Category Archives: Projects

PhD Opportunities: Understanding ‘Greenspots’ to Increase Climate Change Resilience and Persistence of Threatened Biodiversity in Arid New South Wales

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Aaron Greenville

Love working in wild and remote Australia?   Would you like to understand and improve the conservation of threatened arid flora and fauna?  We are looking for enthusiastic and passionate Ph.D. candidates for the Greenspots Project. The Greenspots Project examines the … Continue reading →

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PhD project opportunity: developing an acoustic sensor network for post-megafire biodiversity recovery

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Aaron Greenville

Brief Project Summary:  We are now in an era of rapid global environmental change, which is coupled with increases in extreme disturbance events, such as wildfires. The age of mega-fires has begun, with unprecedented burn extents and fire severity already … Continue reading →

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Ecosystem Dynamics lab: Honours Opportunities 2022

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Aaron Greenville

Here at the Ecosystem Dynamics lab we are offering the following Honours projects: DigiFarm: incorporating biodiversity into farming decisions (with the Sydney Institute of Agriculture) We aim to develop a digitally enabled network which will monitor native flora and fauna … Continue reading →

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Ecosystem Dynamics lab: Honours Opportunities 2021

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Aaron Greenville

Here at the Ecosystem Dynamics lab we are offering the following Honours projects: Can machine learning be used to accurately identify wildlife in remote camera trap images in a rapidly changing world? Machine learning (ML) techniques provide a powerful method … Continue reading →

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Citizen science: how you can contribute to coronavirus research without leaving the house

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Aaron Greenville

Ayesha Tulloch, University of Sydney; Aaron Greenville, University of Sydney; Alice Motion, University of Sydney; Cobi Calyx, UNSW; Glenda Wardle, University of Sydney; Rebecca Cross, University of Sydney; Rosanne Quinnell, University of Sydney; Samantha Rowbotham, University of Sydney, and Yun-Hee … Continue reading →

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Ecosystem Dynamics lab: Honours Opportunities

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Aaron Greenville

Here at the Ecosystem Dynamics lab we are offering the following Honours projects: Can machine learning be used to accurately identify wildlife in remote camera trap images? (with WildCount, National Parks and Wildlife Service, NSW Government) This project will work … Continue reading →

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PhD opportunity: Maximising the resilience of pastures to grazing and extreme drought events

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Aaron Greenville

Brief Project Summary:  This project aims to address the significant knowledge gap of how species composition may change due to extreme drought, and in-turn, quantify the loss of ecosystem function resulting from species turnover. Further, this project will identify species … Continue reading →

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