Postgraduate Students

Much of the important research carried out by the Institute is undertaken by postgraduate students under the supervision of Institute researchers. In some cases, their co-supervisors may be from other universities, natural resource management agencies, industry, Government and non-government organisations, or other research institutions.

The Institute has 11 PhD students who are the recipients of ILWS scholarships.

PhD Graduates 2019 and earlier

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Jose Abalo (DSW) email Principal Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar Topic: Transitions Issues Experienced By Early School Leavers: Implications For Social Work Policy And Practice	Inam Ahmed email ILWS Scholarship Principal Supervisor Professor Robyn Watts Topic: Modelling in-stream hydraulics: Investigating the impact of scale
Pauline Andree email (Masters) Principal Supervisor Professor David Watson Topic: Determinants of vocal variation in Australian cuckoos	Dwi Atminarso email (Masters) Supervisors Dr Lee Baumgartner, Professor Robyn Watts and Dr Meaghan Duncan (NSW DPI Fisheries) Topic: Genetic connectivity upstream and downstream of dams
Kane Callaghan email Supervisors A/Prof Peter Simmons, Dr Michael Mehmet Topic: Social media citizensourcing for policy-making: The case of sharks in NSW	Dale Campbell email Principal Supervisor Dr Paul Humphries Topic: The effects of flooding and drying on macroinvertebrate assemblages of temporary and permanent wetlands and how this relates to taphonomy and the palaeoecological record
Celia Connor email Supervisors A/Prof Peter Spooner and Dr Jen Bond Topic: Invasive woody plants in linear habitats	Mitchell Cowan email Supervisors Associate Professor Dale Nimmo (Primary Supervisor), Dr Judy Dunlop (Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, WA) Topic: The use of artificial refuges for northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) in the Pilbara, WA

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Gael Evans-Barr email Supervisors Associate Professor Maree Bernoth, Dr Pamela Lockhart Topic: The post volunteering impact among retirees; Organisational and individual predictors

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Leanne Greenwood email Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Dale Nimmo Topic: The interactions between Indigenous burning, plant communities and fungal communities in Australia's western deserts	Liam Grimmett email ILWS Scholarship Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Rachel Whitsed Co-Supervisor Dr Ana Horta Topic: Simulating ecological processes in virtual communities to test the transferability of species distribution models to novel environments
Phenden Gyamtsho email ILWS Supervisors Associate Professor Rosemary Black, Dr Jennifer Bond Topic: Community-based Ecotourism	Ghulam Zakir Hassan (Zakir) email Supervisors: Associate Professor Catherine Allan, Associate Research Professor Lee Baumgartner, Professor Jay Punthakey Topic: Improving sustainable groundwater management: A case study of artificial recharge in Punjab, Pakistan.
Joshua Hodges email ILWS Scholarship Principal Supervisor Dr Jodi Price Topic: Post-fire seedling recruitment in grasslands of south-eastern Australia

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Leanne Greenwood email
Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Dale Nimmo

Topic: The interactions between Indigenous burning, plant communities and fungal communities in Australia's western deserts

Liam Grimmett email
ILWS Scholarship
Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Rachel Whitsed
Co-Supervisor Dr Ana Horta
Topic: Simulating ecological processes in virtual communities to test the transferability of species distribution models to novel environments

Phenden Gyamtsho email
ILWS Supervisors Associate Professor Rosemary Black, Dr Jennifer Bond

Topic: Community-based Ecotourism

Ghulam Zakir Hassan (Zakir) email
Supervisors: Associate Professor Catherine Allan,
Associate Research Professor Lee Baumgartner,
Professor Jay Punthakey

Topic: Improving sustainable groundwater management: A case study of artificial recharge in Punjab, Pakistan.

Joshua Hodges email
ILWS Scholarship
Principal Supervisor Dr Jodi Price

Topic: Post-fire seedling recruitment in grasslands of south-eastern Australia

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Thiloka Kariyawasam email Supervisors Dr Greg Doran and Dr Julia Howitt Topic: Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminated soils	Juana Katzer email Principal Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar Topic: Social Workers Decision Making with Children with Problem Sexualised Behaviours.
Warren Keedle email (Masters) Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Catherine Allan, Co-Supervisors Dr Michael Mitchell, Paul Ryan. Topic: Exploring how resilience thinking is embedded within regional natural resource management (NRM) organisations.	Karen Kime email Principal Supervisor Dr Angela Ragusa Topic: Wise practice and Anglicare's foster care programs for Aboriginal children
Kendal Krause email Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Skye Wassens Topic: Zooplankton in the Murrumbidgee: the effects of native and exotic fish species, density and behaviour on zooplankton community structure	Daniel Lander email Principal Supervisor Dr Angela Ragusa Co-Supervisor Dr Andrea Crampton Topic: The anti-vaccination movement and science communication (Thesis submitted December 2019)

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Thiloka Kariyawasam email
Supervisors Dr Greg Doran and Dr Julia Howitt

Topic: Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminated soils

Juana Katzer email
Principal Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar

Topic: Social Workers Decision Making with Children with Problem Sexualised Behaviours.

Warren Keedle email
(Masters)
Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Catherine Allan,
Co-Supervisors Dr Michael Mitchell, Paul Ryan.

Topic: Exploring how resilience thinking is embedded within regional natural resource management (NRM) organisations.

Karen Kime email
Principal Supervisor Dr Angela Ragusa

Topic: Wise practice and Anglicare's foster care programs for Aboriginal children

Kendal Krause email

Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Skye Wassens

Topic: Zooplankton in the Murrumbidgee: the effects of native and exotic fish species, density and behaviour on zooplankton community structure

Daniel Lander email
Principal Supervisor Dr Angela Ragusa
Co-Supervisor Dr Andrea Crampton

Topic: The anti-vaccination movement and science communication

(Thesis submitted December 2019)

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Sean Mack email Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Maree Bernoth Topic: The role of leadership in building, facilitating and sustaining a person-centred approach to working with residents, in the residential aged care environment	Richard McLellan email ILWS Scholarship Principal Supervisor Professor David Watson Co-Supervisors Professor Kingsley Dixon (Curtin Uni), Dr Jodi Price, Dr Adam Frew and Dr Leonie Valentine (UWA) Topic: The ecology of Santalaceae species (Sandalwood, Quandong, Leafless Ballart) in the semi-arid rangelands of mid-west Australia
Scott McManus email Supervisors Dr Ana Horta and Dr Azizur Rahman Topic: Assessment of uncertainty in the creation of spatial domains from portable X-ray fluorescence multi-element data using a Bayesian method	Helenna Mihailou email Principal Supervisor Dr Melanie Massaro Topic: The impacts of feral ungulate visitation to ephemeral savanna waterholes and their flow-on effects for native birds
Harry Moore email ILWS Scholarship Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Dale Nimmo Topic: Northern Quolls in the Pilbara region of WA	Newton Muhury email Supervisors Associate Professor Andrew Hall and Professor Max Finlayson Topic: Estimation of hydrological and climate change effects on river-fed groundwater resources and dependent vegetation communities using remote sensing data
Thomas Munro email Supervisors Dr Jodi Price and Associate Professor Dale Nimmo Topic: Seed enhancement technologies to overcome barriers to mining restoration.	Kim Nelson email Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Rosy Black Topic: Reimagining selves, liminal tourism spaces as sites for lifestyle migration. An exploration of the reflexive narratives of tourism business owners in Niseko, Japan (Approved for Graduation 2020)
Matt O'Connell email ILWS Scholarship Principal Supervisor Dr Paul Humphries Topic: Exploring the potential of taxidermy Murray cod mounts to inform past environmental conditions Website www.codspot.com.au

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Sean Mack email
Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Maree Bernoth

Topic: The role of leadership in building, facilitating and sustaining a person-centred approach to working with residents, in the residential aged care environment

Richard McLellan email
ILWS Scholarship
Principal Supervisor Professor David Watson
Co-Supervisors Professor Kingsley Dixon (Curtin Uni), Dr Jodi Price, Dr Adam Frew and Dr Leonie Valentine (UWA)

Topic: The ecology of Santalaceae species (Sandalwood, Quandong, Leafless Ballart) in the semi-arid rangelands of mid-west Australia

Scott McManus email
Supervisors Dr Ana Horta and Dr Azizur Rahman

Topic: Assessment of uncertainty in the creation of spatial domains from portable X-ray fluorescence multi-element data using a Bayesian method

Helenna Mihailou email
Principal Supervisor Dr Melanie Massaro

Topic: The impacts of feral ungulate visitation to ephemeral savanna waterholes and their flow-on effects for native birds

Harry Moore email
ILWS Scholarship
Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Dale Nimmo

Topic: Northern Quolls in the Pilbara region of WA

Newton Muhury email
Supervisors Associate Professor Andrew Hall and Professor Max Finlayson

Topic: Estimation of hydrological and climate change effects on river-fed groundwater resources and dependent vegetation communities using remote sensing data

Thomas Munro email
Supervisors Dr Jodi Price and Associate Professor Dale Nimmo

Topic: Seed enhancement technologies to overcome barriers to mining restoration.

Kim Nelson email
Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Rosy Black

Topic: Reimagining selves, liminal tourism spaces as sites for lifestyle migration. An exploration of the reflexive narratives of tourism business owners in Niseko, Japan

(Approved for Graduation 2020)

Matt O'Connell email
ILWS Scholarship
Principal Supervisor Dr Paul Humphries

Topic: Exploring the potential of taxidermy Murray cod mounts to inform past environmental conditions

Website www.codspot.com.au

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Dena Paris email Principal Supervisor Dr Melanie Massaro Topic: Foraging behaviour, habitat use and density related reproductive performance and dispersal in the endangered Chatham Island black robin	Gayle Partridge email (Masters) Supervisors Dr Jen Bond and Adjunct Professor Max Finlayson Topic: Climate change adaptation planning for internationally important wetlands
Thanasak Poomchaivej email Supervisors Professor Lee Baumgartner, Dr Xiaodi Huang and Institute Adjunct Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper. Topic: Patterns of fish migration at Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River using the PIT (passive integrated transponder) monitoring system	Bharat Poudel email Principal Supervisor Professor Kevin Parton Topic - Criteria for Sustainable Operation of Off-Grid Renewable Energy Services
George Rafael (DSW) email Principal Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar Topic: A social work approach to enabling young people at their work	Leia Rogers email ILWS Scholarship Supervisors Dr Raf Friere and Dr Keller Kopf Topic: Fish behaviour and ecology in native freshwater fish.

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Dena Paris email
Principal Supervisor Dr Melanie Massaro

Topic: Foraging behaviour, habitat use and density related reproductive performance and dispersal in the endangered Chatham Island black robin

Gayle Partridge email
(Masters)
Supervisors Dr Jen Bond and Adjunct Professor Max Finlayson
Topic: Climate change adaptation planning for internationally important wetlands

Thanasak Poomchaivej email
Supervisors Professor Lee Baumgartner, Dr Xiaodi Huang and Institute Adjunct Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper.

Topic: Patterns of fish migration at Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River using the PIT (passive integrated transponder) monitoring system

Bharat Poudel email
Principal Supervisor Professor Kevin Parton

Topic - Criteria for Sustainable Operation of Off-Grid Renewable Energy Services

George Rafael (DSW) email
Principal Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar

Topic: A social work approach to enabling young people at their work

Leia Rogers email
ILWS Scholarship
Supervisors Dr Raf Friere and Dr Keller Kopf

Topic: Fish behaviour and ecology in native freshwater fish.

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Dr Richard Segal email ILWS Scholarship Principal Supervisor Dr Melanie Massaro Co-Supervisor Associate Professor Rachel Whitsed Topic: Investigating the effects of rodent eradication on the threatened Lord Howe currawong.	Carla Simos (DSW) email Principal Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar Topic: Stepmothers' Life Stories and Self-Identity
Sarah Talbot email Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Skye Wassens Topic: An Investigation of Behaviour, Physiology, Morphology and Stability of Animal Personality, in order to Develop a Valid and Standardised Personality Assessment Tool: A Case Study in the Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) (Thesis submitted 2019)	Lauren Stoot email ILWS Scholarship Supervisors Professor Lee Baumgartner, Dr Julia Howitt and ILWS Adjunct Dr Jason Thiem (NSW DPI). Topic : The drivers of recruitment and the natal origins of fish in semi-arid river systems in South Africa and Australia.
Anna Turner email Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Skye Wassens Topic: Chytrid fungus on southern bell frogs in the Lowbidgee and Gippsland Lakes	Georgia Tziros email Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Maree Bernoth Topic: An exploration of Greek migrant experiences and later life emotional well being: A qualitative study

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Dr Richard Segal email
ILWS Scholarship
Principal Supervisor Dr Melanie Massaro
Co-Supervisor Associate Professor Rachel Whitsed

Topic: Investigating the effects of rodent eradication on the threatened Lord Howe currawong.

Carla Simos (DSW) email
Principal Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar

Topic: Stepmothers' Life Stories and Self-Identity

Sarah Talbot email
Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Skye Wassens

Topic: An Investigation of Behaviour, Physiology, Morphology and Stability of Animal Personality, in order to Develop a Valid and Standardised Personality Assessment Tool: A Case Study in the Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo)

(Thesis submitted 2019)

Lauren Stoot email
ILWS Scholarship
Supervisors Professor Lee Baumgartner, Dr Julia Howitt and ILWS Adjunct Dr Jason Thiem (NSW DPI).

Topic : The drivers of recruitment and the natal origins of fish in semi-arid river systems in South Africa and Australia.

Anna Turner email
Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Skye Wassens

Topic: Chytrid fungus on southern bell frogs in the Lowbidgee and Gippsland Lakes

Georgia Tziros email
Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Maree Bernoth

Topic: An exploration of Greek migrant experiences and later life emotional well being: A qualitative study

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Michael Vanderzee email ILWS Scholarship Principal Supervisor Professor Max Finlayson Topic: Socio-ecological impacts of water recovery for the environment in the Murray-Darling Basin	Vu Vi An (An) email Principal Supervisor Dr Lee Baumgartner Topic: Diadromous fishes in the Lower Mekong Basin
Melissa Wales email Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Catherine Allan Topic: Social norms and soil conservation practices	Sangay Wangchuk email Supervisors Dr. Jennifer Bond (Principal Supervisor), Professor Max Finlayson, Dr. Richard Thwaites Topic: Why are villages in the eastern part of Bhutan dying, and what are some of the social and ecological implications of this trend?
Qudus Wazirzada email Principal Supervisor Professor John Hicks Topic: Sustainable Mobility for Road Users Using Intelligent Transport Systems: The Australian Paradigm	Sumedha Weerasekara email ILWS Supervisors Associate Professor Branka Krivokapic-Skoko, Professor Mark Morrison Topic: Analysis of the impact of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem factors on Enterprise Performance in Urban and non-urban NSW, Australia
Lucia Wuersch email ILWS Supervisor Associate Professor Peter Simmons Topic: Transactional analysis in organisations: A case study exploration of Berne’s theory with a focus on communication	Londari Yamarak Principal Supervisor Professor Kevin Parton Topic: An investigation of the impacts of mining projects in Papua New Guinea on livelihoods and poverty in indigenous communities

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Michael Vanderzee email
ILWS Scholarship
Principal Supervisor Professor Max Finlayson

Topic: Socio-ecological impacts of water recovery for the environment in the Murray-Darling Basin

Vu Vi An (An) email
Principal Supervisor Dr Lee Baumgartner

Topic: Diadromous fishes in the Lower Mekong Basin

Melissa Wales email
Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Catherine Allan

Topic: Social norms and soil conservation practices

Sangay Wangchuk email
Supervisors Dr. Jennifer Bond (Principal Supervisor), Professor Max Finlayson, Dr. Richard Thwaites

Topic: Why are villages in the eastern part of Bhutan dying, and what are some of the social and ecological implications of this trend?

Qudus Wazirzada email
Principal Supervisor Professor John Hicks

Topic: Sustainable Mobility for Road Users Using Intelligent Transport Systems: The Australian Paradigm

Sumedha Weerasekara email
ILWS Supervisors Associate Professor Branka Krivokapic-Skoko, Professor Mark Morrison

Topic: Analysis of the impact of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem factors on Enterprise Performance in Urban and non-urban NSW, Australia

Lucia Wuersch email

ILWS Supervisor Associate Professor Peter Simmons

Topic: Transactional analysis in organisations: A case study exploration of Berne’s theory with a focus on communication

Londari Yamarak
Principal Supervisor Professor Kevin Parton

Topic: An investigation of the impacts of mining projects in Papua New Guinea on livelihoods and poverty in indigenous communities