Our staff and students
Ordered by first name
Academic Staff
Amaka Nwobodo
Research Assistant - Water Security Program
Arlo Meehan-Tille
Casual professional
North Australia and Rangelands Fire Information (NAFI)
Associate Professor of Sustainable Pastoral Systems
Casual professional
North Australia and Rangelands Fire Information (NAFI)
Casual Academic Position - Environmental Science
Associate Dean Innovation; Senior Lecturer in STEM Pathways
Professor - Environmental Science
Claire Johnston (CJ)
Taxonomic List Governance Officer
Outstanding Future Researcher - Northern Water Futures
Casual Academic Research - Sharks and Rays
Project title: Threatened Marine Species Bycatch Mitigation in Northern Australian Fisheries
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Casual Academic Research - CRCNA Cotton
Project title: Forest-based climate change adaptation for reducing local people's vulnerability
Professor
Research Fellow - Cultural and Natural Resource Management
Jamie McHugh
Casual academic researcher - DCBR
Bushfires Research Officer (Ecologist)
Research Fellow
Julia Constance
Casual Academic Research - Beetaloo Regional Monitoring
Professor - Ecological Economics
NAFI Service Manager
Maria Ortiz Rodriguez
Casual General Professional - Applied Plant Ecology
Project title: Implementing silage methods for Bali cattle nutrition and management of seasonal feed gap in East Timor: implications for cattle health
Professor of Tropical Biosecurity
RINA Program Leader
Miguel Tovar Valencia
Casual Academic Research
Natalie Robson
Casual Academic Research in Conservation Genomics
Professor
Md Nazmul Chowdhury Srabon
Casual Research - Environment
Research Fellow, Remote sensing riparian vegetation
Professor
Dr Stephen Reynolds
Research Fellow - Tropical Bush Foods and Botanical Horticulture
Professor of Cropping Systems
Professor of Tropical Aquaculture
Research Fellow - Arboreal Marsupial Ecology & Conservation
Adjuncts and Fellows
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Research Fellow
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Dr Valentin Thepot
Adjunct Research Associate
Professional staff
Professor Damien Stanioch
Casual General Professional - Conservation Genomics
Haoming (Hilson) Pan
Casual Project Coordinator - Australia-China Exchange Project
Mr Matthew Northwood
Research Officer - Land-Atmosphere Program
Narayan Sapkota
Field Technician and Data Analyst - Landscape and Carbon Dynamics Group
Olga Biriukova
Casual General Professional
Students
Project title: The role of disturbances in the distribution and resilience of the savannah-forest mosaics of Asia
Adam Moloney
Project title: Strategic silage use for productivity and sustainability in Northern Territory beef systems
Project title: Identifying and Conserving Critical Shark Habitat through a Multidisciplinary Approach
Alexandra Kmita
Project title: Jaguar tracking and movement in the Pantanal: Connecting habitat use with environmental drivers
Project title: Optimising coastal marine debris management through RPAS remote sensing and AI-enabled solutions
Project title: eDNA and metabarcoding of terrestrial invertebrates as bioindicators in environmental monitoring
Amy Pilmore
Honours student
Project title: The impacts of cane toads on the distribution of a variety of vertebrates across northern Australia
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.
Atia Islam
Project title: The use of oyster mushroom spent substrate to suppress root-knot nematodes in Northern Territory soils
Project title: Rapid diagnosis of root-knot nematode races through an epigenetic and multi-genomic approach
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
Project title: Spatial analysis identifying where in the Northern Territory is suitable for sustainable development of utility-scale solar farms
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
Bryony Hitchcock
Project title: Size, structure and interconnectivity of ghost bat populations
Candy Duff
Project title: Rainfall characterisation to inform hydrological and hydrogeological insights across northern Australia
Project title: Global science: governance, equity & diversity
Dave Drynan
Project title: Management of global fisheries to aid the conservation of sharks
Project title: Fine-scale fire management for biodiversity conservation on the Arnhem Plateau
Project title: Threatened Marine Species Bycatch Mitigation in Northern Australian Fisheries
Fer Gual Suarez
Project title: Ecology of ghost bats in the Northern Territory
Project title: Future climate change impacts on North Australia water resources
Project title: Forest-based climate change adaptation for reducing local people's vulnerability
Glenn Ehmke
Project title: Formalising high-value evidence streams to assess bird conservation progress
Hamsini Bijlani
Project title: How Safe Are Island Havens for Biodiversity?
Hannah Cummings
Project title: Welfare and behaviour implications of virtual fencing in Northern beef cow-calf systems
Harrison Butler
Project title: Establishing an Elasmobranch Species Inventory in the Arafura Swamp Indigenous Protected Area: Collaborative Monitoring to Support Indigenous Ranger Capacity and Self-Determination
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
Isabel Ely
Project title: Ecological processes compromising the consumption of long-necked turtles (Chelodina oblonga) in the Finniss River floodplain, Northern Territory, Australia
Jacqueline Grieve
Project title: Pathways to nature-based enterprise: Enhancing biodiversity protection and livelihoods in Northern Australian rangelands
James Pike
Project title: Using Remote Sensing to Map Groundwater-Dependent Vegetation in Semi-arid Regions of the Northern Territory
Jamie McHugh
Project title: Evaluating the Impact of Spatial Resolution on Satellite-Derived Fire Regimes for Northern Territory Island Conservation
Jessica Aucott
Project title: Insects as Recorders of Biodiversity and Reservoirs of Disease: Using metagenomics to study wildlife and disease risk on northern Australian islands
Jetha Chalakkal
Project title: First-Principles Investigation of Lead-Free Perovskite-Electron-Transport-Layer Interfaces in Solar Cells
Joel Smith
Honours student
Project title: A review of catchment management strategies: Towards an adaptive management plan in the Lower Burdekin Delta
Project title: Brush-tailed rabbit-rat island translocation
Project title: Enhancing the resilience of the Northern Territory's rain-fed cotton: A comprehensive approach to yield prediction and water management
Lara Graf
Project title: Conservation ecology of vulnerable riparian varanids in northern Australia: Understanding drivers of persistence in toad-invaded systems
Maddison Stuart
Project title: Impact of buffel grass invasion on vertebrates in arid and semi-arid areas
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
Matilda Southgate
Project title: Investigating the impacts of feral animals (buffalo and pigs) on wetland carbon cycling in Arnhem Land
Matthew Hammond
Project title: Effects of climate and oceanographic change on tropical marine fish and fisheries
Melissa Papadimas
Project title: The breeding and rafting ecology of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna pacifica) on Norfolk Island and their interactions with Tiger Sharks
Michael Usher
Mohammad Abdallah Ahmad Bani Issa
Project title: The potential use of data centre waste heat for local food-processing applications in the Northern Territory
Ned Ryan-Schofield
Project title: Feral cat ecology and management on the Tiwi Islands
Nicholas Carlile
Project title: Conservation management, range and movements of a threatened seabird: Kermadec Petrels (Pterodroma neglecta neglecta)
Nicole Boyd
Project title: Centring on a Biocultural Framework: A Case for Utopia Eastern Anmatyerr and Alyawarr determined Desert Habitat Method benefits
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
Oscar Metcalfe
Project title: Developing ecosystem services based economic opportunities for indigenous communities in northern Australia
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)
Pablo Arriaga Velasco Aceves
Paul Barden
Project title: Ecology and conservation genetics of the endangered northern hopping-mouse (Notomys aquilo)
Porni Mollick
Project title: Climate Change and Water Extraction Impacts on Wetlands Condition in Northern Australia
Richard Pensak
Project title: Understanding gene flow and resistance in an emerging cotton pest in Northern Australia
Sadman Sakib
Project title: An Integrated Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Mangrove Tidal Creek: Trophic Transfer and Ecological Risk
Md Saidur Rahman
Project title: Unlocking the adaptive strategies of cotton under high soil temperature and nutrient scarcity stress
Samuel Fischer
Project title: Effectiveness of feral cat grooming traps in threatened species refuge of Tjoritja/West MacDonnell National Park
Sangay Dendup
Project title: Ecological Outcomes and Livelihood Benefits of Million Fruit Tree Plantation: A Case Study from Bhutan
Srishti Badola
Project title: Assessing the potential of social networks in conservation of biodiversity of the Ganga riverscape
Stephanie Lee
Project title: Improving desert fire management with culturally directed science
Tayhlia Casey
Project title: Developing AI-Assisted Long-Range UAV Surveys to Monitor Tropical Wetland Ecosystems
Tomoko (Tomo) Okazaki
Toni Hay
Project title: Adapting through Culture: Integrating Traditional Knowledge into Australia's Climate and Biodiversity Frameworks
Trish Mooney
Project title: Response of the glossy black cockatoo to the catastrophic 2019-20 Kangaroo Island fires
Waseem Ahmed
Wesley Van Zanden
Project title: Recycling of Inorganic Materials from Remote Agricultural Properties in Northern Territory, Australia