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: Geological Survey of Queensland New Discovery Program Technical Workshop 2021
Reseracher: Helen McCoy-West (Senior Lecturer, Geology (Igneous Petrology and Critical Resources))
Start Date: 01 Jan 2021
End Date: 01 Jan 2021
Title: Mineral Systems of the Mount Isa Inlier workshop (EGRU)
Reseracher: Helen McCoy-West (Senior Lecturer, Geology (Igneous Petrology and Critical Resources))
Start Date: 01 Jan 2021
End Date: 01 Jan 2023
Title: Society of Economic Geologists Student Chapter at the University of Alberta
Reseracher: Helen McCoy-West (Senior Lecturer, Geology (Igneous Petrology and Critical Resources))
Start Date: 01 Jan 2021
End Date: 01 Jan 2021
Title: Australian Synchrotron Macromolecular Crystallography Program Advisory Committee
Reseracher: Peter Junk (Distinguished Professor; Nevitt Professor of Chemistry)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: Australian and New Zealand Society of Biomechanics
Reseracher: Sara Brice (Senior Lecturer)
Title: Science meets Parliament scholarship award
Reseracher: Sue-Ann Watson (ARC Future Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2016
Title: JCU veterinary researcher questions cobalt usage in horse racing, OzTREKK
Reseracher: Robert Kinobe (Associate Professor)
Title: Australian Marine Sciences Association
Reseracher: Alana Grech (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: World Seagrass Association
Reseracher: Alana Grech (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2010
Title: New evidence claims some vitamins can lead to an accumulation of cobalt in horses, The Courier Mail
Reseracher: Robert Kinobe (Associate Professor)