Every fortnight during the semester we feature a RIEL researcher or visitor. Seminars usually take place on Casuarina campus in Yellow 1.1.39 and are followed by networking opportunities. Seminars are streamed online via zoom, and recordings of past seminars are available for viewing below.
Contact us at riel.outreach@cdu.edu.au
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Upcoming seminars
| Date | Title | Presenter | Information |
|---|---|---|---|
13 October 2023 | TBA | Coming soon |
Past seminars
| Title and presenter | Date | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Fish and floodplains: drivers of barramundi migration in the Top End By Dr Brien Roberts | 4 November 2022 | YouTube video |
| Aligning your research for public policy impact By Dr Guzyal Hill | 21 October 2022 | YouTube video |
| Evolution of the Darwin Harbour Numerical Model By Dr Hemerson Tonin and Carlos Simão | 6 October 2022 | |
| Sniffing out citrus canker and beyond By Dr Vinuthaa Murthy and Dr Hao Wang | 30 September 2022 | |
| Monitoring Australia's Ecosystems - TERN's field program By A/Prof. Ben Sparrow (TERN) | 14 September 2022 | Youtube video |
| Tentegia – the world’s only dung-rolling weevils By Rolf Oberprieler, Hermes Escalona and Debbie Jennings | 2 September 2022 | Youtube video |
| Blue Ventures joint seminar By Jenny House and colleagues from Timor-Leste | 1 September 2022 | Youtube video |
| The vibrios: barometers of climate change – bacteria that love heat waves and monsoons By Dr Anna Padovan and Prof Karen Gibb | 26 August 2022 | Youtube video |
| Special RIEL seminar: Fire, rain and CO2 - potential drivers of savanna woody thickening By PhD candidate Greg Barber | 11 August 2022 | Youtube video |
| Results of Mangrove Forest Landscape Rehabilitation (MFLR) Opportunity Assessment in Indonesia and their Influence on Policy & Practice By Dr Benjamin M. Brown | 29 July 2022 | Youtube video |
| Burkholderia pseudomallei in the environment of the Top End – we have only scratched the surface By Dr Mirjam Kaestli (RIEL, Menzies School of Health Research) | 15 July 2022 | |
| From Darwin Harbour report cards to recycling pee on parklands: snapshots of current research by a visiting scholar from "sunny" Queensland By A/Prof Cara Beal (Griffith University) | 3 June 2022 | Youtube video |
| Recent increase in Northern Australian streamflow unmatched over the past 600 years By Phillipa Higgins | 20 May 2022 | |
| A conversation about an ethical conundrum By Prof Stephen Garnett | 6 May 2022 | No video |
| Arrows on Maps: Five decades of angler-driven gamefish tagging in Australia By Dr Julian Pepperell | 22 April 2022 | Youtube video |
| The Science of Beer By Dr Dylan Irvine | 8 April 2022 | Youtube video |
| TERN it up: monitoring mass and energy exchanges from savanna landscapes of the NT By Prof. Lindsay Hutley | 25 March 2022 | Youtube video |
| A potpourri of parasites: tales from a wandering parasitologist By Dr. Diane Barton (Charles Sturt University) | 11 March 2022 | Youtube video |
| Groundwater sources for the Mataranka Springs By Dr. Sebastien Lamontagne (CSIRO) | 25 February 2022 | Youtube video |
| ARC funded Marine Megafauna Project - First Year Summary (Mid-March to December 2021) By Dr Carol Palmer | 28 January 2022 | Youtube video |
| The habitat requirements and potential threats of the endangered Alligator Rivers Yellow Chat Epthianura rocea tunneyi.By Robin Leppitt | 26 November 2021 | Youtube video |
| Black jewfish: drivers of productivity in a changing environment By Dr Joanne Randall | 12 November 2021 | Youtube video |
| Using technology to monitor and evaluate the restoration of Ranger uranium mine by Dave Loewensteiner – Supervising Scientist | 29 October 2021 | Youtube video |
| Developing effective and equitable conservation benefit-sharing mechanisms for local peoples in the Great Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania by Juma Kegamba | 15 October 2021 | No video |
| Plot-based vegetation classification in the Northern Territory and compatibility with National and International classification frameworks, and an introduction to the TERN Ecosystem Surveillance Program by Dr Donna Lewis - NT Herbarium | 1 October 2021 | Youtube video |
| Behind the Blue Curtain: A look at Australia’s Blue Carbon methodology by Prof. Catherine Lovelock | 29 September 2021 | Youtube video |
| Can Australia’s savanna burning emissions methods be applied in southern Africa? by Dr Jeremy Russell-Smith | 17 September 2021 | No video |
| Biting Midges in Australia by Dr Glenn Bellis | 3 September 2021 | Youtube video |
| Untangling the knot of "Wilderness" conservation Post-2020 By Katharina-Victoria Perez-Hammerle | 6 August 2021 | Youtube video |
Picture a scientist (Video screening. Full video is available on Netflix.) | 30 July 2021 | Vimeo trailer |
Gender research at RIEL: the case for considering gender in environmental research By Emily Gibson, Jenny House, Gianna Bonis-Profumo, Natasha Stacey | 9 July 2021 | YouTube video |
Trends in European freshwater fish populations and implementation of ecological risk assessment methodologies in monitoring programs By Dr Raphael Santos | 25 June 2021 | YouTube video |
What are Ecosytem Services? By Kamaljit Sangha | 11 June 2021 | YouTube video |