Our staff and students
Ordered by first name
Academic Staff
Mr Aasish Adhikari
Research
Casuarina campus
Professor
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 62
Ms Amy Cook
Laboratory assistant
Casuarina campus Yellow 2
Senior Lecturer
Andrew.Edwards@cdu.edu.au
0427 270 835
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 1
Research Fellow
Anna.Padovan@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6555
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 59
Dr Benjamin Brown
Postdoctoral Researcher
Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 2 Room 29
Associate Professor of Pastoral Production Systems and Sustainability
beth.penrose@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7192
Casuarina campus Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 24
Dr Bill Howcroft
Research fellow
Casuarina campus
Professor
Brett.P.Murphy@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6049
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 26
Casual Research
brien.roberts@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6776
Casuarina campus
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 8
Mr Cameron Yates
Project Coordinator
Cameron.Yates@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6666
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 5
Associate Dean Innovation; Senior Lecturer in STEM Pathways
Carla.Eisemberg@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7721
Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 3 Room 27
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Marine Fauna
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 57
Postdoctoral fellow
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 32
Associate Professor
Christine.Schlesinger@cdu.edu.au
08 8959 5218
Alice Springs campus Building 15 Level 2 Room 7
Senior Research Fellow
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 32
Ms Claire Johnston (CJ)
Taxonomic List Governance Officer
Casuarina campus
Ms Cynthia Coyne
Communications, Extension & Adoption Project Leader
cynthia.coyne@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7192
Casuarina campus Yellow 2.2.06
Technical Officer
Casuarina campus Yellow 2
Dr Donna Lewis
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Casuarina campus
Outstanding Future Researcher
dylan.irvine@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6762
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 27
Senior Lecturer
Erica.Garcia@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7445
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 58
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 30
Mr Glen Shennan
Spatial Analyst - Ecological Remote Sensing
Professor
hamish.campbell@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6017
Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 3
Research Fellow
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 5
Dr Ian Davies
Academic
Casuarina campus
Research Officer
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 15
Professor
jenny.davis@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6463
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 9
Professor
Jeremy.Russell-Smith@cdu.edu.au
0447 200 927
Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 3 Room 25
Professor
John.Woinarski@cdu.edu.au
03 9754 4094
Research Fellow
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 14
Research Fellow
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 18
Associate Professor
Kamaljit.Sangha@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6792
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 3
Professor
Karen.Gibb@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6705
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 47
Professor
Keith.Christian@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6706
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 35
Senior Lecturer
keller.kopf@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7691
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 13
Casual Research
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 7
Miss Kimberley Day
Casual Research
Casuarina campus
Ms Kristina Macdonald
Postdoctora researcher
Professor
Lindsay.Hutley@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6847
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 28
Lecturer
mariana.campbell@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7290
Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 3 Room 17
Mr Matthew Northwood
Research Officer
Matthew.Northwood@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7630
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 50
Professor of Tropical Biosecurity
maxine.piggott@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6763
Casuarina campus Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 21
Research Fellow
Mirjam.Kaestli@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7638
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2
Senior Lecturer
Natalie.Rossiter@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6469
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 2
Professor
Natasha.Stacey@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6268
Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 2 Room 37
Md Nazmul Chowdhury Srabon
Casual Research - Environment
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 7
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 3
Lecturer
nicola.stromsoe@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6527
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2
Research Fellow
osmar.luizjunior@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6684
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 33
Mrs Panna Husnain
Casual Research
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 7
Software Developer
patrice.weber@cdu.edu.au
0401 487 805
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 7
Senior Lecturer
Penny.Wurm@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6355
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 11
Manager, North Australia and Rangelands Fire Information Service
Peter.Jacklyn@cdu.edu.au
0429 091 470
Casuarina campus Red 1
Senior Research Fellow
Peter.Kyne@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7616
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 12
Research Fellow, Remote sensing riparian vegetation
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 8
Ms Rebecca Ludgate
Chief Remote Pilot
Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 3 Room 13
Lecturer - Remote Sensing
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 10
Research Fellow
ronju.ahammad@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7651
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 6
Mr Sam Amini
Research Assistant
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 22
Director, Outstanding Professor
sam.banks@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7166
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 8
Research Fellow - Climate Change Impact on NT Ecosystems
Casuarina campus
Professor Sarah Legge
Research Professor Conservation Management
Senior Lecturer
Sean.Bellairs@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6070
Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 6
Research Fellow Bushfires
sofia.oliveira@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6783
Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 7
Professor
stephen.garnett@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7115
Red 1 Level 2 Room 22
Professor of Tropical Broadacre Cropping Systems
stephen.xu@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7792
Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 22
Professor of Tropical Aquaculture
sunil.kadri@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7752
Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 17
Technical Officer
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 62
Research Fellow - Arboreal Marsupial Ecology & Conservation
Teigan.Cremona@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7728
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 57
Senior Lecturer - Chemistry
Vinuthaa.Murthy@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6794
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 4
Mr Waseem Ahmed
Technical Officer
Casuarina campus Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 26
Dr Yujuan (Jady) Li
Research Fellow - Plant Biosecurity
Casuarina campus Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 26
Ms Zarah Tinning
Research Assistant
zarah.tinning@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7707
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 61
Adjuncts and Fellows
Professional staff
Ms Hannah Maddison-Harris
Communication and Partnerships Officer
riel.outreach@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7131
Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 14
Ms Isabella Mellios
Liaison Officer
North Australia Centre for Autonomous Systems
isabella.mellios@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6778
Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 8
Mrs Kristine McGrath
Manager, Research Institute for Northern Agriculture
kristine.mcgrath@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6435
Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 17a
Students
Ms Áine Nicholson
Project title: The role of disturbances in the distribution and resilience of the savannah-forest mosaics of Asia
Casuarina campus
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
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2
Mr Adam Rexroade
Project title: Predicting gaseous evasion from streams across tropical Australia
Casuarina campus
Mr Adrian Gurra
Project title: The ecology of the geckos in Girraween National Park, Queensland
Casuarina campus
Ms Adriana Gonzalez Pestana
Project title: Identifying and Conserving Critical Shark Habitat through a Multidisciplinary Approach
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 6
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
Casuarina campus
Ms Aliesha Hvala
Project title: Optimising coastal marine debris management through RPAS remote sensing and AI-enabled solutions
aliesha.hvala@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6823
Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 3 Room 13
Ms Allyson Malpartida
Project title: eDNA and metabarcoding of terrestrial invertebrates as bioindicators in environmental monitoring
allyson.malpartida@cdu.edu.au
0400 934 284
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 62
Ms Amy Pilmore
Honours student
Project title: The impacts of cane toads on the distribution of a variety of vertebrates across northern Australia
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 22
Ms Andrea Taylor
Project title: Development of aquaculture techniques for Black Jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus), a new species to aquaculture in Australia
Casuarina campus Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 26
Mr Andrew Esparon
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
Casuarina campus
Mr Anthony Albrecht
Project title: Attitudinal and behavioural changes in audiences caused by the experience of environmental art
Casuarina campus
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
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 1
Ms Billee McGinley
Project title: Spatial analysis identifying where in the Northern Territory is suitable for sustainable development of utility-scale solar farms
billee.mcginley@students.cdu.edu.au
0439 899 255
Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 2
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
Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 22
Ms Candy Duff
Project title: Rainfall characterisation to inform hydrological and hydrogeological insights across northern Australia
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 17
Ms Claire Johnston (CJ)
Project title: Global Science: Governance, Equity & Diversity
Casuarina campus
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
Casuarina campus
Casuarina campus Yellow 2
Ms Ellen Rochelmeyer
Project title: Hollows, termites and long-term fire regimes in tropical savannas
Yellow 2
Project title: Does buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) invasion impact plant-animal interactions in an arid system?
ellen.ryan-colton@cdu.edu.au
0478 505 335
Casuarina campus
Ms Emily Taljaard
Project title: Threatened Marine Species Bycatch Mitigation in Northern Australian Fisheries
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 1
Project title: Future climate change impacts on North Australia water resources
Casuarina campus
Mr François Brassard
Project title: Responses of ant communities to environmental stress and disturbance in Australian tropical savannas: Are the hypogaeic and epigaeic strata decoupled?
Casuarina campus
Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 2 Room 34
Project title: Investigating the interactions of threatening processes that drive mammal population trends on the Tiwi Islands
Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 1
Mr Getahun Kassa Mengesha
Project title: Forest-based climate change adaptation for reducing local people's vulnerability
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 1
Ms Hayley Geyle
Project title: The conservation ecology of the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis)
hayley.geyle@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7032
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 1
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
isabel.ely@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7019
Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 2 Room 29
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
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 22
Mr Joel Smith
Honours student
Project title: A review of catchment management strategies: Towards an adaptive management plan in the Lower Burdekin Delta
Casuarina campus
Project title: Movement ecology and natural mortality of threatened river sharks: informing conservation planning.
Casuarina campus
Ms Jyothi Bhandari
Project title: NT Rain-fed Cotton: Predicting Yields and Saving Water
Casuarina campus Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 26
Casuarina campus
Ms Larissa Potter
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
lisa.chandler@cdu.edu.au
08 8920 1129
Casuarina campus
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
Casuarina campus
Project title: Investigating the connection between individual-based movements and population dynamics of grass finches in northern Australia
Casuarina campus
Mr Matthew Hammond
Project title: Effects of climate and oceanographic change on tropical marine fish and fisheries
Casuarina campus Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 1
Ms Nilanjana Biswas
Project title: Changing times, changing tides: Women's engagement in the Northern Territory seafood sector
Red 1 Level 2 Room 29
Project title: Vulnerability, resilience and adaptation to Sama-Bajo women fisher livelihood disruptions in Indonesia
Red 1 Level 2 Room 29
Mr Oscar Metcalfe
Project title: Developing ecosystem services based economic opportunities for indigenous communities in northern Australia
Casuarina campus
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
Project title: Crop monitoring in the NT through remote sensing applications
Casuarina campus Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 26
Ms Penelope Godwin
Project title: The influence of landcover and other environmental controls on groundwater yields in Sumba, Indonesia.
Casuarina campus
Ms Porni Mollick
Project title: Climate Change and Water Extraction Impacts on Wetlands Condition in Northern Australia
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 17
Ms Rachel Murphy
Project title: To what extent does prescribed burning leverage unburnt habitat in subsequent years in central Australian ecosystems?
Casuarina campus
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
razib.ahmed@cdu.edu.au
0458 651 147
Casuarina campus Purple 12 Level 2 Room 28
Ms Samantha Connor
Honours student
Project title: Assessing the impacts of wind direction and water point location on sheep grazing patterns in arid environments
Project title: Connections between the wellbeing of indigenous communities and their lands.
Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 63
Project title: The ecology and behaviour of terrestrial avifauna associated with long-lasting waterholes of central Australia.
Project title: Exploring continental-scale groundwater-related processes using Australia-wide hydrogeochemical data
Casuarina campus
Ms Tayhlia Casey
Honours student
Project title: Using remote sensing to identify environmental impacts of the growing Northern Territory estuarine crocodile populations
Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 22
Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 62
Ms Tomoko (Tomo) Okazaki
Project title: Understanding gene flow and population structure in an animal disease insect vector
Casuarina campus Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 26
Ms Trish Mooney
Project title: Response of the glossy black cockatoo to the catastrophic 2019-20 Kangaroo Island fires
Casuarina campus
Project title: The importance of carbon fluxes from seasonal wetlands to streams at a catchment scale in the wet-dry tropics
vanessa.solano@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7685
Casuarina campus Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 1
Ms Vanya Bosiocic
Project title: Understanding the opportunities, limitations and cultural considerations of integrating unmanned aerial vehicles into the remote healthcare delivery model of the Northern Territory
vanya.bosiocic@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7680
Orange 2 Level 1 Room 17
Mr Waseem Ahmed
Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 26
Ms Zarah Tinning
Project title: Microbiota and tropical rock oyster health
Casuarina campus