2020 QUEX PhD projects
The 2020 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
Where no eyes can see: Tracking Australian shorebird migration using radar
UQ Supervisor:
Professor Richard Fuller, School of Biological Sciences
Exeter Supervisor:
Dr Jason Chapman, College of Life and Environmental Sciences (Biosciences)
Characterisation of novel substances in wastewater that select for antimicrobial resistance
UQ Supervisor:
Professor Kevin Thomas, Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences
Exeter Supervisor:
Dr Aimee Murray, European Centre for Environment and Human Health
Designing natural capital landscapes for changing and uncertain future
UQ Supervisor:
Professor Jonathan Rhodes, School of Earth and Environmental Science
Exeter Supervisor:
Professor Brett Day, Director of the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP)
Forests, peat, and past fires: understanding the drivers of past fire in Amazonian forests
UQ Supervisor:
Professor Patrick Moss, School of Earth and Environmental Science
Exeter Supervisor:
Dr Angela Gallego-Sala, College of Life and Environmental Sciences (Geology)
Healthy Ageing
Design, Optimisation, and fabrication of patient-specific multi-phasic total disc replacement to address age-related degenerative disc diseases
UQ Supervisor:
Professor Justin Cooper-White, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
Exeter Supervisor:
Dr Timothy Holsgrove, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Exploring the complex relationships between pre-existing conditions and cancer diagnosis in an ageing population
UQ Supervisor:
Professor Stephen Birch, Centre for the Business and Economics of Health
Exeter Supervisor:
Professor Anne Spencer, College of Medicine and Health
Using Genetics to Investigate the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease in the UK Biobank Study and Other Large Scale Population Based Cohorts
UQ Supervisor:
Professor David Evans, Diamantina Institute
Exeter Supervisor:
Dr Rachel Freathy, College of Medicine and Health
Reproductive ageing
UQ Supervisor:
Professor Gita Mishra, School of Public Health
Exeter Supervisor:
Dr Anna Murray, College of Medicine and Health
Physical Activity & Nutrition
Patterns of objectively measured physical activity and healthy ageing: Does one-size-fit-all?
UQ Supervisor:
Dr Gregore Iven Mielke, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
Exeter Supervisor:
Associate Professor Melvyn Hillsdon, College of Life and Environmental Sciences
High-intensity interval exercise interventions in educational settings
UQ Supervisor:
Dr Michalis Stylianou, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
Exeter Supervisor:
Dr Alan Barker, College of Life and Environmental Sciences