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Data-driven intelligence for resilient power systems
Develop innovative data-driven solutions and prototypes for resilient power grids to enhance power system measurement data cybersecurity, fault prediction, and seamless renewable energy integration.
- Supervisor
- Dr Yi Cui and Associate Professor Ruifeng Yan
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Internal erosion in embankments dams: from initiation to global failure
Large-scale dam-break experiments will use novel geophysical methods to observe and analyse failure scenarios caused by internal erosion.
- Supervisor
- Professor Alexander Scheuermann and Dr Thierry Bore
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Oral anti-fertility vaccine for rabbits
Develop the first oral vaccines that suppress fertility in rabbits and enable responsible and ethical landscape population control. Expected outcomes of this project include the creation of a commercially attractive oral immunisation platform.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Mariusz Skwarczynski and Dr Rachel Stephenson
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences
Protein partners that control glycine receptors at inhibitory synapses
Investigate how newly identified protein partners shape glycine receptor function and localisation at inhibitory synapses. Using advanced electrophysiology and microscopy, you will help reveal how inhibitory signaling works in the spinal cord.
- Supervisor
- Dr Nela Durisic and Professor Karin Burges
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences
Forecasting extreme animal population events: Modelling house mouse plagues in the Australian grainbelt
Improve near-term forecasting, understanding or management of house mouse outbreaks harming agricultural communities using multi-modal climate, earth observation and monitoring data (ecology, statistics, data science, mathematics).
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Andries B. Potgieter
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Earth sciences, Environmental sciences, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences
Genomic characterisation of Fusarium wilt resistance and endophytic interactions in banana (Musa spp.)
Investigate genetic resistance to Fusarium wilt in banana using genomics and molecular markers. Develop KASP markers for resistance breeding and explore beneficial endophytic Fusarium strains for disease suppression.
- Supervisor
- Dr Shi Wei (Andrew) Chen and Professor Elizabeth Aitken
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Catalytic dehydrogenation process of liquid organic hydrogen carriers
Focus on facile catalytic dehydrogenation of liquid organic hydrogen carriers by applying Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) technology, which has the potential to solve the long-term pure hydrogen storage and transport.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Muxina Konarova and Ping Chen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering
Effect of Magnetic Field Deflection on Magnetohydrodynamic Heat Shield
Experimentally reproduce and characterise MHD heat shield concept in hypersonic ground test experiments.
- Supervisor
- Dr David Gildfind
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Physical sciences
Personalised infection prevention for vulnerable populations across the care continuum
This PhD will design, implement and evaluate infection prevention strategies tailored to vulnerable populations to improve safety and equity of care.
- Supervisor
- Dr Jessica Schults and Professor Claire Rickard
- Location
- Herston campus
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Mathematics of extremes in random dynamics for catastrophic event risk
Extreme weather events are increasing in Australia, impacting resilience, the economy, and wellbeing. Develop statistical tools to model extremes and account for nonstationarity driven by climate variability and change.
- Supervisor
- Dr Meagan Carney and Dr Jason Atnip
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences, Mathematical sciences