Our staff and students
Ordered by first name
Academic Staff
Associate Professor of Sustainable Pastoral Systems
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Associate Dean Innovation; Senior Lecturer in STEM Pathways
Associate Professor
Ms Claire Johnston (CJ)
Taxonomic List Governance Officer
Ms Cynthia Coyne
Communications, Extension & Adoption Project Leader
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Professor
Casual Research
Professor of Tropical Biosecurity
RINA Program Leader
Professor
Md Nazmul Chowdhury Srabon
Casual Research - Environment
Mrs Panna Husnain
Casual Research
Manager, North Australia and Rangelands Fire Information Service
Research Fellow, Remote sensing riparian vegetation
Ms Rebecca Ludgate
Chief Remote Pilot
Professor
Professor of Cropping Systems
Professor of Tropical Aquaculture
Research Fellow - Arboreal Marsupial Ecology & Conservation
Research Fellow - Tropical Biosecurity (Plant)
Adjuncts and Fellows
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Research Fellow
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Professional staff
Ms Bismita Khatiwada
Casual General Professional - Landscape and Carbon Dynamics Group
Ms Dipti Khanal
Casual General Professional Field Technician - Landscape and Carbon Dynamics Group
Mr Haoming (Hilson) Pan
Casual Project Coordinator - Australia-China Exchange Project
Mrs Kristine McGrath
Manager, Research Institute for Northern Agriculture
Dr Lindsey Perry
Manager, Research Institute for Northern Agriculture
Mr Narayan Sapkota
Field Technician and Data Analyst - Landscape and Carbon Dynamics Group
Gender Equity and Inclusion Committee (GEIC) Project Officer
Ms Susmita Sharma
Casual General Professional - Landscape and Carbon Dynamics Group
Students
Ms Áine Nicholson
Project title: The role of disturbances in the distribution and resilience of the savannah-forest mosaics of Asia
Mr Acacio Da Costa Guterres
Project title: Enhancing red rice production in lowland areas of Timor-Leste: variety selection, soil improvement and technology transfer to farmers
Mr Adam Rexroade
Project title: Predicting gaseous evasion from streams across tropical Australia
Mr Adrian Gurra
Project title: The ecology of the geckos in Girraween National Park, Queensland
Ms Adriana Gonzalez Pestana
Project title: Identifying and Conserving Critical Shark Habitat through a Multidisciplinary Approach
Mr Alex Carey
Project title: Using landscape genetics and other tools to understand how spatial patterns of fire affect the dispersal and persistence of mammals on the Tiwi Islands
Ms Aliesha Hvala
Project title: Optimising coastal marine debris management through RPAS remote sensing and AI-enabled solutions
Ms Allyson Malpartida
Project title: eDNA and metabarcoding of terrestrial invertebrates as bioindicators in environmental monitoring
Ms Amy Pilmore
Honours student
Project title: The impacts of cane toads on the distribution of a variety of vertebrates across northern Australia
Ms Andrea Taylor
Project title: Development of aquaculture techniques for Black Jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus), a new species to aquaculture in Australia
Project title: Implementing deep learning architectures to extract vegetation species composition from drone-based hyperspectral images.
Mr Andrew Hunt
Project title: Rating an applicants corporate social responsibility
Mr Angga Rachmansah
Project title: The effects of disturbance (primarily fire and grazing) on lizards in Australian tropical savannas
Mr Anthony Albrecht
Project title: Attitudinal and behavioural changes in audiences caused by the experience of environmental art
Ms Avalon Yennefer
Project title: Rapid diagnosis of root-knot nematode races through an epigenetic and multi-genomic approach
Ms Benaya Simeon
Project title: Examining shark and ray catches in small-scale fisheries of the Riau islands to inform conservation planning of a critically endangered wedge fish
Ms Billee McGinley
Project title: Spatial analysis identifying where in the Northern Territory is suitable for sustainable development of utility-scale solar farms
Mr Bryn Pickering
Honours student
Project title: Evaluating the short-term success of a translocation of brush-tailed rabbit-rat (Conilurus penicillatus) onto an offshore island at Cobourg Peninsula
Ms Candy Duff
Project title: Rainfall characterisation to inform hydrological and hydrogeological insights across northern Australia
Ms Claire Johnston (CJ)
Project title: Global Science: Governance, Equity & Diversity
Project title: Climate change, river flows and predator trophic ecology in tropical river-floodplains of northern Australia
Mr Dave Drynan
Project title: Management of global fisheries to aid the conservation of sharks
Ms Ellen Rochelmeyer
Project title: Hollows, termites and long-term fire regimes in tropical savannas
Project title: Does buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) invasion impact plant-animal interactions in an arid system?
Ms Emily Taljaard
Project title: Threatened Marine Species Bycatch Mitigation in Northern Australian Fisheries
Project title: Future climate change impacts on North Australia water resources
Project title: Investigating the interactions of threatening processes that drive mammal population trends on the Tiwi Islands
Mr Getahun Kassa Mengesha
Project title: Forest-based climate change adaptation for reducing local people's vulnerability
Mr Hafsa Yousuf Nipa
Project title: Contribution of Bushfire Smoke to Greenhouse Gas Emissions and its Effect on Human Health and Other Living Beings in the Northern Territory
Ms Hayley Geyle
Project title: The conservation ecology of the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis)
Ms Helen Truscott
Project title: The effectiveness of the northern long-necked turtle as an umbrella species in the conservation of wetland ecosystems in northern australia, and feasibility of commercialization through understanding nest ecology and incubation
Ms Isabel Ely
Project title: Ecological processes compromising the consumption of long-necked turtles (Chelodina oblonga) in the Finniss River floodplain, Northern Territory, Australia
Mr James Pike
Honours student
Project title: Synthetic aperture radar remote sensing techniques for the detection of groundwater dependent ecosystems, and the associated depth to groundwater thresholds required to sustain them, in the NT's arid zone
Mr Joel Smith
Honours student
Project title: A review of catchment management strategies: Towards an adaptive management plan in the Lower Burdekin Delta
Mr Josh Magro
Project title: Brush-tailed rabbit-rat island translocation
Project title: Movement ecology and natural mortality of threatened river sharks: informing conservation planning.
Ms Jyothi Bhandari
Project title: Enhancing the resilience of the Northern Territory's rain-fed cotton: A comprehensive approach to yield prediction and water management
Project title: Environmental and disturbance regime constraints on savanna carbon storage in northern Australia
Project title: Environmental and ecological characterisation of subsurface waters in the Magela Creek sand channel
Project title: The role and contribution of mangroves to gendered food and nutrition security and livelihoods in the Indo-Pacific region
Project title: Buffering the rising tide: Mangrove sediment response to accelerating sea level rise in Australia
Project title: Investigating the connection between individual-based movements and population dynamics of grass finches in northern Australia
Ms Maria Ortiz Rodriguez
Project title: Implementing silage methods for Bali cattle nutrition and management of seasonal feed gap in East Timor: implications for cattle health
Mr Matthew Hammond
Project title: Effects of climate and oceanographic change on tropical marine fish and fisheries
Mr Michael Usher
Project title: Changing times, changing tides: Women's engagement in the Northern Territory seafood sector
Project title: Vulnerability, resilience and adaptation to Sama-Bajo women fisher livelihood disruptions in Indonesia
Mr Oscar Metcalfe
Project title: Developing ecosystem services based economic opportunities for indigenous communities in northern Australia
Mr Othusitse Lekoko
Project title: Spatial characterization of physiognomic properties of African savanna vegetation for quantification of bushfire emissions and the impact of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Mr Pablo Arriaga Velasco Aceves
Ms Penelope Godwin
Project title: The influence of landcover and other environmental controls on groundwater yields in Sumba, Indonesia.
Ms Porni Mollick
Project title: Climate Change and Water Extraction Impacts on Wetlands Condition in Northern Australia
Ms Rachel Murphy
Project title: To what extent does prescribed burning leverage unburnt habitat in subsequent years in central Australian ecosystems?
Mr Razib Ahmed
Project title: The calibration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using uncooled thermal cameras and how the accuracy varies with atmospheric conditions and flight elevation
Md Saidur Rahman
Project title: Unlocking the adaptive strategies of cotton under high soil temperature and nutrient scarcity stress
Mr Sam Amini
Honours student
Project title: Kinship dynamics of critically endangered freshwater sawfish in the Daly River
Ms Samantha Connor
Honours student
Project title: How does wind impact sheep grazing patterns in arid environments?
Project title: Connections between the wellbeing of indigenous communities and their lands.
Project title: The ecology and behaviour of terrestrial avifauna associated with long-lasting waterholes of central Australia.
Ms Stephanie Lee
Project title: Improving desert fire management with culturally directed science
Project title: Exploring continental-scale groundwater-related processes using Australia-wide hydrogeochemical data
Ms Tayhlia Casey
Honours student
Project title: Using remote sensing to identify environmental impacts of the growing Northern Territory estuarine crocodile populations
Ms Tomoko (Tomo) Okazaki
Ms Trish Mooney
Project title: Response of the glossy black cockatoo to the catastrophic 2019-20 Kangaroo Island fires
Project title: The importance of carbon fluxes from seasonal wetlands to streams at a catchment scale in the wet-dry tropics
Mr Waseem Ahmed
Mr Wesley Van Zanden
Project title: Recycling of Inorganic Materials from Remote Agricultural Properties in Northern Territory, Australia