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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
Sensor antennas
This project investigates the design and performance of sensor antennas operating in complex and lossy environments.
- Supervisor
- Dr Sasan Ahdi Rezaeieh and Professor Christophe Fumeaux
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Plant molecular farming of peptide-based drugs
This project will use plant platforms for producing edible cyclic-peptide-based drugs.
- Supervisor
- Professor David Craik and Dr Linh Nguyen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences
Valorisation of waste gases using gas fermenting microbes
This PhD scholarship targets the biotechnological conversion of greenhouse-gas-rich waste streams into sustainable fuels, food, feed, and chemicals. The research will employ gas‑fermenting microbes, with projects spanning bioprocess design and optimisation, multi-omics and systems biology, and computational and process modelling.
- Supervisor
- Professor Esteban Marcellen, Dr Lars Puiman and Dr Isabella Casini
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Engineering
Designing distributed quantum-enhanced algorithms
Design distributed quantum-enhanced algorithms and architectures tailored to specific applications. Focus is on early fault-tolerant era, with networked quantum and classical processors but scarce quantum resources.
- Supervisor
- Dr Riddhi Gupta and Professor Eleanor Rieffel
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Environmental sciences, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Robust quantum algorithms for decarbonisation applications
Design new or tailor existing quantum approaches for specific decarbonisation applications. Innovate in the quantum algorithm and quantum error correction space, with a focus on reducing resources to attack these applications.
- Supervisor
- Dr Riddhi Gupta and Professor Eleanor Rieffel
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Environmental sciences, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences