Read more about our research projects.

We study acoustic communication in birds, particularly communication about danger, vocal mimicry and duetting.

Theme

  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology

Student intake

Open for PhD students

Status

Current

People

Temperature determines species distributions and affects functions, reproduction, and survival. This project will assess the thermal sensitivity of different life stages and plant tissues to heat stress and will develop models to assess how Australian plant species will respond to a warmer and more extreme climate.

Theme

  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology
  • Photosynthesis and plant energy biology
  • Plant environmental biology and functional ecology

Student intake

Open for Summer scholar, Honours, PhD students

Status

Current

People

The ARMF willsupport research to assess the extent and effects of changing climate, water and fire regimes on ecosystem processes and their feedbacks and provide a structure for integrated research, management and governance of Australia's mountains.

Theme

  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology
  • Evolutionary genetics and genomics
  • Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity
  • Plant environmental biology and functional ecology
  • Plant-microbe interactions

Student intake

Open for Bachelor, Honours, Master, PhD students

Status

Current

People

All domains of modern biology are increasingly dependent on computation and this dependence on algorithms is most readily apparent in the disciplines that utilise genetic data.

Theme

  • Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling
  • Evolutionary genetics and genomics
  • Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity

Student intake

Open for Bachelor, Honours, Master, PhD students

Status

Current

People

Many wild herbivores show seasonal preferences for different plants or plant parts.

Theme

  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology

Student intake

Open for Summer scholar, Honours students

Status

Current

People

This project examines drivers of dieback impact between species, within species, between habitats, within habitats, across the landscape, as well as interactions between these components at Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park.

Theme

  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology
  • Plant environmental biology and functional ecology

Student intake

Open for Honours students

Status

Current

People

Evolving with sexually transmitted infections.

Theme

  • Evolutionary genetics and genomics

Student intake

Open for Honours, PhD students

Status

Current

People

To address the urgent threat to pollination posed by the establishment of Varroa mites in Australia, which will decimate honey bee populations, we aim to domesticate native Australian bees to use as alternative pollinators.

Theme

  • Evolutionary genetics and genomics
  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology

Student intake

Open for PhD students

Status

Current

People

This project aims to improve understanding of the capacity for resilience and response to warming and drying conditions and extreme events in vulnerable alpine communities: interacting suites of alpine plants, soil invertebrates, fungi, and microbes.

Theme

  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology
  • Evolutionary genetics and genomics
  • Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity
  • Plant environmental biology and functional ecology
  • Plant-microbe interactions

Student intake

Open for Summer scholar, Honours, Master, PhD students

Status

Current

People

We are a dynamic group of researchers interested in understanding climate change ecology, in particular how form and function evolve and will determine performance and persistence of Australian native plant species and communities under rapidly changingclimate regimes. Student projects are available!

Theme

  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology
  • Evolutionary genetics and genomics
  • Plant environmental biology and functional ecology

Student intake

Open for Summer scholar, Honours, Master, PhD students

Status

Current

People

If you're interested in working in the iconic landscape of Kosciuszko National Park this project may be for you. We seek PhD or Honours students to join a collaborative project with NSW DPE to explore drivers of variation of growth and establishment of the montane and alpine species in rehabilitated sites.

Theme

  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology
  • Plant environmental biology and functional ecology

Student intake

Open for Summer scholar, Honours, Master, PhD students

Status

Current

People

Australian honey bee populations will collapse after the recent establishment of Varroa mites. This project aims to track Varroa invasion and the subsequent evolution or resistance in feral honey bee populations. This is chance to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime natural experiment with national implications.

Theme

  • Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling
  • Evolutionary genetics and genomics
  • Host-microbe biology
  • Parasitology

Student intake

Open for PhD students

Status

Current

People

My primary research interest is the study and evaluation of evolutionary processes and we work mostly on reptile and frog systems because they are the animals I know the most about.

Theme

  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology
  • Evolutionary genetics and genomics
  • Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity

Student intake

Open for Honours, Master, PhD students

Status

Current

People

Potential PhD students: please contact Dan Noble for more information on this project.

Theme

  • Evolutionary genetics and genomics
  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology

Student intake

Open for PhD students

Status

Current

People

Pollination is essential for the reproductive success of many plants, with numerous species dependent on animals for pollen transfer.

Theme

  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology
  • Evolutionary genetics and genomics
  • Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity
  • Plant genetics and gene regulation

Student intake

Open for Bachelor, Summer scholar, Honours, Master, PhD students

Status

Current

People

Next generation genome sequencing provide multiple opportunities to compare genomes of fungi which are either pathogens or mycorrhizae, in an attempt to gain an understanding of the genes involved in beneficial plant-fungus interactions.

Theme

  • Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling
  • Evolutionary genetics and genomics
  • Host-microbe biology

Student intake

Open for PhD students

Status

Current

People

Surprisingly, many large-scale patterns of biodiversity (such as the latitudinal diversity gradient) are still poorly understood.

Theme

  • Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity

Student intake

Open for Honours, PhD students

Status

Current

People

Explore the impact thermal environments have on physiological development in lizards.

Theme

  • Evolutionary genetics and genomics
  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology

Student intake

Open for Honours students

Status

Current

People

Our lab is investigating adaptations that confer resilience to drought and aridity in Eucalyptus, with the aim of assisting conservation genetic management and restoration of
Australian forests. In particular, our current project is delving below ground to uncover variation in root growth strategies.

Theme

  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology
  • Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling
  • Photosynthesis and plant energy biology
  • Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity
  • Plant environmental biology and functional ecology
  • Plant genetics and gene regulation

Student intake

Open for Bachelor students

Status

Current

People

Potential Honours students: please contact Dan Noble for more information on this project.

Theme

  • Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology
  • Evolutionary genetics and genomics

Student intake

Open for Honours students

Status

Current

People