Earth & Environmental Sciences

Romain Vaucher

Senior Lecturer, Sedimentology
romain.vaucher@jcu.edu.au

Rafael Cabral Carvalho

Lecturer, Marine Geoscience
rafael.cabralcarvalho@jcu.edu.au

Youseph Ibrahim

Lecturer, Geoscience
youseph.ibrahim@jcu.edu.au

Natalie Robson

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Land and Sea Management
natalie.robson@jcu.edu.au

Alexandre Wadoux

Lecturer, Soil Science
alexandre.wadoux@jcu.edu.au

Alica Hoess

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neutron Tomography Scanner
alica.hoess@jcu.edu.au

Phoebe Stewart-Sinclair

Lecturer, Environmental Science
phoebe.stewartsinclair@jcu.edu.au

Bethany Smith

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
bethany.smith1@jcu.edu.au

Brandon Mahan

Adjunct Senior Lecturer
brandon.mahan@jcu.edu.au

Hannah Green

Research Officer
hannah.green@jcu.edu.au

Large leaf gas exchange chamber and light source

HanShe Lim

01 Jun 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

We propose to purchase a large leaf chamber and accompanying light source (6800-13L, Licor Inc.) for use with a recently purchased Licor 6800 portable photosynthesis system. The large leaf chamber and light source will significantly increase the range of applications for which the portable photosynthesis system can be used.

Prototyping virtual field trip resource design with an active immersive blend

Helen McCoy-West

JCU Learning and Teaching Innovation Grant, 2024 recipient, for developing virtual field trips

She Flies Drone Camps: Building Northern Australia's Drone Ecosystem (Old ID 23163)

Karen Joyce

03 Jan 2017 - 31 May 2018

She Flies is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary programme across Northern Australia. While the She Flies brand will cover a range of national initiatives (http://www.sheflies.com.au), this particular application for funding will focus on the She Flies Drone Camps. This is a series of week-long camps aimed at teaching Northern Australian high school girls and their teachers or parents the possibilities of working with, and flying drones. From design and construction through to flying and finally using photography to create maps, She Flies Drone Camp will be hands on, practical, fun and safe. Importantly, it will also provide a career path opportunity that many young women probably never realised existed. With initial estimates suggesting that fewer than 1% of drone pilots in Australia are female, we need to encourage young women into this technology and its associated spatial sciences. This will ensure equity and diversity across the industry going forwards.

Understanding the hydrology and water quality of a natural tropical wetland

HanShe Lim

01 Oct 2025 - 30 Sep 2028

This is a non-funded project done in collaboration with QLD DETSI, DPI and Terrain NRM to examine the hydrology and water quality behaviour of a natural wetland in tropical Far North Queensland. We will use tracers and extensive field monitoring to determine the water budget, residence time and dominant flow pathways of water through the wetland. We will also calculate nutrient/carbon/pesticide/herbicide load reductions from this natural wetland. These aims are achieved via multi-approach field data collection that includes water and soil sampling for nutrients, pesticides/herbicides, carbon and eDNA. This project represents a crucial collaboration between Queensland Government (DETSI) and important NRM group in our region and has the potential to secure future funding from the Federal Government.