForest: Founding an Australian Rainforest LiDAR Monitoring Network
Lucas Cernusak
01 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2026
The TruForest project aims to establish a world-leading network for laser (LiDAR) scanning of Austra...
Predicting genetic exchange between species under climate change (Old ID 27104)
Megan Higgie
01 Apr 2021 - 30 Apr 2024
This project aims to resolve the factors that lead to the mixing of species’ gene pools, with a focu...
Reintroduction and monitoring of the Armoured Mistfrog, Litoria lorica (Old ID 31133)
Conrad Hoskin
12 Sep 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
I have a long-term research project on the monitoring and recovery of the Critically Endangered Armo...
Advanced passive acoustic monitoring to support evaluation of conservation management effectiveness
Lin Schwarzkopf
08 Jun 2026 - 30 Jun 2027
This one-year project will build on previous ecoacoustic research to investigate and test methods fo...
Listening for Deer: Acoustic Early Detection for Smarter Biosecurity
Lin Schwarzkopf
03 Jul 2026 - 30 Sep 2027
Feral deer are an expanding biosecurity threat across Australia, causing ecological damage, agricult...
Baseline invasive ant fauna and impact survey in the Torres Strait (Old ID 27827)
Peter Yeeles
18 Oct 2022 - 30 Jun 2024
The project aims to collect a representative baseline sample of ant fauna on all inhabited Torres St...
Barron River Bridge Planning Study (Old ID 28979)
Conrad Hoskin
01 Mar 2023 - 01 Jun 2023
Arup Australia Pty Ltd is working with Qld Department of Transport & Main Roads to assess environmen...
Northern Australia Plant Biosecurity Facility
Lucas Cernusak
01 Jan 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
This proposal aims to establish the only Australian plant quarantine facility north of the 27th para...
How plant heat stress will influence global warming this century
Alex Cheesman
01 Mar 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
Our objective is to elucidate the mechanism, from subcellular to global scale, underlying the interd...
Title: ARC Future Fellow ($680,000), Global Change: Rainforest responses to experimental drought
Reseracher: Susan Laurance (Professor, Personal Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2014
Title: American Society of Naturalists
Reseracher: Megan Higgie (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2003
Title: European Research Council Advanced Grant 2018, ($2.5 million Euros). Role: collaborator, Lead Investigator: Dr Lourens Poorter
Reseracher: Susan Laurance (Professor, Personal Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: Habilitation (Venia Docendi), University of Bern
Reseracher: Myles Menz (Senior Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2013
End Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: PhD, The University of Western Australia
Reseracher: Myles Menz (Senior Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
End Date: 01 Jan 2013
Title: MSc in Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern
Reseracher: Myles Menz (Senior Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2006
End Date: 01 Jan 2008
Title: Bachelor of Science , The University of Western Australia
Reseracher: Myles Menz (Senior Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2000
End Date: 01 Jan 2003
Title: Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand
Reseracher: Tasmin Rymer (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2004
End Date: 01 Jan 2009
Title: Minibeast Wildlife, I partnered with Minibeast Wildlife to support an Honour's student's project focusing on subsociality in tarantulas. That work is in the process of being published.
Reseracher: Tasmin Rymer (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
End Date: 01 Jan 2025
Title: Master of Science, University of Pretoria
Reseracher: Tasmin Rymer (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2003
End Date: 01 Jan 2004