2019 QUEX PhD projects
The 2019 QUEX PhD candidates are working on the following projects. Please note, these positions have been filled.
Projects have been grouped by QUEX themes.
Environmental Sustainability
Hazard and disaster planning in tourism: An integrative approach
UQ Supervisor:
Professor Brent Ritchie, Tourism Discipline, UQ Business School
Exeter Supervisor:
Professor Tim Coles, University of Exeter Business School (UEBS).
Examining trajectories of decline of megafauna in our coastal seas
UQ Supervisor:
Professor John Pandolfi, Marine palaeoecology, marine conservation, School of Biological Sciences and ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
Exeter Supervisor:
Dr Ruth H. Thurstan, Marine historical ecology, marine conservation, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, School of Biosciences
Long-term impacts and multiple benefits of green infrastructure in cities
UQ Supervisor:
Professor Zhiguo Yuan, Engineering, Advanced Water Management Centre
Exeter Supervisor:
Professor Guangtao Fu, Engineering, Centre for Water Systems
Exploring the nanoscale surface interactions of microplastics in natural waters
UQ Supervisor:
Professor Kevin Thomas, Environmental Toxicology, Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences
Exeter Supervisor:
Professor Tamara Galloway, Ecotoxicology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences
Healthy Ageing
Brain health with ageing
Understanding the physiological determinants of cerebrovascular regulation and cognitive decline across the lifespan.
UQ Supervisor:
Dr Tom Bailey Research Fellow, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
Exeter Supervisor:
Dr Bert Bond – Lecturer, Sport and Health Sciences
Understanding work-life balance across the lifespan: Identity, conflict, and well-being
UQ Supervisor:
Dr Kim Peters, Psychology, SIGN
Exeter Supervisor:
Professor Michelle Ryan, Psychology, SEORG
Harnessing the potential of community groups to prevent loneliness in older people
UQ Supervisor:
Professor Catherine Haslam, Psychology
Exeter Supervisor:
Dr Mark Tarrant, UEMS
Physical Activity & Nutrition
Age-related macular degeneration: when is it time to care?
Usual seasonal lutein dietary intake and plasma concentration, and macular pigmentation status with or without supplementation in subjects between the age of 20 to 80 years residing in Devon or Queensland.
UQ Supervisor:
Dr Veronique Chachay, UQ HMNS, Centre for Dietetics Research
Exeter Supervisor:
Dr Sarah Jackman, University of Exeter, Sport and Health Sciences
Using caffeine and nitrate supplementation to augment adaptation to high-intensity exercise training
UQ Supervisor:
Dr Michael Leveritt, Nutrition and Dietetics
Exeter Supervisor:
Professor Andrew Jones, Applied Physiology, Muscle Energetics, Exercise Physiology and Sports Nutrition Group
The interaction between exercise, diet and adiposity; how can we best promote cardiometabolic health in children and adolescents?
UQ Supervisor:
Professor Jeff Coombes, Professor, School of Human Movement Sciences
Exeter Supervisor:
Dr Bert Bond, Lecturer, Children’s Health and Exercise Research Centre (CHERC), Sport and Health Sciences