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

Streamlining SWIRLnet data acquisition, analysis, storage, and dissemination procedures (Old ID 28994)
David Henderson
30 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2023
This project is a collaboration with UQ. It builds on previous projects that have developed and refined the SWIRLnet wind anemometer towers. This project will streamline the data acquisition, analysis, storage, and dissemination procedures.
Coral Sea - Coral Reef Health Multi Year Project (Old ID 26516)
Morgan Pratchett
27 May 2019 - 30 Jun 2021
The principal output of this project will be providing spatial and temporal analyses of hydrodynamic patterns in the Coral Sea Marine Park (CSMP) to facilitate planning and establishment and/or revisions of existing management plans. This project will inform patterns of connectivity and circulation flow across the broader CSMP, and between CSMP and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park using existing modelling platforms.
3D mapping and monitoring coral reefs population and community dynamics: EcoRRAP PhD scholarship (Old ID 27302)
Alana Grech
28 Jun 2021 - 28 Jun 2025
The aim of this project is to fill key knowledge gaps in natural rates of reef recovery and adaptation to climate change through upscaling spatial analysis and monitoring. The overreaching goal is to improve the spatial extent in monitoring techniques and workflows used to investigate drivers of coral reef recovery and adaptation to climate change, to better guide managers in the planning and design of coral reef protection and conservation programs, including restoration interventions. The project will involve fieldwork and require high level of programming and statistical skills.
Resolving the genetics of adaptation and speciation (Old ID 22899)
Conrad Hoskin
01 Sep 2016 - 31 Dec 2017
The project will greatly assist my career development by increasing my skills and impact in genomic research. Genomic data is currently produced in a process (via next generation sequencing) that results in unordered markers. However the majority can only be resolved with ordered markers (i.e. genes arranged along chromosomes). This project will provide a way to determine the genetic structure that underlies SNPs and other types of genomic data for non-model organisms in order to product ordered markers.
Abrasive Blasting - Are There Any Environmental Concerns (Old ID 23046)
Michael Liddell
01 Aug 2016 - 31 Jul 2017
The re-surfacing and re-use of existing high voltage towers instead of removing and replacing with new structures has the potential to alter the way that power transmission infrastructure is used in the long term in Queensland. This project will look at using abrasive blasting in the high value and sensitive landscape of the rainforests of the Wet Tropics and will develop the science narrative around how the process interacts with the local environment.
Mitigation of Losses in Qld from Extreme Wind Events (Old ID 24934)
David Henderson
01 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2018
The objective of the project is to investigate and inform on aspects of building doles/standards and implementation to mitigate losses from extreme win events including Cyclones.
Extending the success of REDMAP Australia to Queensland (Old ID 26308)
Jan Strugnell
01 Mar 2019 - 31 May 2021
REDMAP (Range Extension Database & Mapping project) is a citizen science initiative inviting fishers, divers and boaters to submit photographs of unusual fish sightings to an interactive website (www.redmap.org.au). The project seeks to inform, engage and educate fishers, divers and boaters about fish that are shifting southwards in accordance with warming waters. This project will roll out this initiative across Queensland through public talks at fishing and diving clubs in conjunction with the distribution of brochures, dive plans and stickers highlighting the fish species for citizen scientists to keep a look out for while they are on or in the waters.
Crown-of-thorns starfish control innovation program – Feasibility and Design Phase (Phase 1) (Old ID 27217)
Morgan Pratchett
01 Oct 2020 - 30 Jun 2021
Recognising that manual control of COTS during outbreaks is not, on its own, an ideal long-term solution, new efforts were launched in 2016 to develop an Integrated Pest Management approach for COTS (as part of the National Environmental Science Program), led by CSIRO and involving numerous partners. This approach relies on understanding COTS distribution, movement and population dynamics, targeting critical locations and exploring new and more effective control methods. This involves both improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the current methods while also focusing efforts to better understand and manage the pre-conditioning and initiation of outbreaks. A Feasibility and Design Phase (Phase 1) is focused on assessing the feasibility (technical, social and regulatory) and modelling the benefit (impact) at scale of a broad range of possible improvements and interventions. Applying a transparent and consistent scientific framework, this Phase will lead to recommendations on priority areas that should be further investigated and developed
Strengthening incentives for improved grassland management in China and Mongolia (Old ID 23364)
Jane Addison
01 Mar 2017 - 31 Dec 2020
The aim of the project is to improve grassland management practices and pastoral livestock systems in China and Mongolia through research into the incentives driving these systems and the design of incentive based policies. Within this overall aim, there are three main objectives: (a) to design more efficient incentive schemes for improved grassland and livestock management in China; (b) to design more efficient incentives for improved livelihoods and grassland condition in Mongolia; and (c) to facilitate linkages between China and Mongolia for improving grassland management.
Evaluating the costs and benefits of agricultural land conversion to wetlands (Old ID 24988)
Nathan Waltham
01 Jan 2018 - 10 Dec 2020
Government and private investors are increasingly interested in nitrogen reduction projects, particularly via conversion of land to wetlands. Investing in such projects requires understanding the environmental benefits to be accrued and cost-effectiveness. The best way to provide these data is to evaluate already constructed land-wetland conversion sites that resemble what future projects might look like. This project will collect data from previously completed land-wetland conversion sites, on construction and ongoing maintenance costs, and the water quality and biodiversity benefits. This project will generate explicit data for government and private investors to make informed decisions on future investments of this kind.
Title: JCU Awards for Excellence: Community Service (team award, joint with Dr Leah Daniel)
Reseracher: Shaun Belward (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: Senior Lecturer, James Cook University
Reseracher: Lori Lach (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2016
End Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: Faculty Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
Reseracher: Shaun Belward (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
Title: Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Citation Winner for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
Reseracher: Shaun Belward (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
Title: University of Queensland, Career Progression for Women Program
Reseracher: Tiffany Morrison (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2013
End Date: 01 Jan 2014
Title: Australian Postgraduate Research Award
Reseracher: Shaun Belward (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1990
Title: Chief Investigator, Australian Research Council Super Science Fellowships, $837,000
Reseracher: Tiffany Morrison (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2010
End Date: 01 Jan 2014
Title: Invited Talk, Centre of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Paris-Sud University, France, June 2018
Reseracher: Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi (Professor, Promotional Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: Board Member Centre for Avian Population Studies
Reseracher: Martijn van de Pol (Associate Professor, Mathematical Modelling)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2013
End Date: 01 Jan 2021
Title: Natural Medical Scientist, National Health Laboratory Services
Reseracher: Ludwig Lopata (Professor, Personal Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1992
End Date: 01 Jan 2002