Graduate Projects

We are currently looking for PhD candidates to conduct the following reseach projects. Please read the brief and contact prospective supervisors if interested.

Maximising establishment success in reintroduced populations

APPLICATIONS CLOSED

Supervisors: Dr Rebecca West (UNSW), Dr Katherine Moseby (UNSW), Dr Lee Ann Rollins (UNSW)

PhD Scholarship Saving our Species - patch value, viability and resilience

Supervisors: Prof David Keith (UNSW), Dr Ayesha Tulloch (USyd), Mark Tozer (OEH)

PhD Scholarship – mechanics of species irruptions

Australia has the world's worst record of mammal extinctions, with many of the mid-range mammals impacted by exotic species, particularly foxes and

Conservation ecology of Greater bilby: survival, reproductive success and movement ecology in a breeding sanctuary in NSW.

UPDATE: CANDIDATE CHOSEN

Scientia PhD Scholarship - Identifying healthy burning practices for Australia’s threatened plant species

UPDATE - WITHDRAWN

Scientia PhD Scholarship - Ecosystem restoration through rewilding

UPDATE - WITHDRAWN

Platypus population health and dynamics

UPDATE - CANDIDATE CHOSEN

Tackling Prey Naiveté in Australia’s Endangered Mammals

UPDATE - CANDIDATE CHOSEN

Testate amoebae: a new biomarker of climate change and human impact in peatlands.

UPDATE - CANDIDATE CHOSEN

Surface water dynamics as a function of climate and river flow data

UPDATE - CANDIDATE CHOSEN

Multisensor integration for environmental flows

UPDATE - CANDIDATE CHOSEN

Response of Northern Australian Mangroves to Climatic Variability

UPDATE - CANDIDATE CHOSEN

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