Postgraduate

We are looking for highly motivated PhD students to join an international research team on a recently funded ARC Discovery project. The project will focus on understanding the role of seagrass microbes and genetics in mediating seagrass response to environmental stress.

The deep, dark ocean is inhospitable, but oases of life are sporadically found in reefs made out of corals and sponges.

Human activities have degraded extensive areas of coastal habitats.  Abiotic and biotic stressors (e.g. temperature, artificial light, invasive species and noise) may interact to produce combined impacts on biodiversity, physiological responses (e.g. reproduction and growth) and ecosystem functioning.

The world’s coastlines are becoming rapidly urbanised, with marine life affected by a range of stressors.

Fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated PhD student to join an international research project focused on understanding the largely unexplored role of seagrass microbes in mediating the effects of extreme climatic events.