College of Science & Engineering

Sophia Love

Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)
sophie.love@jcu.edu.au

Romain Vaucher

Senior Lecturer, Sedimentology
romain.vaucher@jcu.edu.au

Jenny Fisher

Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching
jenny.fisher@jcu.edu.au

Ambili Narayanan

Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)
ambili.narayanan@my.jcu.edu.au

Sarfaraz Ali

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
sarfaraz.ali@jcu.edu.au

Mikaeylah Davidson

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
mikaeylah.davidson@jcu.edu.au

Liuxin Chen

Lecturer
liuxin.chen@jcu.edu.au

Rafael Cabral Carvalho

Lecturer, Marine Geoscience
rafael.cabralcarvalho@jcu.edu.au

Tom Lloyd

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Ecosystems
tom.lloyd@jcu.edu.au

Mohamadreza Chalak Qazani

Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering
mohamadreza.chalakqazani@jcu.edu.au

REEF PLACE-BASED INTEGRATED PROJECTS GRANTS 2024

Bronson Philippa

01 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2027

This multi-partner project is poised to deliver tangible water quality improvements in the crucial P...

Enhancing Frog Resilience to Natural Disasters: Determining Captive Husbandry Techniques for the Conservation of Threatened Frogs of the Wet Tropics.

Conrad Hoskin

21 May 2025 - 30 Jun 2027

This two- and half-year project aims to increase the resilience and drastically lower the risk of e...

Enhancing Frog Resilience to Natural Disasters: Determining Captive Husbandry Techniques for the Conservation of Threatened Frogs of the Wet Tropics.

Conrad Hoskin

21 May 2025 - 30 Jun 2027

This two- and half-year project aims to increase the resilience and drastically lower the risk of e...

Living Water RUIC: Crayfeed

Leo Nankervis

15 Jun 2025 - 01 Feb 2026

The redclaw crayfish industry is positioned for growth since the hatchery supply has recently been d...

Living Water RUIC: Crayfeed

Leo Nankervis

15 Jun 2025 - 01 Feb 2026

The redclaw crayfish industry is positioned for growth since the hatchery supply has recently been d...

Living Water RUIC: Crayfeed

Simon Das

15 Jun 2025 - 01 Feb 2026

The redclaw crayfish industry is positioned for growth since the hatchery supply has recently been d...

Frantz Magnetic Separator

Alex McCoy-West

01 Jun 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

A Frantz Magnetic Separator is a fundamental piece of equipment for efficient mineral separation, by...

Audio & Environmental Monitoring Equipment for Biodiversity

Conrad Hoskin

01 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

Proposed Use of Funds: To purchase a number of audio and environmental temperature monitoring units,...

Audio & Environmental Monitoring Equipment for Biodiversity

Lyanne Brouwer

01 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

Proposed Use of Funds: To purchase a number of audio and environmental temperature monitoring units,...

Audio & Environmental Monitoring Equipment for Biodiversity

Lin Schwarzkopf

01 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

Proposed Use of Funds: To purchase a number of audio and environmental temperature monitoring units,...

Geophysical variables as predictors of megabenthos assemblages from the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

2007
Geological Association of Canada
Researchers:Rob Beaman

New evidence for drowned shelf edge reefs in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

2008
Elsevier
Researchers:Rob Beaman

From corals to canyons: the Great Barrier Reef margin

2008
American Geophysical Union
Researchers:Rob BeamanTom Bridge

Sweet spot

2011
Researchers:Jason Holdsworth

Marine mammals in the Savu Sea (Indonesia): indigenous knowledge, threat analysis and management options

2006
Researchers:Putu Mustika

Grasses of James Cook University, Townsville Campus Part A: a pictorial key to grass genera in North Queensland

2009
James Cook University
Researchers:Nanette HookerBetsy Jackes

Grasses of James Cook University, Townsville Campus Part B: generic descriptions and key to species

2009
James Cook University
Researchers:Nanette Hooker

Effects of cryoprotectant agents and freezing protocol on motility of black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera L.) spermatozoa

2007
Elsevier
Researchers:Dean Jerry

Seagrass as pasture for seacows: landscape-level dugong habitat evaluation

2007
Elsevier
Researchers:Helene Marsh

Gillnet mesh selectivity of the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus): implications of fisheries management

2007
Oxford University Press
Researchers:Colin Simpfendorfer

Title: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Led "Super Gurus" team on the CSIRO ON Prime #15 program from 03/03/2024 to 25/06/2024 conducting customer discovery for the “Digital Twin Student” Educational Technology Project.

Reseracher: Kranthi Addanki (Lecturer, Information Technology)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2024

End Date: 01 Jan 2024

Title: Australian Coral Reef Society

Reseracher: Morgan Pratchett (Professor, Marine Biology & Aquaculture)

Title: International Coral Reef Society

Reseracher: Morgan Pratchett (Professor, Marine Biology & Aquaculture)

Title: Economic Geology Research Centre (EGRU), EGRU activities, including workshops and industry engagement days

Reseracher: Helen McCoy-West (Senior Lecturer, Geology (Igneous Petrology and Critical Resources))

Start Date: 01 Jan 2020

End Date: 01 Jan 2025

Title: Geology Industry Advisory Board (JCU), Current chair

Reseracher: Helen McCoy-West (Senior Lecturer, Geology (Igneous Petrology and Critical Resources))

Start Date: 01 Jan 2023

End Date: 01 Jan 2025

Title: Graduate Certificate in Education (Tertiary Teaching) , Federation University Australia

Reseracher: Adrian Shatte (Senior Lecturer, Information Technology)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2018

End Date: 01 Jan 2020

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: JCU Distinguished Professor

Reseracher: Michael Bird (Distinguished Professor)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2010

Title: Associate Professor, James Cook University

Reseracher: Wenxian Lin (Professor)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2010

End Date: 01 Jan 2015

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