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

A machine-learning training library of intertidal seagrass ecosystems to support Australia's National Ocean Accounts. (Old ID 27414)
Nicholas Murray
06 Dec 2021 - 01 Apr 2022
The Australian Government, as a member of the High Level Panel for Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel), has committed to a range of priority actions, including the development of a complete sequence of national ocean accounts. Seagrass extent and annual change is an integral part of the accounts. Training data on intertidal seagrass extent is needed to support the development of a national intertidal seagrass extent map, which will be a key deliverable of the National Ocean Accounts. This project will therefore conduct the necessary image interpretation tasks to deliver a machine-learning ready training set of Australia’s intertidal seagrass ecosystems.
The ecological and evolutionary legacy of extreme climatic events for food web resilience (Old ID 27891)
Megan Higgie
01 Jan 2023 - 31 Mar 2026
There is growing evidence that extreme events such as heatwaves will have the most immediate and harmful effects on plants and animals as the climate changes. This is particularly true for species-rich tropical ecosystems, where recent heatwaves have already caused severe population crashes for some species. We therefore need to understand what happens when whole communities of interacting species are subjected to a heatwave or other extreme climatic event. To understand fully how and why ecological communities are altered by extreme events, we need to carry out experiments simulating extreme conditions and follow the consequences over multiple generations. In most contexts such experiments would be practically or ethically impossible. However, we can design experiments that do exactly this by focusing on a special study system: food webs of Drosophila fruit flies and the parasitic wasps that consume them in the rainforests of tropical Queensland.
Research to support sustainable coral harvesting by Australian aquarium industry (Old ID 23641)
Morgan Pratchett
13 Jul 2017 - 12 Jul 2018
An Advance Queensland Knowledge Transfer Partnerships grant awarded to Ultra Coral Australia Pty Ltd is being used to part fund the appointment of a PhD graduate from James Cook University, Dr Ciemon Caballes, to undertake research into the improved sustainability of wild coral harvesting on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. A portion of the grant is awarded directly to JCU to facilitate direct engagement with Ultra Coral Australia Pty Ltd and the recently appointed graduate, further establishing industry links and direct application of ongoing research.
Microanalytical Facility Supporting Resources Development and Manufacturing (Old ID 27524)
Paul Dirks
20 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2023
The project aims to establish a state-of-the-art electron probe microanalysis facility enabling accurate chemical analysis to be undertaken at the micro-scale. It is expected to provide new knowledge and support applied research on a range of natural, synthetic and processed materials that will deeply impact advancements in the fields of metals processing and recycling, Earth and environmental science, and the development of materials for a healthier society. It will support ARC funded and industry engaged research enhancing the minerals exploration, mining and metallurgical industries and inform sustainable practice. It will also provide the key research infrastructure to enhance Australia’s research leadership in these fields.
Investigating the Link between Mineralised Shear Zones and Subsurface Granites for Rare Earth Element Exploration in Australia: A Geophysical Study of the Mary Kathleen Syncline
Melanie Finch
13 Apr 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
$10,000 grant from the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Research Foundation paid to Peter Betts at Monash University, which is being transferred to Melanie Finch at James Cook University to engage and supervise her PhD student Alanis Olesch-Byrne to complete the Research Project, providing logistic support for field work and supervision expertise related to the geology of the region.
Supercharging barramundi production through advanced selective breeding for improved disease resistance, growth and fillet traits
Dean Jerry
01 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2025
Barramundi, or Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer, is the major aquaculture species farmed in Singapore and has wide consumer acceptance due to its white, firm flesh. The barramundi currently farmed in Singapore, however, have not been significantly improved through simultaneous selection to be resistant to major diseases (like scale drop disease), faster growth, or fillet characteristics. This project will use gold standard breeding methodologies that utilise genomics, industrial-scale phenotyping and cutting-edge digital technologies to select for barramundi that are more productive, have whiter flesh and possess a lower risk to farming due to disease in Singaporean waters. Outcomes from the project will be barramundi that have average survival to scale drop disease of 60%, grow 15% faster, and have increased fillet yields and white flesh colouration.
Communication and coordination of collective behaviour across spatial scales in animal societies (Old ID 26191)
Ben Hirsch
01 Dec 2019 - 30 Nov 2024
We will test commonalities and differences in group coordination tasks using spatial movement and active communication in three species of social mammals.
Internet of Things and Big Data Analytics for Cairns Marine (Old ID 26460)
Wei Xiang
29 Apr 2019 - 28 Apr 2020
This project will assist to analyse the large repository of data held by Cairns marine in relation to its full operations, i.e., from harvest to husbandry, inventory tracking and sales fulfilment. The physical systems currently in use at Cairns Marine are extensive and complex, involving a range of activities in Northern Australia, all activities on site (including R&D) in Cairns and full product (marine animals) stewardship to destination. A deep and informed understanding of data is required by the business to meet its growing global product commitments.
Monitoring the Wet Tropic's endangered upland frogs (Old ID 27742)
Conrad Hoskin
01 Dec 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
This grant will fund equipment and fieldwork costs for two PhD students, working on upland frog population monitoring in north Qld. The project involves setting up monitoring techniques to assess population trends in threatened species on the Wet Tropics mountain-tops, and conduct that monitoring at regular intervals.
Improving the flood resilience of a tropical urban catchment using hydraulic modelling approaches, tribal science and historical sources of information (Old ID 27749)
HanShe Lim
01 Jul 2022 - 01 Dec 2023
This project uses hydrological modelling to assess flood mitigation strategies under different climate change conditions for a tropical urban catchment in Cairns (Saltwater Creek). Model predictions are validated against field measurements and non-traditional sources of information including Traditional Owner knowledge and experiences of past floods and archival documents. The project involves ranger training in flow measurement and water quality assessment. The use of multiple lines of evidence to validate the flood model predictions decreases the risk associated with decision making around flood protection measures and urban development. The project outcomes will guide Cairns Regional Council and local communities in adaptive land use and investment planning under climate change for Saltwater Creek and similar coastal urban catchments.This is a collaborative project between Cairns Regional Council, Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Elders Aboriginal Corporation and Abriculture.
Title: Adjunct - Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine; University of Cape Town; South Africa
Reseracher: Ludwig Lopata (Professor, Personal Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2007
Title: Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (UK)
Reseracher: Bruce Gummow (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2002
Title: University of Sydney Merit Award
Reseracher: Stephanie Duce (Senior Lecturer, Spatial Science)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2013
Title: International Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics
Reseracher: Bruce Gummow (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1994
Title: South African Veterinary Association
Reseracher: Bruce Gummow (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1984
Title: Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Award
Reseracher: Tom Bridge (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2017
Title: Bachelor in Environmental Geography, University of Angers
Reseracher: Alexandre Wadoux (Lecturer, Soil Science)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
End Date: 01 Jan 2012
Title: Associate Editor, New Journal of Chemistry
Reseracher: Peter Junk (Distinguished Professor; Nevitt Professor of Chemistry)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
Title: Master in Physical Geography, Eberhard Karls University
Reseracher: Alexandre Wadoux (Lecturer, Soil Science)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2012
End Date: 01 Jan 2015
Title: Master in History of Sciences, University of Nantes
Reseracher: Alexandre Wadoux (Lecturer, Soil Science)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2017
End Date: 01 Jan 2018