Academic Staff (Research and Teaching)
Prof Michael Bird
Biogeochemistry and paleoenvironments |
Dr Stephanie Duce
Spatial science and coastal geomorphology |
A/Prof Paul Nelson
Soil, water and nutrient management |
Dr Karen Joyce
Remote sensing and spatial science |
Research Staff
Rainy Comley
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Dr John Dawson Coastal geomorph. & sedimentology
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Dr Jordahna Haig
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Dr Cassandra Rowe
Paleoecology and palynology |
Dr Costijn Zwart
Climate records using stable isotopes |
Current Postgraduate and Honours Students
Recently Completed Postgraduate and Honours students
Ryan Orr, PhD 2022. 'The effect of soil physico-chemical characteristics on the severity of Fusarium wilt of bananas'
Angus Houston, Honours 2022. 'Quantifying alluvial gully morphology and erosion processes in the Burdekin catchment, Queensland, Australia'
Maria Box, Honours 2021. 'Climate change in NW Australia during the penultimate interglacial: evidence from hydropyrolysis of speleothem organic matter'
Bronte Claussen, Honours 2021. 'Sediment supply and delivery at Lady Elliot Island, GBR; assessing the vulnerability of reef islands to climate change'
Hannah Green, Honours 2021. 'Long-term effects of gypsum, irrigation, and sugarcane production on the chemistry of sodic soils'
Costijn Zwart, PhD 2021. ‘Weather in a bottle: Towards a North Australian hydro climate record’
Larissa Valerio, PhD 2021. 'Exploring Himawari-8 geostationary observations for the advanced coastal monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef'
Maria Jose Rivera Araya, PhD 2021. 'Multi-proxy evidence of long-term environmental change in Northern Australia?s tropical savannas'
Emma Rehn, PhD 2020. 'Fire and environmental change in northern Australian savannas during the Holocene'
Nicolás Younes Cárdenas, PhD 2020, 'Examining spatiotemporal changes in the phenology of Australian mangroves using satellite imagery'
Bronwyn Masters, MPhil 2019, 'Nitrous oxide emissions from soil in mango and banana fields: effects of fertiliser and ground cover'
Laura Donovan, Honours 2019, 'Pollution swapping and nitrate-N removal in laboratory-scale denitrifying bioreactors...'
Emily Lazarus, Honours 2018, 'Reconstruction of the Burdekin River flood history from 7000 to 2000 years BP'
Iain Goodrick, PhD 2018, 'Soil carbon dynamics in oil palm plantations'
Getachew Agegnehu, PhD 2017, 'Biochar, compost and biochar-compost: Effects on crop performance, soil quality and greenhouse gas emissions...'
Kalu Davies, PhD 2017, 'Carbon cycle processes in tropical savannas of far north Queensland, Australia'
Lénaïc Pardon, PhD 2017, ‘Modelling the nitrogen balance of oil palm plantations to help reduce losses to the environment....’
Emma Kiup, MPhil 2017, 'Maximising nutrient utilization and soil fertility in smallholder coffee and food garden systems in Papua New Guinea...'
Rainy Comley, Honours 2017, 'The fire history of Northern Cape York: a pyrogenic carbon record of Sanamere lagoon'
Alison Bowen, Honours 2017, 'Does suppressiveness or conduciveness to Fusarium wilt of bananas differ between key soil types?'
Russell Singleton, Honours 2017, 'Effect of root exudates on the respiration activity of soil microorganisms, including Fusarium oxysporum....'
Emma Ryan, PhD 2016, 'Fringing reef growth on the central Great Barrier Reef: signatures of sea-level change, storms and sedimentation'
Michelle Venter, PhD 2016, 'Cloud to coast: assessing, monitoring and managing forest carbon in Papua New Guinea'
Zoe Bainbridge, PhD 2015 'Tracing the sources, transport and dispersal of suspended sediment from the Burdekin River catchment...'
Jordahna Haig, PhD 2015, 'Investigating long-term, high-resolution records of climate and extreme events in the southeast Indian and southwest Pacific...'
Tony Forsyth, PhD 2015, 'Beach ridge records of late-Holocene tropical cyclone behaviour'
Emily Sperling, Honours 2015, ‘Nitrous oxide emissions from banana-growing soil as affected by water content and the nitrification inhibitor DMPP’
Mireia Torello Raventos, PhD 2014, 'Environmental controls of wood density in tropical forests'
Damien O'Grady, PhD 2013, 'The use of Envisat ASAR Global Monitoring Mode data to map rapid broad-scale flood events'
Sarah Connor, PhD 2013, 'Movement of nitrogen through a riparian forest in a tropical, agricultural landscape'
Claire Docherty, Honours 2013, ‘Good soils have names: Local soil classification and management in Kae, Papua New Guinea’
Tom Bridge, PhD 2012, 'Habitats and sessile benthic megafaunal communities in the mesophotic zone of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area...'
Wouter Dieleman, PhD 2012, 'Global change effects on soil C and soil C cycling'
Jack Koci, Honours 2012, ‘Effect of fertiliser rate and a nitrification inhibitor on nitrogen losses and pasture growth in tropical dairy farms’
Angus Houston, Honours 2022. 'Quantifying alluvial gully morphology and erosion processes in the Burdekin catchment, Queensland, Australia'
Maria Box, Honours 2021. 'Climate change in NW Australia during the penultimate interglacial: evidence from hydropyrolysis of speleothem organic matter'
Bronte Claussen, Honours 2021. 'Sediment supply and delivery at Lady Elliot Island, GBR; assessing the vulnerability of reef islands to climate change'
Hannah Green, Honours 2021. 'Long-term effects of gypsum, irrigation, and sugarcane production on the chemistry of sodic soils'
Costijn Zwart, PhD 2021. ‘Weather in a bottle: Towards a North Australian hydro climate record’
Larissa Valerio, PhD 2021. 'Exploring Himawari-8 geostationary observations for the advanced coastal monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef'
Maria Jose Rivera Araya, PhD 2021. 'Multi-proxy evidence of long-term environmental change in Northern Australia?s tropical savannas'
Emma Rehn, PhD 2020. 'Fire and environmental change in northern Australian savannas during the Holocene'
Nicolás Younes Cárdenas, PhD 2020, 'Examining spatiotemporal changes in the phenology of Australian mangroves using satellite imagery'
Bronwyn Masters, MPhil 2019, 'Nitrous oxide emissions from soil in mango and banana fields: effects of fertiliser and ground cover'
Laura Donovan, Honours 2019, 'Pollution swapping and nitrate-N removal in laboratory-scale denitrifying bioreactors...'
Emily Lazarus, Honours 2018, 'Reconstruction of the Burdekin River flood history from 7000 to 2000 years BP'
Iain Goodrick, PhD 2018, 'Soil carbon dynamics in oil palm plantations'
Getachew Agegnehu, PhD 2017, 'Biochar, compost and biochar-compost: Effects on crop performance, soil quality and greenhouse gas emissions...'
Kalu Davies, PhD 2017, 'Carbon cycle processes in tropical savannas of far north Queensland, Australia'
Lénaïc Pardon, PhD 2017, ‘Modelling the nitrogen balance of oil palm plantations to help reduce losses to the environment....’
Emma Kiup, MPhil 2017, 'Maximising nutrient utilization and soil fertility in smallholder coffee and food garden systems in Papua New Guinea...'
Rainy Comley, Honours 2017, 'The fire history of Northern Cape York: a pyrogenic carbon record of Sanamere lagoon'
Alison Bowen, Honours 2017, 'Does suppressiveness or conduciveness to Fusarium wilt of bananas differ between key soil types?'
Russell Singleton, Honours 2017, 'Effect of root exudates on the respiration activity of soil microorganisms, including Fusarium oxysporum....'
Emma Ryan, PhD 2016, 'Fringing reef growth on the central Great Barrier Reef: signatures of sea-level change, storms and sedimentation'
Michelle Venter, PhD 2016, 'Cloud to coast: assessing, monitoring and managing forest carbon in Papua New Guinea'
Zoe Bainbridge, PhD 2015 'Tracing the sources, transport and dispersal of suspended sediment from the Burdekin River catchment...'
Jordahna Haig, PhD 2015, 'Investigating long-term, high-resolution records of climate and extreme events in the southeast Indian and southwest Pacific...'
Tony Forsyth, PhD 2015, 'Beach ridge records of late-Holocene tropical cyclone behaviour'
Emily Sperling, Honours 2015, ‘Nitrous oxide emissions from banana-growing soil as affected by water content and the nitrification inhibitor DMPP’
Mireia Torello Raventos, PhD 2014, 'Environmental controls of wood density in tropical forests'
Damien O'Grady, PhD 2013, 'The use of Envisat ASAR Global Monitoring Mode data to map rapid broad-scale flood events'
Sarah Connor, PhD 2013, 'Movement of nitrogen through a riparian forest in a tropical, agricultural landscape'
Claire Docherty, Honours 2013, ‘Good soils have names: Local soil classification and management in Kae, Papua New Guinea’
Tom Bridge, PhD 2012, 'Habitats and sessile benthic megafaunal communities in the mesophotic zone of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area...'
Wouter Dieleman, PhD 2012, 'Global change effects on soil C and soil C cycling'
Jack Koci, Honours 2012, ‘Effect of fertiliser rate and a nitrification inhibitor on nitrogen losses and pasture growth in tropical dairy farms’
Adjunct Staff
Dr John Armour, Cairns
Dr John Broughton, Cairns Prof. Stefan Maier, Darwin Prof. Chris Margules, Cairns Dr Damien O'Grady, Cairns Dr Ryan Orr, Cairns Prof. Jon Nott, Cairns Prof. Ninghu Su, Cairns Prof. Bob Wasson, Cairns Peter Whitehead, Cairns Dr Chris Wurster, NZ |