Michael is PhD Student visiting with Yvonne Buckley (co-supervised) to work on a CEED project for the develoment of a PHD chapter on management of multiple interacting predators.
My research involves the geochemical study of marine biological archives (massive corals) from the Indian Ocean as recorders of environmental and climate change over the past 300 years and during the Holocene. In most cases, I have worked on western Indian Ocean coral records. This work is motivated by the need to produce reliable, long-term observations of sea surface temperature, ocean currents and the hydrological cycle over the tropical/subtropical oceans.
Research: 2010-present PHD CADIDATE James Cook University (JCU), Cairns Assessed tropical forest carbon stores and options for payment for ecosystem services in forest dependent communities of Papua New Guinea. Conducted seven months of field work in remote primary forest on a 3000m elevation gradient, trained large field teams and worked closely with local landholders.
Amelia is currently evaluating the outcomes of an experimental pasture conversion trial aimed at investigating cheap and effective ways to restore rainforest in north-east Queensland. The project is part of a broader research program supported by the Australian Government’s Caring for Our Country program to the Wet Tropics Management Authority titled ‘Making Connections’ (http://www.wettropics.gov.au/cfoc) and the National Environmental Research Program (Tropical Ecosystems and Environmental Decisions Hubs) titled ‘ Harnessing natural regeneration for cost effective rainforest restoration (http://www.nerptropical.edu.au/project/project-122-harnessing-natural-regeneration-cost-effective-rainforest-restoration).
Michaela is PhD student visiting with Yvonne Buckley to work on a CEED project on Multi-species management, developing a framework for risk assessment of co-translocation of host and dependent species.
Lucy is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies.
Cristina’s masters project examined the likely impact of future climate change on the distribution of threatened mammal species in south west Western Australia. She plans to use her time at UQ to extend this project to consider the management implications of these shifting ranges, and produce a manuscript for submission. This project was linked to an ARC-Linkage with Gondwana Link, jointly held by Dr Kerrie Wilson and Prof. Hugh Possingham.
Research Interests:
Jessie completed her honours at ANU in May 2012 with Professor Bill Foley and Dr Ian Wallis. Her honours project was on The Cost of Detoxification of Plant Secondary Metabolites in Common Brushtail Possums.
Russell Thomson is a Biostatistician - Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies