The annual RIEL Seminar Series presents exciting new research findings and updates on environmental sciences. Our presenters include a wide range of researchers from RIEL and CDU, as well as representatives of other universities and other research organisations.
Most seminars are available both in person – at CDU's Casuarina Campus – and online via Zoom. Students, staff, and the public are all welcome.
In 2025, the RIEL Seminar Series will be held at 9.15am‑10.15am on Fridays, on an approximately fortnightly basis from March to November. The list of upcoming seminars below will be updated as future speakers are confirmed.
Contact the team at RIEL.Outreach@cdu.edu.au to propose a seminar topic or to find out more.
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Upcoming seminars
| Date | Title | Presenter | Information |
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| 30 May 2025 | After the volcano: building a field station in Montserrat, West Indies | Dr Sarah Snyder (Bard College at Simon's Rock) | More information |
| 13 June 2025 | Machine learning and Traditional Knowledge to map wetland change | Porni Mollick (Charles Darwin University) | More information |
| 27 June 2025 | Applying pyrogeography to achieve sustainable coexistence with wildfire | Prof David Bowman (Fire Centre) | More information |
| 1 Aug 2025 | Savanna fire and biodiversity: findings from a long-term field experiment | Prof Alan Andersen (Charles Darwin University) | More information |
| 15 Aug 2025 | Molecular entomology in species conservation, management and beyond | Dr Sonu Yadav (NT Department of Agriculture and Fisheries) | More information |
2024
2023
| Title and presenter | Date | Recording |
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| Chytridiomycosis and the mechanism of skin disruption Dr Nicholas Wu (Western Sydney University) | 24 November 2023 | YouTube video |
| Monitoring threats to Australian threatened birds By Prof Stephen Garnett | 17 November 2023 | YouTube video |
| LiDAR remote sensing of riparian vegetation: Deriving structural and functional tree information By Dr Rafael Bohn Reckziegel | 10 November 2023 | YouTube video |
| Impact of fortified biochar on sustainable food crop production and income generation in a vegetable-rice cropping sequence in Timor-Leste By Acacio da Costa Guterres | 3 November 2023 | YouTube video |
| Ground-level governance of Arnhem Land Fire Abatement savanna burning projects: fire for the future By Taegan Calnan | 3 November 2023 | No video |
| Conservation benefit-sharing framework in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania By Juma Kegamba | 27 October 2023 | YouTube video |
| Groundwater dependent ecosystems By Dr Tanya Doody (CSIRO) | 27 October 2023 | YouTube video |
| The Water Towers Project in Moneragala District, Sri LankaBy Dr Kamy Melvani | 20 October 2023 | No video |
| Habitat Use and Genetics of Foraging Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Top End By Natalie Robson | 22 September 2023 | YouTube video |
| Spatial analysis for planning ecological sustainable development of utility-scale solar and wind energy in the Northern Territory By Billee McGinley | 22 September 2023 | YouTube video |
| Behavioural and conservation ecology of purple-crowned fairy wrens By Dr Nikki Teunissen | 21 September 2023 | YouTube video |
| Seasonal Change Causes Shifts in Water Loss, but not Preferred Temperatures, of Top End Geckos By Kade Skelton | 8 September 2023 | YouTube video |
| Estimation of soil suction from leaf temperature using UAVs By Associate Professor Atsushi Sakaguchi (Ibaraki University, Japan) | 1 September 2023 | |
| Mountain plant diversity in the Anthropocene (Online only) By Professor Jian Zhang (East China Normal University) | 25 August 2023 | YouTube video |
| Positive welfare: the next step for farmed fish By Prof. Sunil Kadri | 11 August 2023 | YouTube video |
| Short talk: Evaporative water loss in cane toads of the world By Prof. Keith Christian | 14 July 2023 | YouTube video |
| Short talk: Linking terrestrial-aquatic carbon fluxes to rectify the Australian carbon balance By Dr Francesco Ulloa | 14 July 2023 | YouTube video |
| The importance of arid zone waterholes for terrestrial wildlife in a warming world By Prof. Jenny Davis | 30 June 2023 | YouTube video |
| Research and development to improve smallholder livelihoods in Timor-Leste: What research questions should we ask? By Prof. Andrew McWilliam, Marcia Exposto e Silva, and Dr Leigh Vial | 9 June 2023 | YouTube video |
| Are there useful generalisations about climate change & physiological plasticity? By Prof. Keith Christian | 2 June 2023 | YouTube video |
| Australia's State of the Climate By Blair Trewin (Bureau of Meteorology) | 26 May 2023 | YouTube video |
| HDR talks By Alex Carey and Angga Rachmansah | 19 May 2023 | |
| Inspiring Science – Opportunities in Science Engagement and Outreach in the NT and beyond By Dr Carla Eisemberg | 5 May 2023 | YouTube video |
| Species discovery and conservation priority in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics By Craig Moritz (ANU) | 27 April 2023 | No video |
| Kruger National Park: The RIEL experience By Alan Andersen, Ellen Rochelmeyer, Angga Rachmansah, Allyson Malpartida and François Brassard | 21 April 2023 | No video |
| Friends or foes? The social behaviours and system of estuarine crocodiles By Dr Cameron Baker | 24 March 2023 | YouTube video |
| From a single tree to ecosystem-atmosphere feedbacks: the use of thermal remote sensing for tree physiology research By Pavel Alekseychik PhD | 24 February 2023 | YouTube video |
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