College of Science & Engineering

Ben Hirsch

Adjunct Senior Lecturer
ben.hirsch@jcu.edu.au

Anne Steinemann

Adjunct Professor
anne.steinemann@jcu.edu.au

Peter Doll

Research Fellow, Coral Reef Health Assessments
peter.doll@jcu.edu.au

Michela Mitchell

Casual Research Assistant
michela.mitchell@jcu.edu.au

Stephen Williams

Adjunct Professor
stephen.williams@jcu.edu.au

Sarah Lawless

AIMS@JCU Research Fellow: Ocean Governance
sarah.lawless@jcu.edu.au

Jan Strugnell

Professor, Promotional Chair
jan.strugnell@jcu.edu.au

Leo Foyle

Associate Professor, Vet Public Health
leo.foyle@jcu.edu.au

Colin Simpfendorfer

Adjunct Professor
colin.simpfendorfer@jcu.edu.au

David Bellwood

Adjunct Professor
david.bellwood@jcu.edu.au

Closing the circular food economy: Advanced technologies to optimise black soldier fly (BSF) larvae nutritional composition for inclusion in aquafeed

Ludwig Lopata

10 Oct 2024 - 30 Jun 2026

Black soldier fly (BSF) biomass is a highly valuable source of nutrients for terrestrial and aquatic...

Closing the circular food economy: Advanced technologies to optimise black soldier fly (BSF) larvae nutritional composition for inclusion in aquafeed

Leo Nankervis

10 Oct 2024 - 30 Jun 2026

Black soldier fly (BSF) biomass is a highly valuable source of nutrients for terrestrial and aquatic...

JCU-NEEPU joint PhD program-MOU

Jiajia Yang

08 Oct 2024 - 08 Oct 2027

James Cook University and Northeast Electric Power University intend to work towards the establishme...

JCU-NEEPU joint PhD program-MOU

Jiajia Yang

08 Oct 2024 - 08 Oct 2027

James Cook University and Northeast Electric Power University intend to work towards the establishme...

Geodynamic Andes eXploration Initiative (GAXI)

Ioan Sanislav

01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2028

The project is aimed to advance understanding of the spatial and temporal distribution and genesis o...

Geodynamic Andes eXploration Initiative (GAXI)

Daniel Wiemer

01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2028

The project is aimed to advance understanding of the spatial and temporal distribution and genesis o...

Workshopping a reef restoration toolkit for Wallis et Futuna as a model for Pacific Island nations

Hillary Smith

11 Oct 2024 - 01 May 2026

This project aims to achieve two main objectives: 1) Rapid analysis of recent mass coral bleaching ...

Rejuvenating agricultural soils to enhance productivity, resilience and carbon sequestration

Paul Nelson

15 Oct 2024 - 31 Dec 2028

This project builds on earlier work to validate scaled application of weatherable minerals to effect...

Improving skin cancer research capacity by establishing a skin cancer biobank at Townsville University Hospital

Ludwig Lopata

01 Aug 2024 - 30 Jul 2026

Australia has the highest incidence of skin cancer worldwide and of all states and territories, Quee...

Circulating human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA for surveillance of HPV-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPV-OPSCC)

Ludwig Lopata

01 Aug 2024 - 30 Jul 2026

We hypothesize that cHPV-DNA-based post-treatment surveillance via capture-based NGS would have exce...

Soil organic matter

2000
CRC Press
Researchers:Paul Nelson

Organic matter, sodicity and soil structure

1998
Oxford University Press
Researchers:Paul Nelson

Exploring the response of sugar cane to sodic and saline conditions through natural variation in the field

2000
Elsevier
Researchers:Paul Nelson

Structural stability of sodic soils in sugarcane production as influenced by gypsum and molasses

2002
CSIRO Publishing
Researchers:Paul Nelson

Estimating the molecular composition of a diverse range of natural organic materials from solid-state 13C NMR and elemental analyses

2005
Springer
Researchers:Paul Nelson

Data structures and algorithms to support interactive spatial analysis using dynamic voronoi diagrams

2000
Pergamon
Researchers:Ickjai Lee

Argument free clustering via boundary extraction for massive point-data Sets

2002
Researchers:Ickjai Lee

Multi-level clustering and its visualization for exploratory spatial analysis

2002
Springer
Researchers:Ickjai Lee

Clustering with obstacles for Geographical Data Mining

2004
Elsevier
Researchers:Ickjai Lee

Aerial surveys and the potential biological removal technique indicate that the Torres Strait dugong fishery is unsustainable

2004
Zoological Society of London
Researchers:Helene Marsh

Title: JCU reef scientist goes global after plumbing the depths, Townsville Bulletin

Reseracher: Gemma Galbraith (AIMS@JCU Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Reef Connectivity)

Start Date: 10 Nov 2024

Title: Deep dive: How I use robots to survey coral reefs, Nature

Reseracher: Gemma Galbraith (AIMS@JCU Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Reef Connectivity)

Start Date: 31 Mar 2025

Title: Bengali

Reseracher: Khandakar Faisal Ibn Murad (Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering and Related Technologies))

Title: English

Reseracher: Khandakar Faisal Ibn Murad (Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering and Related Technologies))

Title: Wet Tropics Management Authority - Scientific Advisory Committee

Reseracher: Nathan Waltham (Associate Professor, Blue Carbon)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2024

Title: Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF), Australia

Reseracher: Simon Das (Research Fellow - Grouper Nutrition)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2024

End Date: 01 Jan 2027

Title: ARC Future Fellow ($680,000), Global Change: Rainforest responses to experimental drought

Reseracher: Susan Laurance (Professor, Personal Chair)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2014

Title: American Society of Naturalists

Reseracher: Megan Higgie (Associate Professor)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2003

Title: PhD, James Cook University

Reseracher: Alana Grech (Professor)

End Date: 01 Jan 2010

Title: Bachelor of Environmental Science (Honours), The University of Adelaide

Reseracher: Alana Grech (Professor)

End Date: 01 Jan 2003