IAE Students
 | Zurahanim Annual Degree: PhD Supervisors: Simon Foster and Bill Maher Thesis topic: not noted Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 5786 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Tony Bernardi Degree: PhD Supervisor: Leah Moore Thesis topic: not noted Contact: Email: |
 | Maria Boyle BAppSc Hons Degree: PhD Supervisors: Arthur Georges and Jim Hone Thesis topic: Demographic consequences of labile sex determination. Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 5786 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Cat Campbell B.EnvSc (Hons) Degree: PhD Supervisors: Stephen Sarre and Anna MacDonald Thesis topic: I will be looking at predator scats in Tasmania, focusing on foxes but not discounting native predators and wild dogs. I’ll be using DNA analysis to define prey, focusing on macropods and whether they can be shown to be genetically distinct in Tasmania from the mainland counterparts. Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 2872 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Emma Carlson BAppSci Degree: Honours Supervisors: Stephen Sarre, Bernd Gruber and Anna MacDonald Thesis topic: Species status and conservation genetics of the endangered grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla). Research interests: Conservation genetics of reptiles. Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 2325 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Alan Couch B.Sc (Hons) Dip. Ed. (UNE) Degree: PhD Supervisor: Fiona Dyer Thesis topic: Ecology of the Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) in an Upland River. Research interests: Freshwater fish biology with emphasis on migration and other temporal patterns and larval diet. Fish Parasites and Immunology. Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 5988 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Lachlan Dennis Degree: Honours Supervisors: Mark Lintermans and Ben Broadhurst Thesis topic: The effect of water temperature on spawning date of the two-spined blackfish. Contact: Email: |
 | Elliott Duncan BAppSc (hons) Degree: PhD Supervisors: Bill Maher and Simon Foster Thesis topic: Arsenic uptake and speciation within the unicellular algae Dunaliella tertiolecta, with emphasis on lipid soluble arsenic Research interests: I am interested in looking at arsenic cycling within unicellular algae to establish what the effects of different arsenic species have in terms of influencing speciation patterns and uptake rates. In addition I am also interested in establishing what role environmental variations play in influencing arsenic uptake and speciation. Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 5786 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Bruno Ferronato BVetMed 2001 (Santa Catrina State U), MApplEcol (Sao Paulo U) Degree: PhD Supervisors: Arthur Georges and John Roe Thesis topic: Reproductive Biology of the Eastern Long-necked Turtle in the ACT and environs. Research interests: Biology and conservation of chelonians in the southern continents. Further information: Refer to Publications. Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 2795 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
| Toni Furlonge Degree: PhD Supervisor: Fiona Dyer Thesis topic: not noted Contact: Email: |
 | Teresa Gonzalez Degree: PhD Supervisors: Simon Foster and Tamsin Kelly Thesis topic: Arsenic Metabolism in Humans. Contact: Phone: (02) 6206 3930 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Wayne Hart BE (Chemical & Materials) (Hons), MBA Degree: PhD Supervisors: Ken McQueen and Bill Maher Thesis topic: Reducing risk to aquatic and soil ecosystems from precious and base metal mining residues. Research interests: Pyritic ore redox chemistry, mathematical modelling, forecasting unintended outcomes. Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 2360 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Kathleen Harvey BSc (Hons) Degree: PhD Supervisors: Leah Moore and Ken McQueen Thesis topic: Regolith Distribution and Hydrogeomorphic Features of the Upper and Mid-Shoalhaven Catchment, NSW: Managing the Impacts of Dryland Salinity and Erosion Hazards in Times of Climate Change. Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 5786 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Felicity Hatton Degree: Honours Supervisors: Bernd Gruber and Jerry Olsen Thesis topic: Home range size and habitat use of the wedge-tailed eagle Aquila audax in the ACT Contact: Email: |
 | Sally Hatton Degree: PhD Supervisors: Fiona Dyer and Mark Lintermans Thesis topic: Water quality changes and trophic upsurge: implications for Macquarie perch in a newly filling reservoir. Contact: Email: |
 | Rajani Jagtap MSc Degree: PhD Supervisors: Bill Maher and Simon Foster Thesis topic: Measurement of trace metals in the environmental matrices Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 5752 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Joannah Lee BSc (Hons) Degree: PhD Supervisors: Stephen Sarre and Arthur Georges Thesis topic: The investigation of the genetics of the Australian parrots - in particular the Glossy Black Cockatoo, for use against the illegal trade in wildlife Further information: Refer to Publications. Employer: Australian Federal Police Position: Senior Scientific Officer, Biological Criminalist Team Postal address: GPO Box 401, Canberra ACT 2601 Contact: Phone: (02) 6287 0462 Fax: (02) 6287 0270 Email: |
 | Timothy McGrath BAppSc Degree: Masters Supervisors: Stephen Sarre and Will Osborne Thesis topic: Distribution and ecology of the grassland earless dragon on the Monaro Tablelands, NSW Research interests: Planning is very preliminary however my interests are in the distribution of the grassland earless dragon throughout the Monaro Tablelands including on Travelling Stock Reserves and on Private property. I am interested in the factors limiting the distribution of the species and would like to investigate the importance of geology e.g. basalt soils and rock outcrops. Interests also include investigating the effects of land use on the grassland earless dragon. Employer: Department of the Environment Water Heritage and the Arts Position: Threatened Species Officer Postal address: 13 Dunlop Street, Hackett ACT 2602 Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 2795 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Stuart Nulty Degree: Honours Supervisor: Margi Bӧhm Thesis topic: Fine scale momentum adjustment across a forest edge: a wind tunnel experiment. Contact: Email: |
 | Michael Peat Degree: PhD Supervisor: Fiona Dyer Thesis topic: not noted Contact: Email: |
| Jessica Phillips Degree: Honours Supervisor: Simon Foster Thesis topic: Accumulation and sub-lethal effects of juvenile hormone analogue pesticides in Apis mellifera honeybees Contact: Email: |
| Jaimie Potts Degree: PhD Supervisors: Bill Maher and Klaus Koop Thesis topic: Investigation into influence of light-mediated benthic microalgal production on sediment-water nutrient cycling in wave dominated lakes and lagoons along the New South Wales coast. Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 5786 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
| Helena Schmitz Degree: Masters Supervisors: Bill Maher, Simon Foster and Anne Taylor Thesis topic: Environmental toxicology metal exposure-dose-response research. Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 2245 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Larissa Schneider Guilhon BSc (UFMS), MSc (INPA) Degree: PhD Supervisors: Bill Maher, Arthur Georges and Anne Taylor Thesis topic: Heavy metals in endemic fish and aquatic invertebrates from Lake Kutubu, in the Papua New Guinea highlands. Research interests: Environmental chemistry and freshwater biology. Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 2937 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Tim Smith Degree: PhD Supervisor: Leah Moore Thesis topic: not noted Contact: Email: |
 | Asad Suman Degree: PhD Supervisors: Duanne White and Fiona Dyer Thesis topic: Ground temperature histories in Eastern Australia from borehole thermometry: Evidence of climate change. Research interests: Paleo-Climate, climate change, hydrologic and hydrodynamic modelling, flood and drought modelling, integrated water management and decision support system. Contact: Email: |
 | Rod Ubrihien Degree: PhD Supervisors: Bill Maher and Anne Taylor Thesis topic: The genomic, subcellular and population level effects of temperature stress and copper contamination to the freshwater gastropod Isidorella newcombi. Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 2650 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Veronika Vysna Degree: PhD Supervisors: Richard Norris and Fiona Dyer Thesis topic: Assessment of the success of stream restoration. Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 5786 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
 | Chamani Marasinghe Wadige BSc(Hons) Degree: PhD Supervisors: Bill Maher, Mark Lintermans and Anne Taylor Thesis topic: Effects of current and historical metal contaminant in the Molonglo River on bivalves and fish health. Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 2360 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
| Jason Wishart Degree: Masters Supervisors: Jim Hone, Stephen Sarre and Mike Braysher Thesis topic: Evaluation of feral pig impacts and control in the Macquarie Marshes, NSW. Contact: Email: |
 | David Wong BA, BSc Degree: PhD Supervisors: Will Osborne, Stephen Sarre and Bernd Gruber Thesis topic: The effect of agricultural disturbance on the distribution of the Pink-tailed Worm Lizards (Aprasia parapulchella) in the Australian Capital Territory. Research interests: Conservation biology, landscape ecology, geographical information systems and conserving biodiversity on agricultural land. Further information: Refer to Publications. Postal address: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia Contact: Phone: (02) 6201 2267 Fax: (02) 6201 5305 Email: |
