College of Science & Engineering

Sophia Love

Sophia Love

Romain Vaucher

Romain Vaucher

Jenny Fisher

Jenny Fisher

Ambili Narayanan

Ambili Narayanan

Sarfaraz Ali

Sarfaraz Ali

Mikaeylah Davidson

Mikaeylah Davidson

Liuxin Chen

Liuxin Chen

Rafael Cabral Carvalho

Rafael Cabral Carvalho

Tom Lloyd

Tom Lloyd

Mohamadreza Chalak Qazani

Mohamadreza Chalak Qazani

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 Proserpine catchment. Our robotic spot-spraying technology has already proven highly effective in reducing herbicide usage in the sugarcane industry, resulting in markedly improved farm runoff water quality in the Burdekin region.
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 extinction of eight threatened frog species of north Queensland. The project will achieve this through: (1) Continued monitoring of long-term transects for these species. (2) Increasing our understanding around breeding ecology, environmental needs for survival and breeding, and better understanding the full extent of the impact by continuing to build on the long-term monitoring data. (3) Trialing captive husbandry and breeding with Least Concern, ecologically similar congeners, to greatly improving our ability to rapidly establish captive assurance colonies should the need arise under future environmental stochastic events.
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 extinction of eight threatened frog species of north Queensland. The project will achieve this through: (1) Continued monitoring of long-term transects for these species. (2) Increasing our understanding around breeding ecology, environmental needs for survival and breeding, and better understanding the full extent of the impact by continuing to build on the long-term monitoring data. (3) Trialing captive husbandry and breeding with Least Concern, ecologically similar congeners, to greatly improving our ability to rapidly establish captive assurance colonies should the need arise under future environmental stochastic events.
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 debottlenecked. This project will address the next major bottleneck in feed supply. We have demonstrated on a lab-scale that there is a large scope for production improvement with improved nutrition, however this knowledge needs to be developed in the context of implementation. This project will scope the existing feed supply and engage with the manufacturer around their capacity and limitations in production of improved redclaw feed. This will form the basis of further research design that will inform implementable changes to improve redclaw production.
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 debottlenecked. This project will address the next major bottleneck in feed supply. We have demonstrated on a lab-scale that there is a large scope for production improvement with improved nutrition, however this knowledge needs to be developed in the context of implementation. This project will scope the existing feed supply and engage with the manufacturer around their capacity and limitations in production of improved redclaw feed. This will form the basis of further research design that will inform implementable changes to improve redclaw production.
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 debottlenecked. This project will address the next major bottleneck in feed supply. We have demonstrated on a lab-scale that there is a large scope for production improvement with improved nutrition, however this knowledge needs to be developed in the context of implementation. This project will scope the existing feed supply and engage with the manufacturer around their capacity and limitations in production of improved redclaw feed. This will form the basis of further research design that will inform implementable changes to improve redclaw production.
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 enabling separation of heavy minerals using their magnetic properties. This instrument directly contributes to workflows for geochemical analyses and geochronology being undertake in the AAC and supports critical minerals research at JCU.
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, to facilitate monitoring of animals and their environment for a range of collaborative projects in our group.
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, to facilitate monitoring of animals and their environment for a range of collaborative projects in our group.
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, to facilitate monitoring of animals and their environment for a range of collaborative projects in our group.
Title: Regional Coordinator, IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group GAA3
Reseracher: Conrad Hoskin (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
Title: Steering Committee, IUCN Australian Species Specialist group
Reseracher: Conrad Hoskin (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2025
Title: Editorial Board---Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology (Croatia)
Reseracher: Ludwig Lopata (Professor, Personal Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2016
Title: Marketing and Engagement Committee, College of Science & Engineering, JCU
Reseracher: Conrad Hoskin (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2022
Title: Asynchronous Teaching working group, James Cook University
Reseracher: Conrad Hoskin (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2025
Title: CSE Research Committee
Reseracher: Megan Higgie (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2020
Title: CSE Learning & Teaching Committee
Reseracher: Megan Higgie (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2023
End Date: 01 Jan 2025
Title: JCU GEAR Committee
Reseracher: Megan Higgie (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2023
Title: CSE Science Degrees Working Group
Reseracher: Megan Higgie (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2025
Title: CSE Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee
Reseracher: Megan Higgie (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2023
End Date: 01 Jan 2024