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.

Currently the Institute has 8 PhD students who are the recipients of ILWS scholarships.

PhD Graduates 2017 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	Mark Adler email Principal Supervisor Dr Helen Masterman-Smith Topic: Understanding the role of creativity in university clean energy research
Inam Ahmed email Principal Supervisor Professor Robyn Watts Topic: How scale of investigation influences reporting of in-stream river hydraulics	Pauline Andree email (Masters) Principal Supervisor Professor David Watson Topic: Determinants of vocal variation in Australian cuckoos
Kellie Bousfield email Principal Supervisor Dr Angela Ragusa Topic: Educational testing and social class	Dale Campbell email Principal Supervisor Dr Paul Humphries Topic: Reconstructing past floodplain environments
Jeanette Carroll email Principal Supervisor Dr Helen Masterman-Smith Topic: Animal Activism of the Poor in Australia - Is anyone paying attention?	Adrian Clements email Principal Supervisor Professor Max Finlayson Topic: The effect of water column nutrient enrichment and water regime on vegetation in shallow, ephemeral, freshwater lakes (Thesis approved for graduation 2018)

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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

Mark Adler email
Principal Supervisor Dr Helen Masterman-Smith

Topic: Understanding the role of creativity in university clean energy research

Inam Ahmed email
Principal Supervisor Professor Robyn Watts

Topic: How scale of investigation influences reporting of in-stream river hydraulics

Pauline Andree email
(Masters)
Principal Supervisor Professor David Watson

Topic: Determinants of vocal variation in Australian cuckoos

Kellie Bousfield email
Principal Supervisor Dr Angela Ragusa

Topic: Educational testing and social class

Dale Campbell email
Principal Supervisor Dr Paul Humphries

Topic: Reconstructing past floodplain environments

Jeanette Carroll email
Principal Supervisor Dr Helen Masterman-Smith

Topic: Animal Activism of the Poor in Australia - Is anyone paying attention?

Adrian Clements email
Principal Supervisor Professor Max Finlayson

Topic: The effect of water column nutrient enrichment and water regime on vegetation in shallow, ephemeral, freshwater lakes

(Thesis approved for graduation 2018)

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Leanne Greenwood email Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Dale Nimmo Topic: The Impact of buffel grass invasion on Indigenous livelihoods	Joshua Hodges email ILWS Scholarship Principal Supervisor Dr Jodi Price Topic: Post-fire seedling recruitment in grasslands of south-eastern Australia
Kent Hortle email Principal Supervisor Dr Lee Baumgartner

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Leanne Greenwood email
Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Dale Nimmo

Topic: The Impact of buffel grass invasion on Indigenous livelihoods

Joshua Hodges email
ILWS Scholarship
Principal Supervisor Dr Jodi Price

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

Kent Hortle email
Principal Supervisor Dr Lee Baumgartner

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Juana Katzer email Principal Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar Topic: Children with problem sexualised behaviours (PSBs) and social workers' decisions	Paul Kew email Principal Supervisor Dr Zhenquan Li (Jan) Topic: Meshless Computational Fluid Dynamics
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 Topic: The anti-vaccination movement and science communication	Clare Lawrence email Principal Supervisor Dr Melanie Massaro Topic: Life-history and behavioural responses to nest predation in Australian and New Zealand birds: can naïve birds adapt to exotic predators? (Thesis approved for graduation 2018)

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Juana Katzer email
Principal Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar

Topic: Children with problem sexualised behaviours (PSBs) and social workers' decisions

Paul Kew email
Principal Supervisor Dr Zhenquan Li (Jan)

Topic: Meshless Computational Fluid Dynamics

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

Topic: The anti-vaccination movement and science communication

Clare Lawrence email
Principal Supervisor Dr Melanie Massaro

Topic: Life-history and behavioural responses to nest predation in Australian and New Zealand birds: can naïve birds adapt to exotic predators?

(Thesis approved for graduation 2018)

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Helenna Mihailou email Principal Supervisor Dr Melanie Massaro Topic: The effects of feral animals on bird diversity around waterholes in the Northern Territory	Harry Moore email ILWS Scholarship Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Dale Nimmo Topic: Northern Quolls in the Pilbara region of WA
Kim Nelson email Principal Supervisor A/Prof Rosy Black Topic: An exploration of the construction of self-identity through tourism, host perspectives in Niseko, Japan	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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Helenna Mihailou email
Principal Supervisor Dr Melanie Massaro

Topic: The effects of feral animals on bird diversity around waterholes in the Northern Territory

Harry Moore email
ILWS Scholarship
Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Dale Nimmo

Topic: Northern Quolls in the Pilbara region of WA

Kim Nelson email
Principal Supervisor A/Prof Rosy Black

Topic: An exploration of the construction of self-identity through tourism, host perspectives in Niseko, Japan

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	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	Arif Rohman email Principal Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar Topic: Voices from a Leper Colony: A Critical Ethnography of the Impacts of Community Empowerment and Social Inclusion Program at the Sitanala Leprosy Village, Indonesia

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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

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

Arif Rohman email
Principal Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar

Topic: Voices from a Leper Colony: A Critical Ethnography of the Impacts of Community Empowerment and Social Inclusion Program at the Sitanala Leprosy Village, Indonesia

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Richard Segal email ILWS Scholarship Principal Supervisor Dr Melanie Massaro	Carla Simos (DSW) email Principal Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar Topic: Stepmothers' Life Stories and Self-Identity
Kylie Singh email Principal Supervisor Professor Robyn Watts Topic: Ecology of the Macquarie Turtle (Emydura macquarii macquarii) in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin: Are freshwater fish an effective 'umbrella taxa' for turtle conservation? (Thesis submitted 2017)	Daniel Svozil email Principal Supervisor Professor Robyn Watts Topic: The importance of intra-specific variation in biological and life history characteristics to the recovery of threatened fish species (Thesis submitted 2017)
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)	Samir Thapa email Principal Supervisor Professor Kevin Parton Topic: Use of Clean Development Mechanism funding to convert from woodstoves to biogas cookers in western Nepal
Anna Turner email Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Skye Wassens Topic: Chytrid fungus on southern bell frogs in the Lowbidgee and Gippsland Lakes

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Richard Segal email
ILWS Scholarship
Principal Supervisor Dr Melanie Massaro

Carla Simos (DSW) email
Principal Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar

Topic: Stepmothers' Life Stories and Self-Identity

Kylie Singh email
Principal Supervisor Professor Robyn Watts

Topic: Ecology of the Macquarie Turtle (Emydura macquarii macquarii) in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin: Are freshwater fish an effective 'umbrella taxa' for turtle conservation?

(Thesis submitted 2017)

Daniel Svozil email
Principal Supervisor Professor Robyn Watts

Topic: The importance of intra-specific variation in biological and life history characteristics to the recovery of threatened fish species

(Thesis submitted 2017)

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)

Samir Thapa email
Principal Supervisor Professor Kevin Parton

Topic: Use of Clean Development Mechanism funding to convert from woodstoves to biogas cookers in western Nepal

Anna Turner email
Principal Supervisor Associate Professor Skye Wassens

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

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Abdul Wazirzada email Principal Supervisor Professor John Hicks Topic: Sustainable Mobility for Road Users Using Intelligent Transport Systems: The Australian Paradigm	Jillda Wright (DSW) email Associate Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar Topic: An Exploratory study of the Management of Dissociative Identity Disorder in Australia
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: Fish migration in the Mekong Delta
Sumedha Weerasekara email ILWS Supervisors Associate Professor Branka Krivokapic-Skoko, Professor Mark Morrison Topic: Recognise and Assess the impact of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem factors on Enterprise Performance in the continuum of Urban to regional NSW, Australia	Londari Yamarak Principal Supervisor Professor Kevin Parton Topic: Effects of the mining industry on poverty in PNG
Elizabeth Znidersic email Principal Supervisor Professor David M. Watson Topic: The detectability of cryptic birds (Lewin's rail, Cocos Buff-banded rail and other rail species) to assist with conservation/management options.

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Abdul Wazirzada email
Principal Supervisor Professor John Hicks

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

Jillda Wright (DSW) email
Associate Supervisor Professor Manohar Pawar

Topic: An Exploratory study of the Management of Dissociative Identity Disorder in Australia

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: Fish migration in the Mekong Delta

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

Topic: Recognise and Assess the impact of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem factors on Enterprise Performance in the continuum of Urban to regional NSW, Australia

Londari Yamarak
Principal Supervisor Professor Kevin Parton

Topic: Effects of the mining industry on poverty in PNG

Elizabeth Znidersic email
Principal Supervisor Professor David M. Watson

Topic: The detectability of cryptic birds (Lewin's rail, Cocos Buff-banded rail and other rail species) to assist with conservation/management options.