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Micro- and nanoplastics in drinking water: tracking sources, fate, and removal
Investigate micro- and nanoplastics (<10 µm) in drinking water, their sources, and removal, and evaluate filtration systems to improve water safety and inform policy.
- Supervisor
- Dr Elvis Okoffo
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Environmental sciences
Minerals security for food security: mapping ASM-based agricultural mineral supply chains
First global study linking mineral and food security, exploring how local agromineral supply chains from ASM can reduce fertiliser gaps, improve food security, and support self-sufficiency in poor regions.
- Supervisor
- Dr Fitsum Semere Weldegiorgis
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Earth sciences, Economics, Environmental sciences, Human society
Monitoring illicit tobacco in Australia
Apply an integrated wastewater-based epidemiology approach to improve our understanding of the impact of tobacco control and tax policies on illegal tobacco markets in Australia.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Phong Thai
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences
Population projections for migration policy
Contribute to a new micro-simulation model to anticipate the impact of migration policy on the labour market, housing demand, and demographic trends.
- Supervisor
- Aude Bernard
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Human society
Revolutionise Australian Strata Management with Large Language Models
Develop Australia’s first strata management system powered by large language models.
- Supervisor
- Professor Hongzhi Yin and Dr Tong Chen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Strength in data, power in community: national evaluation of justice reinvestment
Develop and analyse First Nations justice models. In partnership with JRNA, use an Indigenist and community‑led research design to evaluate justice reinvestment in Australia.
- Supervisor
- Dr Krystal Lockwood
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Human society, Indigenous studies, Law and legal studies
Unsteady turbulence dynamics in pulsatile pipe flow
Experiments will reveal how non-sinusoidal pulsation (accelerate–decelerate–hold) reshapes turbulence at high Reynolds numbers in the lab.
- Supervisor
- Dr Navid Freidoonimehr
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
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
Understanding nonequilibrium steady states
Improve understanding of systems important to advanced materials and decarbonisation using new methods for the efficient calculation of nonequilibrium steady state properties.
- Supervisor
- Dr Stephen Sanderson and Professor Debra Bernhardt
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Agentic recommender systems with large language models
Investigate the use of language models as intelligent agents for modern recommendations in various online platforms. The outcome will include contributions to the application of recommender systems that can be widely applied.
- Supervisor
- Dr Ruihong Qiu
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences