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
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Associate Dean Innovation; Senior Lecturer in STEM Pathways
Associate Professor
Claire Johnston (CJ)
Taxonomic List Governance Officer
Outstanding Future Researcher - Northern Water Futures
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Professor
Casual Academic Research
Bushfires Research Officer (Ecologist)
Research Fellow
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
Manager, North Australia and Rangelands Fire Information Service
Research Fellow, Remote sensing riparian vegetation
Professor
Professor of Cropping Systems
Professor of Tropical Aquaculture
Research Fellow - Arboreal Marsupial Ecology & Conservation
Research Fellow - Tropical Biosecurity (Plant)
Dr Zach Clarke
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Environmental DNA
Research Institute for Northern Agriculture
Adjuncts and Fellows
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Research Fellow
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Dr Valentin Thepot
Adjunct Research Associate
Professional staff
Bismita Khatiwada
Casual General Professional - Tropical Biosecurity
Dr Ellen Rochelmeyer
Casual Academic Researcher - Tropical Savanna Ecology
Haoming (Hilson) Pan
Casual Project Coordinator - Australia-China Exchange Project
Kristine McGrath
Manager, Research Institute for Northern Agriculture
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
Rebecca Ludgate
Chief Remote Pilot
Students
Project title: The role of disturbances in the distribution and resilience of the savannah-forest mosaics of Asia
Adam Rexroade
Project title: Predicting gaseous evasion from streams across tropical Australia
Project title: Identifying and Conserving Critical Shark Habitat through a Multidisciplinary Approach
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
Project title: Optimising coastal marine debris management through RPAS remote sensing and AI-enabled solutions
Allyson Malpartida
Project title: eDNA and metabarcoding of terrestrial invertebrates as bioindicators in environmental monitoring
Amy Cook
Project title: Microbial source tracking and environmental factors influencing Enterococci contamination in recreational waters
Amy Pilmore
Honours student
Project title: The impacts of cane toads on the distribution of a variety of vertebrates across northern Australia
Andrea Taylor
Project title: Development of aquaculture techniques for Black Jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus), a new species to aquaculture in Australia
Andrew Caven
Project title: Crane Migration and Stopover Site Ecology in the Central Flyway of North America
Project title: Implementing deep learning architectures to extract vegetation species composition from drone-based hyperspectral images.
Andrew Hunt
Project title: Rating an applicants corporate social responsibility
Angga Rachmansah
Project title: The effects of disturbance (primarily fire and grazing) on lizards in Australian tropical savannas
Anthony Albrecht
Project title: Attitudinal and behavioural changes in audiences caused by the experience of environmental art
Avalon Yennefer
Project title: Rapid diagnosis of root-knot nematode races through an epigenetic and multi-genomic approach
Axel Milne
Honours student
Project title: Bringing computational chemistry to the senior secondary classroom: the impact of molecular modelling software on student understanding in chemistry
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
Candy Duff
Project title: Rainfall characterisation to inform hydrological and hydrogeological insights across northern Australia
Claire Johnston (CJ)
Project title: Global science: governance, equity & diversity
Claudia Tanneberger
Project title: Validating the use of diffuse gradients on thin films (DGT) for metals in the softwater creeks of northern Australia
Project title: Climate change, river flows and predator trophic ecology in tropical river-floodplains of northern Australia
Dave Drynan
Project title: Management of global fisheries to aid the conservation of sharks
Edward Blackwood
Project title: Fine-scale fire management for biodiversity conservation on the Arnhem Plateau
Ella-Monique Mason
Project title: Whether nest temperatures of Flatback and Olive Ridley sea turtles influence hatchling size and eye colour
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
Project title: Forest-based climate change adaptation for reducing local people's vulnerability
Hafsa 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
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
James Pike
Project title: Using Remote Sensing to Map Groundwater-Dependent Vegetation in Semi-arid Regions of the Northern Territory
Joel Smith
Honours student
Project title: A review of catchment management strategies: Towards an adaptive management plan in the Lower Burdekin Delta
Josh Magro
Project title: Brush-tailed rabbit-rat island translocation
Project title: Movement ecology and natural mortality of threatened river sharks: informing conservation planning.
Jyothi Bhandari
Project title: Enhancing the resilience of the Northern Territory's rain-fed cotton: A comprehensive approach to yield prediction and water management
Kate Douglass
Project title: The effect of agricultural practices on nutritional yield of Timor Leste smallholder production systems
Maddison Stuart
Project title: Impact of buffel grass invasion on vertebrates in arid and semi-arid areas
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
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
Michael Usher
Ned Ryan-Schofield
Project title: Feral cat ecology and management on the Tiwi Islands
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
Noor Ul Ain Rashid
Honours student
Project title: Understanding microbial communities and antimicrobial resistance genes in environmental samples from the Darwin region using environmental DNA
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
Rachel Murphy
Project title: To what extent does prescribed burning leverage unburnt habitat in subsequent years in central Australian ecosystems?
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
Sam Amini
Honours student
Project title: Kinship dynamics of critically endangered freshwater sawfish in the Daly River
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.
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
Project title: Exploring continental-scale groundwater-related processes using Australia-wide hydrogeochemical data
Tayhlia Casey
Project title: Developing AI-Assisted Long-Range UAV Surveys to Monitor Tropical Wetland Ecosystems
Tomoko (Tomo) Okazaki
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