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CSIRO Industry PhD - Pasture legumes in tropical and subtropical systems: diagnosing and addressing productivity and adoption gaps
You will investigate a range of factors that may be preventing producer use of tropical or sub-tropical legumes, as well as factors limiting productivity of legumes in subtropical pasture systems.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Shane Campbell and Dr Lindsay Bell
- Location
- UQ Gatton Campus (as well as some time at CSIRO, Forest Hill and QDPI Toowoomba)
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Reducing ageism in healthcare
You will leverage the expertise of a multidisciplinary team to deliver a) a detailed understanding of the risk contexts for ageism in healthcare environments, and b) an innovative suite of open-access, evidence-based resources for both healthcare provider training and for older people themselves.
- Supervisor
- Professor Julie Henry and Associate Professor Nell Baghaei
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Psychology
Advancing drying and extraction for bioactives from microalgae and seaweeds
Optimising drying and extraction of algae bioactives using FD, SD, and ESD to enhance stability, recovery, and bioaccessibility for functional ingredients.
- Supervisor
- Dr Alberto Baldelli
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Catalytic converting waste polyolefin into olefin monomers
Recycle waste polymers, such as polyethylene, into valuable olefins through catalytic pyrolysis.
- Supervisor
- Dr Muxina Konarova and Ping Chen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences
Leveraging near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) technique combined with artificial intelligence (AI) in detecting AMR organisms in water
The PhD candidate will test the capacity of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) technique and artificial intelligence (AI) for detection of an array of bacteria associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that are commonly found in water.
- Supervisor
- Dr Maggy Lord and Associate Professor Patrick Harris
- Location
- St Lucia and Herston
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Environmental sciences, Health sciences
A new window into the brain: Profiling extracellular vesicles for neuro-oncology
In this project, you will establish a liquid biopsy approach for brain cancer by mapping the molecular phenotype of blood-derived EVs from brain-resident cells. You will leverage tissue-specific EV markers and multiplexed nanotechnologies to enable minimally invasive monitoring of glioblastoma, brain metastases, and neuroinflammation.
- Supervisor
- Dr Richard Lobb
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences
Epigenomics of horticultural tree crops
This project will focus on the generation and functional analysis of DNA methylomes in mango and macadamia.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Miloš Tanurdžić and Dr Peter Crisp
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences
Genomic selection for lower methane emissions in beef cattle
This project will help deliver the genomic tools needed to enable accurate selection for lower methane emissions in beef cattle, while maintaining or improving key production traits.
- Supervisor
- Dr Mehrnush Forutan
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biological sciences
Rewiring enzymes for direct electrochemistry
Electrochemical methods will be applied to novel synthetically modified enzymes providing improved electrical connections and allowing direct electron exchange between the enzyme and an electrode leading to applications in chemical analysis, small molecule activation.
- Supervisor
- Professor Paul Bernhardt
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences
Data-driven, agent-based modelling of multimodal micromobility systems
This PhD project will develop data-driven, agent-based models to capture multimodal micromobility dynamics, user behaviour and safety interactions, enabling network-level analysis under different policy and infrastructure scenarios.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Mehmet Yildirimoglu and Professor Zuduo Zheng
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Built environment and design, Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences