Marine science

The project aims to determine the seasonal changes in the coral microbiome and the influence of thermal stress events on microbial community structure.

Supervisor: A/Prof. Tracy Ainsworth

This is part of a Fisheries R&D Corporation (FRDC) project investigating the portunid crab fisheries in NSW.

Supervisor: Prof. Iain Suthers

In this project you will use experimental ecology to investigate where roots from the seagrass Zostera muelleri get their microbes from – sediments or other plants.

Supervisor: Prof. Paul Gribben and A/Prof Ziggy Marzinelli

This project will demonstrate the feasibility of collecting baseline subsurface water temperature data with Tiwi using cost-effective technology.

Supervisor: Prof. Moninya Roughan

Improving future safety and educational intervention in order to save lives.

Supervisor: Professor Rob Brander

This project aims to investigate how bacteria can improve the growth, health and environmental adaptation of marine seaweeds (macroalgae).

Supervisor: A/Prof. Suhelen Egan

We use observational and molecular methods to investigate the interplay between bacterial virulence and environmental factors, such as temperature, light and nutrients, and natural bacterial inhibitors to understand the development and impact of disease on seaweeds.

Supervisor: A/Prof. Suhelen Egan

Many Australians have had a painful bluebottle sting when swimming at the beach, yet little is known about the oceanographic conditions that bring bluebottles to our shores.

Supervisors: Prof Alistair Poore (BEES), Dr Amandine Schaeffer (School of Mathematics and Statistics), Dr Jaz Lawes (Surf Life Saving Australia)

To investigate how eco-engineering interventions, such as Living Seawalls, can mitigate impacts on population of key species.

Supervisor(s): Mariana Mayer-Pinto

To investigate how eco-engineering interventions, such as the Living Seawalls, can mitigate the biodiversity impacts of seawalls, through changes in species interactions.

Supervisor(s): Mariana Mayer-Pinto

This project will assess how different shoreline management interventions (i.e., cobblers, seawalls and none) influence the fish assemblages on nearby seagrass beds.

Supervisor: Dr Mariana Mayer-Pinto

This project leads the Posidonia australis restoration projects in Sydney and nearby locations. 

Supervisors: Prof Adriana Vergés, Erin McCosker

Identify relationships between physical characteristics and visitor understanding in relation to physical hazards in National Parks in NSW.

Supervisor: Professor Rob Brander

Evaluate the effectiveness of the ‘Rip-Eye’ app and other methods in improving rip current identification by the public.

Supervisor: Professor Rob Brander