RIEL people

adriana.gonzalezpestana@students.cdu.edu.au

Project title: Identifying and Conserving Critical Shark Habitat through a Multidisciplinary Approach

Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 6

Mr Alex Carey

Project title: Using landscape genetics and other tools to understand how spatial patterns of fire affect the dispersal and persistence of mammals on the Tiwi Islands

alex.carey@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus

Ms Aliesha Hvala

North Australia Centre for Autonomous Systems (NACAS)

Project title: Optimising coastal marine debris management through RPAS remote sensing and AI-enabled solutions

aliesha.hvala@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 6823

Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 3 Room 13

Ms Allyson Malpartida

Project title: eDNA and metabarcoding of terrestrial invertebrates as bioindicators in environmental monitoring

allyson.malpartida@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 62

Ms Amy Pilmore

Honours student

Project title: The impacts of cane toads on the distribution of a variety of vertebrates across northern Australia

amy.pilmore@students.cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 22

Ms Andrea Taylor

andrea.taylor@students.cdu.edu.au

Project title: Development of aquaculture techniques for Black Jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus), a new species to aquaculture in Australia

Casuarina campus Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 26

Mr Andrew Esparon

Project title: Implementing deep learning architectures to extract vegetation species composition from drone-based hyperspectral images.

andrew.esparon@cdu.edu.au

Mr Andrew Hunt

Project title: Rating an applicants corporate social responsibility

andrewhunt@students.cdu.edu.au

Mr Angga Rachmansah

Tropical savanna ecology

Project title: The effects of disturbance (primarily fire and grazing) on lizards in Australian tropical savannas

angga.rachmansah@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus

Mr Anthony Albrecht

anthony.albrecht@students.cdu.edu.au

Project title: Attitudinal and behavioural changes in audiences caused by the experience of environmental art

Casuarina campus

Ms Avalon Yennefer

avalon.yennefer@students.cdu.edu.au

Project title: Rapid diagnosis of root-knot nematode races through an epigenetic and multi-genomic approach

Ms Benaya Simeon

Project title: Examining shark and ray catches in small-scale fisheries of the Riau islands to inform conservation planning of a critically endangered wedge fish

benaya.simeon@students.cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 1

Ms Billee McGinley

bryn.pickering@students.cdu.edu.au

Project title: Spatial analysis identifying where in the Northern Territory is suitable for sustainable development of utility-scale solar farms

billee.mcginley@students.cdu.edu.au
0439 899 255

Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 2

Mr Bryn Pickering

Honours student

Project title: Evaluating the short-term success of a translocation of brush-tailed rabbit-rat (Conilurus penicillatus) onto an offshore island at Cobourg Peninsula

Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 22

Ms Candy Duff

Project title: Rainfall characterisation to inform hydrological and hydrogeological insights across northern Australia

candy.duff@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 17

Ms Claire Johnston (CJ)

claire.johnston@cdu.edu.au

Project title: Global Science: Governance, Equity & Diversity

Casuarina campus

Mr Colton Perna

david.drynan@students.cdu.edu.au

Project title: Climate change, river flows and predator trophic ecology in tropical river-floodplains of northern Australia

colton.perna@cdu.edu.au

Mr Dave Drynan

Project title: Management of global fisheries to aid the conservation of sharks

Casuarina campus

Ms Devika Nair

Project title: Simulating Long-term Erosion Equilibrium of a Rehabilitated Mine Landform

devika.nair@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus Yellow 2

Ms Ellen Rochelmeyer

Project title: Hollows, termites and long-term fire regimes in tropical savannas

ellenclaudia.rochelmeyer@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus Yellow 2

Ms Ellen Ryan-Colton

Arid-zone wildlife ecology and conservation

Project title: Does buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) invasion impact plant-animal interactions in an arid system?

ellen.ryan-colton@cdu.edu.au
0478 505 335

Casuarina campus

Ms Emily Taljaard

emily.taljaard@students.cdu.edu.au

Project title: Threatened Marine Species Bycatch Mitigation in Northern Australian Fisheries

Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 1

Ms Frédérique Mourot

frederique.mourot@cdu.edu.au

Project title: Future climate change impacts on North Australia water resources

Casuarina campus

Mr François Brassard

Project title: Responses of ant communities to environmental stress and disturbance in Australian tropical savannas: Are the hypogaeic and epigaeic strata decoupled?

francois.brassard@cdu.edu.au

Mr Gavin Trewella

Tropical savanna ecology

Project title: Management for the conservation of the northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) at Weipa

gavin.trewella@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus

Ms Gehan Abdelghany

Project title: Agronomic investigations of australian native rice species to support indigenous enterprise development in the northern territory, australia

gehan.abdelghany@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 2 Room 34

Ms Georgina Neave

Project title: Investigating the interactions of threatening processes that drive mammal population trends on the Tiwi Islands

georgina.neave@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 1

Mr Getahun Kassa Mengesha

Ecosystem Services

Project title: Forest-based climate change adaptation for reducing local people's vulnerability

getahun.mengesha@students.cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 1

Ms Hansi Alwis

Project title: Green synthesis of metal nanoparticles using Terminalia ferdinandiana leaf extract: characterization and evaluation of their biological activities

s310567@students.cdu.edu.au

Ms Hayley Geyle

helen.truscott@cdu.edu.au

Project title: The conservation ecology of the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis)

hayley.geyle@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7032

Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 1

Ms Helen Truscott

Project title: The effectiveness of the northern long-necked turtle as an umbrella species in the conservation of wetland ecosystems in northern australia, and feasibility of commercialization through understanding nest ecology and incubation

Ms Isabel Ely

Project title: Ecological processes compromising the consumption of long-necked turtles (Chelodina oblonga) in the Finniss River floodplain, Northern Territory, Australia

isabel.ely@cdu.edu.au
08 8946 7019

Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 2 Room 29

Mr James Pike

Honours student

james.pike@students.cdu.edu.au

Project title: Synthetic aperture radar remote sensing techniques for the detection of groundwater dependent ecosystems, and the associated depth to groundwater thresholds required to sustain them, in the NT's arid zone

Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 22

Mr Joel Smith

Honours student

joel.smith@students.cdu.edu.au

Project title: A review of catchment management strategies: Towards an adaptive management plan in the Lower Burdekin Delta

Casuarina campus

Ms Julia Constance

julia.constance@students.cdu.edu.au

Project title: Movement ecology and natural mortality of threatened river sharks: informing conservation planning.

Casuarina campus

Mr Juma Joseph Kegamba

Project title: Developing effective and equitable conservation benefit-sharing mechanisms for local people in the greater Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania

juma.joseph@students.cdu.edu.au

Ms Jyothi Bhandari

jyothi.bhandari@students.cdu.edu.au

Project title: Enhancing the resilience of the Northern Territory's rain-fed cotton: A comprehensive approach to yield prediction and water management

Casuarina campus Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 26

Kade (Nukha) Skelton

Animal physiological ecology

Project title: Ecophysiological specialisation of short-range and widespread Gehyra species

kade.skelton@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus

Ms Larissa Potter

larissa.potter@students.cdu.edu.au

Ms Linda Luck

Project title: Environmental and disturbance regime constraints on savanna carbon storage in northern Australia

linda.luck@cdu.edu.au

Ms Lisa Chandler

Project title: Environmental and ecological characterisation of subsurface waters in the Magela Creek sand channel

lisa.chandler@cdu.edu.au
08 8920 1129

Casuarina campus

Ms Lulu Middleton

Communities, livelihoods and natural resources

Project title: The role and contribution of mangroves to gendered food and nutrition security and livelihoods in the Indo-Pacific region

lulu.middleton@cdu.edu.au

Ms Madeline Goddard

Landscape water and carbon dynamics

Project title: Buffering the rising tide: Mangrove sediment response to accelerating sea level rise in Australia

madeline.goddard@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus

Ms Mara Franziska Muller

Movement and landscape ecology

Project title: Investigating the connection between individual-based movements and population dynamics of grass finches in northern Australia

mara.muller@students.cdu.edu.au

Ms Maria Ali

Project title: PFAS removal from water using hydrotalcite and hydrotalcite nanoparticles

maria.ali@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus

Mr Matthew Hammond

matthew.hammond@cdu.edu.au

Project title: Effects of climate and oceanographic change on tropical marine fish and fisheries

Mr Michael Usher

Communities, livelihoods and natural resources

Project title: Post-release Mortality and Behaviour of Recreationally Captured Reef Fish

michael.usher@cdu.edu.au

Ms Natalie Robson

Molecular Ecology

Project title: The habitat use and genetics of green turtles in the Northern Territory

natalierobson@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 1 Room 1

Ms Nilanjana Biswas

Project title: Changing times, changing tides: Women's engagement in the Northern Territory seafood sector

nilanjana.biswas@students.cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 2 Room 29

Ms Nur Isiyana Wianti

Communities, livelihoods and natural resources

Project title: Vulnerability, resilience and adaptation to Sama-Bajo women fisher livelihood disruptions in Indonesia

nurisiyana.wianti@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus Red 1 Level 2 Room 29

Mr Oscar Metcalfe

Ecosystem Services

Project title: Developing ecosystem services based economic opportunities for indigenous communities in northern Australia

oscar.metcalfe@students.cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus

Mr Othusitse Lekoko

Project title: Spatial characterization of physiognomic properties of African savanna vegetation for quantification of bushfire emissions and the impact of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana)

othusitse.lekoko@students.cdu.edu.au

Mr Pablo Arriaga Velasco Aceves

Project title: Crop monitoring in the NT through remote sensing applications

pablo.arriaga@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus Yellow 1 Level 1 Room 26

Ms Penelope Godwin

penelope.godwin@cdu.edu.au

Project title: The influence of landcover and other environmental controls on groundwater yields in Sumba, Indonesia.

Casuarina campus

Ms Porni Mollick

porni.mollick@students.cdu.edu.au

Project title: Climate Change and Water Extraction Impacts on Wetlands Condition in Northern Australia

Casuarina campus Yellow 2 Level 2 Room 17

Ms Rachel Murphy

Project title: To what extent does prescribed burning leverage unburnt habitat in subsequent years in central Australian ecosystems?

rachel.barr@students.cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus

Mr Razib Ahmed

Project title: The calibration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using uncooled thermal cameras and how the accuracy varies with atmospheric conditions and flight elevation

razib.ahmed@cdu.edu.au
0458 651 147

Casuarina campus Purple 12 Level 2 Room 28

Mr Sam Amini

Honours student

Project title: Kinship dynamics of critically endangered freshwater sawfish in the Daly River

samuel.amini@cdu.edu.au

Casuarina campus

Ms Samantha Connor

Honours student