Current project opportunities for students
The projects below are actively seeking student input.
This project focuses on southern greater glider ecology and conservation. The research will include field, laboratory, and captive animal studies and have a strong component of nutritional ecology and animal physiology.
Development of management strategies to enable, support and improve resilience of social-ecological systems (aka human-environment or socio-environmental systems) to changing conditions is now a key concern globally. Two projects explore modelling...
We are looking for research students and potential partners to apply a new integrated model to identify success factors linking food production, food processing and nutritional density.
How does leaf decomposition impact on water quality in Canberra?
The PhD project investigates the spatial ecology, behaviour and welfare of translocated eastern brown snakes in the ACT.
We are seeking a dedicated, passionate and high-quality PhD applicant to work with a team of ecologists and citizen scientists running a national research and monitoring program on Latham’s Snipe.
A range of post-grad projects that can be formulated to suit Honours, Masters or PhD. These will cover areas such as farm productivity, hydrology, ecological function, and social capital.
Help advance our understanding of a vital ecosystem service at the Fenner School of Environment & Society at The Australian National University (ANU) in collaboration with the CSIRO Future Science Platform Environomics (FSPE).
This project will use leading eDNA technologies to explore the detection of, and trophic interactions among species in the Ginninderry landscape in the ACT, focussing on three key components in this system – red fox, large native and domestic...
An opportunity exists at The Australian National University for a highly motivated PhD candidate to extend our current understanding of Australia’s pre-20th century weather and climate extremes such as heatwaves, droughts, and extreme rainfall...
Applicants are being sought for an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project, project exploring the impacts of urbanisation on the autecology and disease ecology of our native wildlife.