Current students

Andrea Barcelo-Celis
Seascape genomics of Australian and New Zealand common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), started 02/2018
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Luciana Moller

Kimberley Batley
Comparative genomics of bottlenose dolphins (genus Tursiops), started 03/2018
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Luciana Moller

Andrea Bertram
Fisheries genomics of snapper in Australia, started 06/2018
Primary supervisor: Prof. Luciano Beheregaray

Thomas Clarke
Identifying spawning behaviour and movement patterns of yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) in southern Australia, started 02/2018
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Charlie Huveneers

Joshua Dennis
Going beyond the effects of wildlife tourism on target species: how does white shark cage-diving affect trevally (Pseudocaranx spp.)?, started 08/2019
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Charlie Huveneers

Jody McKerral Fisher
Universal laws in ecology, started 04/2017
Primary supervisor: Prof. Jim Mitchell

Rodrigo Cezar Genoves
Genetic and social structure of Lahille’s bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus gephyreus) in the Patos Lagoon estuary and adjacent coastal waters (Cotutelle), started 06/2017
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Luciana Moller

Gabrielle Genty
Molecular evolution and demographic history of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), started 03/2021
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Luciana Moller

Dennis Heinrich
Learning capabilities of sharks in the context of behavioural changes caused by wildlife tourism, started 04/2016
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Charlie Huveneers

Cassie Hoepner
Understanding the symbiotic relationship between anemones and anemonefish, started 02/2018
Primary supervisor: Prof. Karen Burke da Silva

Laura Inglis
Controlled vocabulary for bacterial isolation sources, started 02/2021
Primary supervisor: Dr. Robert Edwards

Tamar Jamieson
Impact of marine microbes on the functioning of a desalination plant, started 02/2014
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Sophie Leterme

Grant Johnson
Assessing the sustainability of bycatch and byproduct species in an Australian tropical trawl fishery, started 03/2020
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Charlie Huveneers

Orlando Lam-Gordillo
Functional ecology of benthic communities, started 03/2019
Primary supervisor: Prof. Sabine Dittmann

Connor Mcivor
Detecting microplastics and nanoplastics in Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas by flow cytometry to understand how plastics affect filter feeders and their health status, started 03/2021
Primary supervisor: Prof. Jim Mitchell

Joshua Nitzshke
Food web and bioenergetics in the Coorong, started 09/2019
Primary supervisor: Prof. Sabine Dittmann

Isabella Reeves
Evolutionary history and adaptive capacity of Australasian killer whales, started 03/2021
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Luciana Moller

Chloe Roberts
Understanding the spatial and trophic overlap of sympatric elasmobranchs, started 04/2021
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Charlie Huveneers

Laura Schroder
Ecosystem functions and services of tubeworm reefs, started 02/2021
Primary supervisor: Prof. Sabine Dittmann

Brooke Scott
Calibrating wetland eDNA as an indicator of historical conditions, started 03/2021
Primary supervisor: Prof. Jim Mitchell

Jonathan Syme
The behavioural ecology of mixed-species groups of delphinids, started 02/2019
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Guido Parra

Marika Takeuchi
In-situ observations of martine aggregate using imaging systems (Cotutelle),  started 04/2017
Primary supervisor: Prof. Jim Mitchell

Madeline Thiele
Reducing shark-bite risk through scientifically-proven mitigation measures, started 03/2020
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Charlie Huveneers

Elise Tuuri
Microplastic and zoopklankton: distribution and impacts in Australian waters, started 12/2019
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Sophie Leterme

Current students

Paul Clarke
A typological study of Austronesian lashed-lug plank-built boats and canoes in museum collections, started 03/2021
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Wendy Duivenvoorde

Marcio Daniel da Silva
Monitoring coastal dune changes with geospatial technology, started 03/2020
Primary supervisor: Dr. Graziela Miot da Silva

Samuel Davidson
Coastal science/geomorphology, started 02/2018
Primary supervisor: Prof. Patrick Hesp

Kevin Edwards
From ship to shore to shelf: a relational analysis of the Zeewijk shipwreck survivor camp assemblages, started 08/2017
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Wendy Duivenvoorde

Daniel George Louhenapessy
An exploration of the intersection of traditional and contemporary management arrangements of the Kei Islands Small Park, started 03/2020
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Beverley Clarke

Toni Massey
The role of social media in monitoring underwater cultural heritage through information sharing, started 03/2021
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Wendy Duivenvoorde

Benjamin Perry
Morphological modelling of the Adelaide Metro Coast at monthly to century timescales, started 01/2021
Primary supervisor: Dr. Graziela Miot da Silva

Peter Ross
Archaeological preservation and feature identification in subaerial and submerged environments, Dampier Archipelago, WA, started 03/2017
Primary supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Benjamin

Chelsea Wiseman
Site formation processes for coastal and submerged archaeology: A comparative analysis of the Levant and Northwestern Australia (Cotutelle), started 02/2018
Primary supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Benjamin

Current students

Shirin Akter
Seasonal, environmental and dietary effect on microbial community composition in Pacific oyster gut, started 03/2015
Primary supervisor: Prof. Jian Qin

Benjamin Crowe
The impact of dietary fish oil and fish meal replacement on bile acid and cholesterol metabolism in cultured Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi), started 10/2016
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. James Harris

Krishna-Lee Currie
Optimisation of formulated diets for the growth, heath and survival of greenlip abalone, Haliotis laevigata, started 03/2014
Primary supervisor: Assoc. Prof. James Harris

Shaun Henderson
Oyster feeding behaviour and diet in South Australia, started 02/2015
Primary supervisor: Prof. Jian Qin

Hong Lan Pham
Use of histopathology in disease surveillance with an emphasis on Betanodavirus, causative agent of viral nervous necrosis in Barramundi, Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1970), started 07/2010
Primary supervisor: Prof. Jian Qin

AHM Mohinsul Reza
Role of calcium in lipid droplet formation in microalgae by aggregation–induced emission bioprobes, started 07/2018
Primary supervisor: Prof. Jian Qin

Xiaochen Zhu
Improvement of gametic and embryonic cryotolerance through lipid modification in oysters, started 09/2020
Primary supervisor: Prof. Jian Qin