Her current research focuses on groundwater-dependent waterbodies in arid, semi-arid and wet/dry tropical regions and the processes that support the persistence of aquatic refugia and biodiversity hotspots.
Dr Kaline de Mello is a postdoctoral researcher at Charles Darwin University (CDU), affiliated with the Research Institute for the
Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL). Kaline currently supervises PhD and master's students working on wetland monitoring and management, and welcomes expressions of interest from those interested in applied, interdisciplinary research on freshwater ecosystems, land use change, and conservation
Associate Professor Schlesinger is a Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Science and Technology. She is based at Charles Darwin University’s desert campus in Alice Springs.
Professor Keith Christian did his PhD on the determinants of space use by Galapagos Land Iguanas at Colorado State University. He expanded his interests in tropical ecology while working at the University of Puerto Rico, before moving to Australia in 1985.
Lindsay Hutley is a plant physiologist with expertise in plant ecology, ecophysiology, ecohydrology, land-atmosphere exchange and soil science.
Originally from Western Australia, Professor Brett Murphy completed his PhD studies into the fire ecology of kangaroos at Charles Darwin University. Upon completion, he worked for Bushfires NT, before taking on postdoctoral roles at the University of Tasmania, South Dakota State University and the University of Melbourne.
Prof Andersen’s primary research interests are in the global ecology of ant communities, where he integrates community ecology, historical and contemporary biogeography, and systematics to gain a predictive understanding of ant diversity, behavioural dominance and functional composition in relation to environmental stress and disturbance throughout the world.
Associate Professor Sangha has worked in the trans-disciplinary field of Ecological Economics since she finished her Master of Science (MSc) at Panjab University in India 20 years ago.
FROM THE GROUND UP explores the interconnection between the environment and visual arts practice in the Northern Territory.
Sustainable development relies on the management of the complex relationships between the economy, society and the environment.