Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

The effects of chemical stressors (e.g. salinity, pesticides or metals) on freshwater ecological systems:
• The effect of chemicals on individuals, populations and/or community in real streams
• Ecosystems functions/processes and services
• Comparing the effects of chemicals in the laboratory, mesocosms and real streams
• The importance of indirect effects

Improved ecological realistic methods of assessing the risk of environmental stressors/contaminants
• Obtaining representative samples of species sensitivity to toxicants
• New statistical methods

How do environmental stressors affect the traits of freshwater organisms?
• Stream invertebrates
• Diatoms sensitivity to herbicides
• Trait based diagnostic biomonitoring

The ecology of streams in the Australian Alps along an altitude gradient
• Population and community dynamics
• Ecosystem functions/processes

1998 …2025

Research activity per year

Network

Dayanthi Nugegoda

  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

External person

R Schäfer

  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

External person

Leon Metzeling

  • Environment Protection Authority Victoria

External person

Liliana Zalizniak

  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

External person

Carolyn G. Palmer

  • Rhodes University
  • University of Technology Sydney

External person

Richard Marchant

  • Museums Victoria

External person

M Liess

  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

External person

Jason Dunlop

  • Department of Environment and Resource Management (Queensland)

External person

Simon M. Mitrovic

Dr

  • University of Technology Sydney
  • NSW Department of Primary Industries

External person

Mirco Bundschuh

  • University of Koblenz-Landau
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

External person

Peter von der Ohe

  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

External person

Rebecca Wood

  • University of Technology Sydney

External person

Christophe Piscart

  • Université de Lyon
  • CNRS

External person

Ralf B. Schäfer

  • University of Koblenz-Landau

External person

Miguel Canedo-Arguelles

  • University of Barcelona

External person

Richard Lim

  • University of Technology Sydney

External person

Sarit L. Kaserzon

  • University of Queensland

External person

Narcís Prat

  • University of Barcelona

External person

M Beketov

  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

External person

Vincent Pettigrove

  • University of Melbourne
  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

External person

Michael Warne

  • Department of Industry, Innovation and Science

External person

Charles Oxnard

  • University of Western Australia

External person

Guillaume Kon Kam King

  • ComUE Paris-Saclay
  • Université Paris-Saclay

External person

Peter Goonan

  • South Australia Environment Protection Authority

External person

Jes Rasmussen

  • Aarhus School of Architecture

External person

Eduard Szöcs

  • University of Koblenz-Landau
  • BASF

External person

Ross V. Hyne

  • Environment Protection Science

External person

Peter Obendorf

  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

External person

Robert M. Hughes

  • Amnis Opes Institute
  • Oregon State University

External person

Abhik Gupta

  • Assam University

External person

Stefan Kunz

  • University of Koblenz-Landau
  • The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau

External person

David B Buchwalter

  • North Carolina State University

External person

Oghenekaro N. Odume

  • Rhodes University

External person

Sinje Burgert

  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

External person

Charles P. Hawkins

  • Utah State University

External person

Benjamin J.G. Moulding

  • University of Canberra

External person

Audrey Chou

  • Brigham Young University

External person

Maria João Feio

  • University of Coimbra

External person

Graeme Lee Hickey

  • University of Liverpool
  • University of Manchester

External person

Christoph D. Matthaei

  • University of Otago

External person

Jon S. Harding

  • University of Canterbury

External person

Ralf Schulz

  • University of Koblenz-Landau

External person

Willem Goedkoop

  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

External person

Wolfram Graf

  • University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

External person

P. J. Papas

  • Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research

External person

Adam G. Yates

  • Canadian Rivers Institute
  • University of Waterloo

External person

Catherine K. King

  • Australian Antarctic Division

External person

Saurav Bhattacharyya

  • Assam University
  • University of Calabria

External person

Jane Wasley

  • Australian Antarctic Division

External person

Deep Narayan Shah

  • Tribhuvan University
  • International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad
  • TCS Research

External person

Susmita Gupta

  • Assam University

External person

Renato T. Martins

  • Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
  • Universidade Federal de São Carlos

External person

Masanao Sueyoshi

  • Public Works Research Institute

External person

Diego R. Macedo

  • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

External person

Paulo S. Pompeu

  • Universidade Federal de Lavras

External person

Marcos Callisto

  • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

External person

Jane M. Hughes

Prof

  • Griffith University Queensland

External person

Philippe Usseglio-Polatera

  • Université de Lorraine

External person

Francisca C. Aguiar

  • University of Lisbon

External person

Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber

  • University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

External person

G Kon Kam King

  • Université de Lyon
  • University of Turin
  • Collegio Carlo Alberto

External person

Dick de Zwart

  • National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

External person

Claus-Jürgen Schulz

  • Thüringer Landesanstalt für Umwelt und Geologie

External person

N. Le Roy Poff

  • Colorado State University
  • University of Canberra

External person

Kai Chen

  • Nanjing Agricultural University
  • Hainan University
  • National Chengchi University

External person

Min Jeong Baek

  • Ministry of Environment Korea
  • National Institute of Biological Resources

External person

Jochen P. Zubrod

  • University of Koblenz-Landau
  • Zubrod Environmental Data Science

External person

Wayne Robinson

  • Charles Sturt University
  • Gulbali Institute

External person

Francis O. Arimoro

  • Federal University of Technology, Minna

External person

Terutaka Mori

  • Public Works Research Institute

External person

Carlos B.M. Alves

  • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

External person

Unique N. Keke

  • Federal University of Technology, Minna

External person

Renee Dowse

  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
  • Rhodes University
  • University of Technology Sydney

External person

Ram Devi Tachamo-Shah

  • Kathmandu University

External person

Keigo Nakamura

  • Public Works Research Institute
  • Japan Riverfront Research Center

External person

Colin Clay

  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

External person

Noël P. D. Juvigny‐Khenafou

  • University of Stirling

External person

Filipe Ribeiro

  • University of Lisbon

External person

Eloise Chandler

  • University of New England

External person

Samuel J. Macaulay

  • University of Oxford
  • Trinity College Dublin

External person

Mariana Meerhoff

  • Aarhus School of Architecture
  • Universidad de la República

External person

Stella A. Berger

  • Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
  • Berlin Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research

External person

Fleur Pablo

  • NSW Office of Environment and Heritage

External person

Daniel Gebler

  • Poznań University of Life Sciences

External person

Nina Cedergreen

  • University of Copenhagen

External person

Thibault Datry

  • Irstea - UR MALY
  • INRAE
  • Irstea Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne

External person

Helmut Segner

  • University Bern

External person

A Soares

  • Universidade de Aveiro

External person

Jarrod Sopniewski

  • University of Canberra
  • Australian National University
  • University of Western Australia

External person

Kestutis Arbaciauskas

  • Nature Research Centre

External person

Lisette de Senerpont Domis

  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

External person

Cameron K. Ghalambor

  • Colorado State University
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

External person

Mirian Calderón

  • Universidad Nacional de San Luis

External person

Wendy Monk

  • University of New Brunswick

External person

P Mensah

  • Rhodes University

External person

S Charles

  • Institut universitaire de France

External person

Andrew J. Brooks

  • NSW Department of Primary Industries
  • Union College

External person

Ana Lucia Gonzalez Achem

  • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas
  • Fundación Miguel Lillo

External person

Mary Kelly-Quinn

  • University College Dublin

External person

Elad Ben-David

  • Tel Aviv University

External person

Richard MacEwan

  • Department of Primary Industries

External person

Matthias Liess

  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
  • RWTH Aachen University

External person

Miguel G. Matias

  • CSIC - National Museum of Natural Sciences
  • University of Évora

External person

Duncan Rouch

  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

External person

Shelley E.Arnot

  • Queens University

External person

Jean Dzavi

  • Institute of Geological and Mining Research
  • University of Yaoundé

External person

Benjamin C. Scheele

  • Australian National University
  • James Cook University Queensland

External person

Martin J. Riddle

  • Australian Antarctic Division

External person

James M. Lazorchak

  • US Environmental Protection Agency

External person

Paul K. Botwe

  • University of Ghana
  • University of Tasmania

External person

Martyn G. Kelly

  • Bowburn Consultancy
  • University of Nottingham

External person

Frank Akamagwuna

  • Rhodes University

External person

Lloyd P. Werry

  • PNG University of Natural Resources and Environment
  • University of Technology Sydney

External person

Tom A. P. Nederstigt

  • Leiden University

External person

G Peixoto

  • Universitat de Barcelona

External person

Josefin Thorslund

  • Stockholm University
  • Utrecht University

External person

Doudou Tang

  • Durham University

External person

Vadim Panov

  • Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre

External person

Carolina Vera

  • University of Technology Sydney

External person

Pedro M. Anastácio

  • University of Évora

External person

Philip S. Lake

  • Monash University

External person

Theresa Piana

  • iES - Institute for Environmental Sciences

External person

M Delignette-Muller

  • Université de Lyon

External person

Peter Goethals

  • Ghent University

External person

Cayetano Gutierrez-Canovas

  • University of Murcia

External person

Verena C. Schreiner

  • University of Koblenz-Landau

External person

Markus Wetzel

  • German Federal Institute of Hydrology

External person

Haijun Wang

  • Yunnan University

External person

Maarten Boersma

  • University of Bremen

External person

Maria Stockenreiter

  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

External person

Katharina Frisch

  • University of Koblenz-Landau

External person

Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles

  • University of Barcelona

External person

Jeremy J. Piggott

  • Trinity College Dublin

External person

Katie L. Robinson

  • University of Melbourne

External person

Joop Vegter

  • Amsteldijk Zuid

External person

J. Doube

  • Australian Antarctic Division

External person

Marden S. Linares

  • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

External person

Orsolya Parkanyi

  • University of Sydney

External person

Xianyu Wang

  • University of Queensland

External person

Gavin Rose

  • Department of Primary Industries

External person

Wilco C.E.P. Verberk

  • Radboud University Nijmegen

External person

Daniel Hering

  • University of Duisburg-Essen

External person

Sally Maxwell

  • NSW Department of Primary Industries

External person

Zsófia Horváth

  • Centre for Ecological Research

External person

M Faria

  • Universidade de Aveiro

External person

Janine P. Silva

  • University of Coimbra

External person

Jochen Mueller

  • University of Queensland

External person

Mirian R. Calderón

  • Universidad Nacional de San Luis

External person

Graeme Allinson

  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

External person

Michael Sswat

  • Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

External person

Melissa E. Carew

  • University of Melbourne

External person

Kasturi Reddy-Lopata

  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

External person

Judy England

  • Environment Agency

External person

Laura Twardochleb

  • Michigan State University
  • State of California

External person

Leon A. Barmuta

  • University of Tasmania

External person

Laurence Hearn

  • University of Queensland

External person

C.K. King

  • Australian Antarctic Division

External person

Csaba F. Vad

  • Centre for Ecological Research

External person

Julia Crabot

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore

External person

Jens C. Nejstgaard

  • Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
  • Berlin Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research

External person

Seppo Hellsten

  • University of Oulu

External person

Ralph Kühne

  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

External person

Erik Jeppesen

  • Aarhus School of Architecture

External person

Moreno Julli

  • NSW Office of Environment and Heritage

External person

Sónia RQ Serra

  • Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

External person

Simon Linke

  • University of Queensland
  • Griffith University Queensland

External person

Ron Patra

  • NSW Office of Environment and Heritage

External person

Farah Zavahir

  • Department of Natural Resources Mines and Energy

External person

Jianfa Gao

  • University of Queensland

External person

Iwan Jones

  • Queen Mary University of London

External person

Jochen F. Mueller

  • University of Queensland

External person

Mira Kattwinkel

  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

External person

Patrick Fink

  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

External person

Martina G. Vijver

  • Leiden University

External person

Sebastian Birk

  • University of Duisburg-Essen

External person

Aleksandra M. Lewandowska

  • University of Helsinki

External person

Andreu Rico

  • University of Valencia

External person

Peter Craig

  • Durham University

External person

Subodh Sharma

  • Kathmandu University

External person

M Canedo-Arguelles

  • Central University of Catalonia

External person

Salomé F.P. Almeida

  • University of Aveiro

External person

Tarah Hagen

  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

External person

Renata Ruaro

  • University of Coimbra

External person

Michaela Hein

  • Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ

External person

Adam Wightwick

  • Department of Primary Industries

External person

Ralf B. Schäfer

  • The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau

External person

M. Houghton

  • University of Queensland

External person

Ian Campbell

  • Rhithroecology Pty Ltd

External person

Katherine Muñoz

  • University of Koblenz-Landau

External person

Zoltán Csabai

  • University of Péecs

External person

Thomas W.H. Aspin

  • University of Birmingham
  • Wessex Water

External person

Kaylene Allan

  • University of Tasmania

External person

Ricardo H. Taniwaki

  • Universidade Federal do ABC

External person

Ary Hoffman

  • University of Melbourne

External person

Peter E. Davies

Dr

  • University of Tasmania
  • University of Western Australia

External person

Dietrich Borchardt

  • Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ

External person

Michel Meybeck

  • Sorbonne Université-CNRS-EPHE

External person

Leandro Juen

  • Universidade Federal do Pará

External person

G. Elisei

  • University of Queensland

External person

N. Phillips

  • Streamlined Environmental Ltd

External person

Joana Barcelos E Ramos

  • University of the Azores

External person

Yeon Jae Bae

  • Korea University

External person

C Barata

  • Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research

External person

James R Thomson

  • Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
  • University of Canberra
  • Water and Planning

External person

Alexander Feckler

  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

External person

Elizabeth Berger

  • iES - Institute for Environmental Sciences

External person

Alvaro Javier Moyano-Salced

  • Universitat de Barcelona
  • Saint Thomas Villavicencio University

External person

M Sala

  • Universitat de Barcelona

External person

Meryem Beklioğlu

  • Middle East Technical University

External person

Kaarina Foit

  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

External person

Sujay S. Kaushal

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore

External person

Jeff Shimeta

  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

External person

Peiyu Zhang

  • CAS - Institute of Hydrobiology

External person

Sabine Apitz

  • Director, Oxford

External person

Norman Mercado-Silva

  • Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos

External person

Werner Brack

  • Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ

External person

Nabor Moya

  • Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca
  • Universidad San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca

External person

Iris Madge Pimentel

  • University of Duisburg-Essen

External person

Silke Langenheder

  • Uppsala University

External person

Helen Dallas

  • University of Cape Town

External person

Josepha Axelsen

  • University of Copenhagen

External person

A. Miranda

  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

External person

Alexia Maria González-Ferreras

  • IHCantabria - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de La Universidad de Cantabria

External person

Marie Anne E. Forio

  • Ghent University

External person

Kristian Spilling

  • Finnish Environment Institute
  • University of Agder

External person

Alisha A. Shah

  • Colorado State University
  • University of Montana
  • Princess Alexandra Hospital Brisbane
  • University of Queensland
  • Translation Research Institute Australia
  • Michigan State University

External person

Tibor Erös

  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences

External person

Sónia R.Q. Serra

  • University of Coimbra

External person

Michael Shackleton

  • La Trobe University

External person

Christian Schürings

  • University of Duisburg-Essen

External person

I. Steffan-Dewenter

  • University of Canberra

External person

John Dennison

  • University of Otago

External person

Richard P Lim

  • University of Technology Sydney

External person

Ulf Riebesell

  • Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

External person

Avital Gasith

  • Tel Aviv University

External person

Sunderam Ramasamy

  • NSW Office of Environment and Heritage

External person

Nadine V. Gerner

  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
  • Emschergenossenschaft
  • University of Koblenz-Landau

External person

J. Wasley

  • Australian Antarctic Division

External person

Jean-Nicolas Beisel

  • Université Paul Verlaine

External person

Rosa Trobajo

  • Institute for Food and Agricultural Research Technology

External person

David M. Costello

  • Kent State University

External person

Karina Dias-Silva

  • Universidade Federal de Goiás

External person

Nadine Gerner

  • University of Koblenz-Landau

External person

Robert Ptacnik

  • WasserCluster Lunz
  • University of South-Eastern Norway

External person

Diego Fernández

  • University of Koblenz-Landau

External person