PhD Students & Opportunities

We are involved as co-supervisors with students from a range of universities, particularly the University of Tasmania. Prospective students are invited to contact us to discuss potentials projects in our area of TEPS expertise, particularly around fisheries interactions, climate impacts and adaptation, and marine pollution.

Our research interests are described on the Team page.

 

 

Students

Name	Topic	Role
Sofia Gabriel	Fine scale movement and behaviour of white sharks	Allied to TEPS project
Colby Bignell	Whale sharks PhD scholar	Allied to TEPS project

 

 

Some of our PhD topics

Year	Student	Title
2017	Pamela E Michael	Pelagic longlines and albatross in the southern Indian Ocean: interactions of fleet dynamics, climate change and albatross	Geoff Tuck, Alistair Hobday, Chris Wilcox
2019	Lauren Roman	Assessing the risks of marine debris ingestion to Procellariiform seabirds	Denise Hardesty, Chris Wilcox
2021	Kathy Willis	Kathy evaluated different types of government activities and their effect on reducing littering in the environment.	Denise Hardesty, Chris Wilcox
	Sierra Ison	Sierra’s project aims to adapt the framework of outcome mapping to enhance conservation action using a comprehensive case study of the Northwest Shelf Flatback Turtle Conservation Program.	Gretta Pecl, Chris Cvitanovic, Ingrid van Putten, Alistair Hobday
	Edie Bishop	Edie developed deep learning technology to identify sea snakes in prawn trawler bycatch, which will aid in bycatch monitoring and enhance understanding of sea snake population dynamics and conservation status.	Rich Little, Alistair Hobday, Geoff Tuck, Simon Wotherspoon, Scott Hadley
2022	Kelsey Richardson	Kelsey researched the amounts, types, fates and impacts of fishing gear loss from major commercial fisheries around the world.	Denise Hardesty, Chris Wilcox
2023	Claire Mason	Claire looked at climate variability influences on shy albatross populations and conservation under climate change.	Alistair Hobday, Mary-Anne Lea, Rachael Alderman