Current HDR projects
| Name | Project | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Fadzli Bin Ali | Enhancing our understanding of smallholder rubber production behaviour through the development of an integrated decision support system: a Malaysian case study | Dr Ammar Abdul Aziz |
| Minoli Amarasinghe | Demand side management in a sustainable electricity system for Sri Lanka | Assoc Prof Colin Brown |
| Shelley Baldwin | Protecting agribusiness by improving the onshore gas industry's best-practice methods of co-existence under current governance frameworks | Prof Helen Ross |
| Janine Basha | Understanding information sharing in Australian fresh food value chains | Dr Phillip Currey |
| Sarah Choudhury | Learning how to manage for resilience - strategically monitoring for adaptive governance of social ecological systems | Prof Helen Ross |
| Inne Dwiastuti | The economics of greater use of the renewable energy sources of rural community development in small islands | Prof Helen Ross |
| Yulia Fitriana | Reconciling conseration and development: the case of coffee producers in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Indonesia | Prof Robert Cramb |
| Kora Fortunaso-Hulmann | Adolescent food enrironment and wellbeing: understanding attitudes and food choice predictors in different learning environments | Prof Helen Ross |
| Benjamin Francis | Financial and economic performance of silvicultural treatments in subtropical private native forests of Australia | Tyron Venn |
| Yaochen Hou | Global agriculture trading hub: the collection and management of gib data around production, post-harvesting and logistics in order to manage the risk and performance of Australian agrifood industry export chains into China | Assoc Prof Kim Bryceson |
| Jing Hu | Changes of functional traits of dominant species in the process of degraded forests restoration in watersheds in the Philippines | Dr John Herbohn |
| Kankana (Nilmini) Jayalth | Weather variability and coconut production in Sri Lanka: State-contingen analysis | Prof Robert Cramb |
| Aaron Kama | Adoption of agricultural innovations in Solomon Islands: farmers' response, innovativeness and adaption to strategies for agriculture development | Prof Helen Ross |
| Melanie King | 2050 and beyond: impacts of population growth, changing consumption patterns and climate change on food security in the Asia-Pacific region and Australia's future role in meeting its own and the region's demands | Dr Carl Smith |
| Nikko Laorden | Developing sustainable mango value chairns: a look at incentive mechanisms and private governance as key entry points | Dr Phil Currey |
| Chengdong Liao | Strengthening extension advisory services in China through learning from Australia | Dr Gomathy Palaniappan |
| Trie Mahendri | The impact of cattle credit on cattle production and farmer's income in Indonesia | Dr Scott Waldron |
| Arya Ningsih | Scenario analysis on the management of forest product as the implication of law 23/2014 on regional government. | Dr Phil Currey |
| Yanti Nuraeni Mufikh | Understanding the dynamic behaviour of the Indonesian chilli value chain to improve smallholder livelihoods | Dr Ammar Abdul Aziz |
| Purwanto | Rural infrastructure, agriculture development and poverty alleviation in the rural area of small islands of Indonesia | Prof Helen Ross |
| Glory Dee Romo | Analysis of the choices of economic actors in terms of the degree of vertical coordination for relevant horticultural value chains in the Philippines | Assoc Prof Colin Brown |
| Salman Sarwar | Impact of technology on facilitating integration and adding value into agrifood chains in South-East Asia | Professor Kim Bryceson |
| Md Shawkat Sohel | Water use by different forms of planted forest in the Philippines: implication for improving the outcomes of reforestation and efficient catchment management | Assoc Prof John Herbohn |
| Tamara Stanley | Diversity of views, strategies and tactics within Australia's food & nutrition policy landscape: the trilogy of sugar, sodium and saturated fat | Assoc Prof Kim Bryceson |
| Ali Md Akber | Sustainability pathways for shrimp aquaculture in tropical coastal areas | Prof Helen Ross |
| Sabrina Chakori | Circular economy in Australia: interplay of environmental and economics systems within the food industry | Dr Ammar Abdul Aziz |
| Adelino Do Rego | Increasing incomes of small-holder cattle farmers in timor-Leste: an analysis of farm management options, communication methods and decision-making | Dr Scott Waldron |
| Noel Kalo | A value chain analysis to increase farm-gate cattle prices for smallholders in Vanuatu | Dr Scott Waldron |
| Janina Kaluza | The ecology and conservation of the water mouse in the Maroochy River catchment | Dr Luke Leung |
| Janine Teese | Understanding information sharing in Australian fresh food value chains | Dr Phil Currey |
| Adriana Vega Grau | Species and functional diversity, structure and compsition on aboveground biomass and carbon stock in tropical small-scale agroecosystems across a landscape | Dr John Herbohn |
| Name | Project | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Dalene Adam | Behavioural and physiological adaptations of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) to climate change | Dr Bill Ellis |
| Yaqoub Al-Hosni | Impact of heat load on microbial community and rumen function | Dr Rafat Al Jassim |
| Tiago Alves Correa Carvalho Da Silva | Feeding strategies for the early-weaned calf | Prof Dennis Poppi |
| Amy Anstis | Improving the starch availability of sorghum grain for dairy cows in a subtropical feedbase | Prof Dennis Poppi |
| Risa Antari | The effect of nutrition on bone growth in cattle | Prof Dennis Poppi |
| Linda Behrendorff | Ecology and management of dingoes on Fraser Island | Dr Luke Leung |
| Elizabeth Bellward | Maximising profit and cash flow in captive wildlife facilities to allow greater support of in-situ conservation | Assoc Prof Peter Murray |
| Julie Broken-Brow | The ecology of microbats in Cape York | Dr Luke Leung |
| Tamielle Brunt | Platypus populations in Queensland: an analysis of distribution, health and threats | Assoc Prof Peter Murray |
| Joanne Bussey | A novel approach to developing a koala conservation strategy for Queensland: conserving koalas on agricultural land | Dr Bill Ellis |
| Milou Dekkers | Patch grazing: dynamics of pasture ecology and diet selection in the tropical savannah rangelands | Prof Dennis Poppi |
| Lindawati Doloksaribu | Improvement of rearing goat management in Bali Provence, Indonesia | Assoc Prof Peter Murray |
| Zilong (Jack) Du | Non-invasive assessment of male reproductive function in the captive Southern hairy-nosed wombat | Assoc Prof Stephen Johnston |
| Megan Edwards | Predator avoidance training of Australian marsupials with the use of microchip-automated devices | Assoc Prof Peter Murray |
| Tianyi Feng | Spermatogenesis and sperm assessment in the Australian giant tiger prawns, Penaeus monodon (Fabricius, 1798) | Assoc Prof Stephen Johnston |
| Lyndal Hulse | The effect of chlamydia on koala semen quality | Assoc Prof Stephen Johnston |
| David Innes | Intake regulation in ruminants consuming nutrient deficient diets | Simon Quigley |
| La Toya Jamieson | Wildlife detection dogs: the ideal dog, dog-handler and testing format | Assoc Prof Peter Murray |
| Alex Jiang | Research into post-release rehabilitated koalas: survival rate, welfare implications and interactions with existing wild local individuals | Assoc Prof Peter Murray |
| Janina Kaluza | The ecology and conservation of the water mouse in the Maroochy River catchment | Dr Luke Leung |
| Muhammad Shahjalal Khan | Detoxification of fluoroacetate by naturally occurring rumen microorganisms | Professor Wayne Bryden |
| Patricia Leehong | Estimating body composition and the relationship of energy stores to reproductive status in the short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) | Professor Wayne Bryden |
| Jarrod Lees | Development of heat load index for dairy cows in sub-tropical environment | Assoc Prof John Gaughan |
| Margie Maccoll | Stakeholders perceive the delivery of ecosystems with representative, self-sustaining populations of fauna and flora endemic to the Scenic Rim will benefit them socially, economically and environmentally | Assoc Prof Peter Murray |
| Windu Negara | Improving the efficiency of rumen function - when to intervene | Dr Athol Klieve |
| Elizabeth Owens | Nutrition of elite performance horses | Professor Wayne Bryden |
| Stephanie Sammes | Nutritional strategies to alleviate heat stress in cattle | Dr John Gaughan |
| Bridie Schultz | Genetic capture technology for the conservation of koalas in South East Queensland | Assoc Prof Stephen Johnston |
| Yadav Sharma Bajagai | Effects of probiotics on productivity and health of poultry | Dr Athol Klieve |
| Jazmine Skinner | Vitamin K metabolism in the horse | Dr Judy Cawdell-Smith |
| Ryan Stevens | Improved poultry performance following removal of dietary antinutrients and toxins with novel feed additives | Professor Wayne Bryden |
| Kirsty Sullivan | Relative abundance of Elds Deer and free roaming dogs across three different forest types in Western Siem Pang wildlife sanctury, Cambodia | Dr Luke Leung |
| Alyce-Maree Swinbourne | Southern hairy-nosed wombat reproduction physiology and breeding for the development of assisted-reproductive techniques and captive management | Assoc Prof Stephen Johnston |
| Charlotte Tinsley | Control of paralysis ticks (lxodes holocyclus): formulation of an acaricide treatment for bandicoots | Assoc Prof Peter Murray |
| Andrea Wallage | The effect of heat stress on the thermoregulation of the mammalian tests: an evolutionary investigation | Assoc Prof Stephen Johnston |
| Natalie Waller | What drives population numbers of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) in north Queensland tropical savanna? | Dr Luke Leung |
| Ruishu Wang | The ecology and control of rabbits in the Lockyer Valley | Dr Luke Leung |
| Kurt Watter | Chital deer: competition with cattle of grazing resources and their impact on the economic viability of cattle production | Assoc Prof Peter Murray |
| Jason Brett Weare | The nutritional management of grazing dairy cows on a PMR system subjected to environmental heat stress | Dr John Gaughan |
| Zhiwei Zou | Improved broiler phosphorus utilisation and transporter gene expression | Professor Wayne Bryden |
| Name | Project | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Bhaskar Adhikari | Effect of gas bubbles on crystallisation of dairy system | Prof Bhesh Bhandari |
| Maria Botero-Uribe | Developing a potato value chain from the raw material to the processed chip | Prof Melissa Fitzgerald |
| Crystal Concepcion | Harnessing new technologies to understand the consumer experience of eating high-quality rice | Prof Melissa Fitzgerald |
| Pramesh Dhungana | Effect of droplet size on functionality and stability of dairy emulsions | Prof Bhesh Bhandari |
| Anran Dong | Biocontrol of pathogens on vegetables | Assoc Prof Mark Turner |
| Sara Ghorbani Gorji | Identifying natural products for improving shlf life of mayonnaise | Prof Melissa Fitzgerald |
| Sylvester Mantihal | Assessing 3D food printing technology: application in dark chocolate extrusion | Prof Bhesh Bhandari |
| Malik Nawaz | Processing and quality of glutinous rice | Prof Bhesh Bhandari |
| Negin Neinavaie | Controlling the property of emulsion-filled alginate microgel particles produced by impinging aerosol technique | Prof Bhesh Bhandari |
| Tran Phuong Thao Nguyen | Digestibility of infant formula formulations | Dr Sangeeta Prakash |
| Dian Ningtyas | Dynamic oral processing and characterization of functional ingredient enriched low-fat cream cheese | Dr Sangeeta Prakash |
| Bhaveshkumar Panchal | Influence of emulsion size and fat crystallisation on the functional properties of milk fat systems | Prof Bhesh Raj Bhandari |
| Thi Huong Pham | The role of the purine metabolism in stress resistance in Lactococcus | Assoc Prof Mark Turner |
| Elisabeth Prabawati | Lactobacillus plantarum as a biopreservative for cheese | Dr Nidhi Bansal |
| Tezar Ramdhan | Properties of encapsulated composite alginate microgel particales | Prof Bhesh Raj Bhandari |
| Anu Ratnayake Mudiyanselage | Development of a small-scale UHT processing plant | Dr Nidhi Bansal |
| Bal Kumari Sharma Khanal | Manipulation of textural properties of low-fat cheddar cheese | Dr Nidhi Bansal |
| Anita Sikes | Biochemical and biophysical changes associated with tenderisation of meat using very fast-chilling and high-pressure processing | Dr Bruce D'Arcy |
| Jaspal Singh | Improving ultra-high temperature processability of high-protein beverages | Dr Nidh Bansal |
| Nghia Tran | Bioactive compounds from rice bran | Prof Melissa Fitzgerald |
| Lourdes Urban Alandete | Lipid degradation during grain storage: markers, mechanisms and shelf-life extension treatments | Prof Melissa Fitzgerald |
| Ngoc Minh Thu Vu | Cyclic-di-AMP effects on cell wall metabolism and salt resistance in Lactococcus | Assoc Prof Mark Turner |
| Jie Zhang | Transformation processing of human milk | Dr Nidh Bansal |
| Yang Zhu | Role of hydrocolloids in dairy products, their interactions with protein and fat and contribution to physical and sensory characteristics | Dr Sangeeta Prakash |
| Zhengzheng Zou | Characterisation of Australian camel milk | Dr Nidhi Bansal |
| Arianna Dick Zambrano | 3D printing of meat | Dr Sangeeta Prakash |
| Ulfa Najamuddin Ambo Rappe | Arsenic in Indonesian rice varieties: concentration, speciation and mitigation | Prof Melissa Fitzgerald |
| Phan Khanh Kim Thi | Improving the thermal stability of bacteria by encapsulation | Prof Bhesh Raj Bhandari |
| Naomi Vinden | Improving the thermal stability of bacteria by encapsulation | Prof Bhesh Raj Bhandari |
| Xiaoying Xiong | Milk Foaming | Dr Mark Turner |
| Name | Project | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Abdullah Al Hosni | Wastewater management in conservation of the degrading traditional farming system | Prof Daryl Joyce |
| Faisal Saeed Alsenani | Screening and isolation of natural health products and new antibiotics from microalgae | Prof Peer Schenk |
| Hamed Subhi Alsufyani | Optimisation of oil extraction process from microalgae for biofuel production | Prof Peer Schenk |
| Monia Anzooman | Understanding physiological basis for wheat genotypes adaption on sodic, magnesic or dispersive soils | Dr Yashpal Pal Dang |
| Robert Banks | Land use-induced changes to short-term soil formation | Dr Gunnar Kirchhof |
| Ali Ahsan Baywa | Exploring the mechanism of Parthenium hysterophorus invasion in Pakistan | Prof Steve Adkins |
| Shelby Berg | Enhancing the efficacy of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and recyclable waste to benefit plant nutrition and root architecture | Prof Susanne Schmidt |
| Henry Birt | The banana microbiome | Dr Paul Dennis |
| Pax Blamey | Physiology and biochemistry of sensitivity and tolerance to high manganese in crop plants | Dr Peter Kopittke |
| Mark Bonner | Belowground carbon and nutrient dynamics of tropical secondary forests and plantations | Prof Susanne Schmidt |
| Scott Buckley | Organic nitrogen dynamics in agricultural soils | Prof Susanne Schmidt |
| Apurbo Kumar Chaki | The value of CA technologies in improving productivity and resourse-use efficiency for farmers in the Eastern Gangetic Plants (EGP) of Bangladesh | Prof Neal Menzies |
| Sinh Chao | Enhancing commercialisation of Cambodian agriculture through controlling rice kernel cracking in ost harvest processing | Prof Shu Fukai |
| Zhong Xiang Cheah | Role of trace element nutrition in food quality and disease resistance in sweet corn | Professor Mike Bell |
| Xitong Chu | Peptide control of soybean nodulation | Prof Peter Gresshoff / Dr Brett Ferguson |
| Elvis Teng Chua | Development of a pipeline for EPA and other high-value componds from Nannochloropsis | Professor Peer Schenk |
| Yi Cu | Biodiesel production from microalgae | Professor Peer Schenk |
| Grant Cutler | Manipulating soil-water status at various growth stages for increased water-use efficiency and aconomic productivity from irrigated pulses | Dr Marisa Collins |
| Diego Correa Gomez | Spatial prioritisation for sustainable algae production based on environmental and socio-economical factors | Professor Peer Schenk |
| Elizabeth Czislowski | Characterisation of putative pathogenicity SIX genes in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense | A/Prof Elizabeth Aitken |
| Aloesi Dakuidreketi | Exploiting inducible disease resistance to improve tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) and pepper (Capsicum annum) production in Fiji | A/Prof Liz Aitken |
| Tam Dang Thi Thanh | Involvement of heterotrimeric G-protein in plant defence: establishing the signalling pathways leading the defence against pathogens | Prof Jimmy Botella |
| Sandra Dennien | Innovating new virus diagnostics for the Australian sweet potato industry | Assoc Prof Victor Galea |
| Christian Forstner | Effects of xenobiotics on soil microbial diversity and function | Dr Paul Dennis |
| Apollo Gomez | Developing screening methods for assessing pathogenicity on strawberry of Macrophomina phaseolina from strawberry and non-strawberry hosts | A/Prof Elizabeth Aitken |
| Lina Gonzalez Gonzalez | Development of a mircoalgal cultivation system for biofuel production in algae energy farms | Prof Peer Schenk |
| Karen Graham | Investigating the efficiency of current wheat breeding techniques and gene transfer of rust and dormancy | Dr Mark Dieters |
| Michael Halliday | Understanding and controlling DHP toxicity in ruminants consuming leucaena leucoephala in Australia and Eastern Indonesia | Dr Harry Shelton |
| April Hastwell | Functional characterisation of novel peptide hormones in legume nodulation and plant development | Dr Brett Ferguson |
| Nurul Hidayah | Study of infection on mechanisms of sugarcane smut caused by Sporisorium Scitamineum | A/Prof Victor Galea |
| Bhavna Hurgobin | Characterisation of Brassica napus haplotype selection during canola breeding using next-generation sequencing data | Prof David Edwards |
| Muhammad Sarmad Iftikhar | Examination of combined selection for grain yield and grain protein from wheat recurrent selection programs | Professor Kaye Basford |
| Nasser Hussein | Molecular and serological detection of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and designing a control strategy | Prof Peer Schenk |
| Nadeem Iqbal | Development of organic herbicides by evaluating the allelopathic potential of some Australian native plants | Prof Steve Adkins |
| Andrew Jones | Linking belowground processes to ecosystem function | Prof Susanne Schmidt |
| Candice Jones | Functional characterisation of new CLE peptide hormones of soybean | Dr Brett Ferguson |
| Zaiful Kamde | Molecular characterisation of flowering in the tree legume pongamia pinnata | Prof Peter Gresshoff |
| Parastoo Karimian | Investigating the mechanism of G protein mediated defence in plants | Prof Jimmy Botella |
| Lisa Kelly | Fusarium species associated with summer field crops in Queensland, Australia | A/Prof Elizabeth Aitken |
| Mohammed Khudhair | Characterisation of host pathogen interactions between crown rot pathogens and wheat under increasing carbon dioxide and temperatures | A/Prof Liz Aitken |
| Yunru Lai | Assessing the impact of soil sodicity to wheat production in Queensland using multi-year remote sensing and GIS | Dr Yash Dang |
| Huey Tyng Lee | Applying bioinformatics on next-generation sequencing data for crop improvement | Prof David Edwards |
| Cui Li | Tailoring physiologically-based nanomaterial fertilisers for the biofortification of Zn in broadacre crops | Dr Peter Kopittke |
| Zhigen Li | Understanding the importance of the binding of toxic metals to plant cell walls on their loosening | Dr Peter Kopittke |
| Bruce Llewellyn | Spray drift reduction using controlled droplet application | Dr Andrew Hewitt |
| Sarah Lorberg | Understanding the involvement of Brassica SYM genes in plant pathogen interactions | A/Prof Jacqueline Batley |
| Arun Jesuraj Manoharan | Development of novel gene silencing echnologies to control Rhizoctonia solani in tomato | Prof Jimmy Botella |
| Runping Mao | Behaviour of parthenium weed seeds in the soil seed bank | Prof Stephen Adkins |
| Natsumi Maruta | Establishing the molecular mechanisms used by extra-large G-proteins controlling the plant innate immunity | Prof Jimmy Botella |
| Karen Massel | Genome editing approaches to increased cereal grain size | Prof Ian Godwin |
| Andrea Matthews | Diversity of Fusarium oxysporum on ginger and assessment of tissue culture derived plants to infection | Professor Elizabeth Aitken |
| Donald McMurrich | Canopy manipulation of sorghum to create a more efficient, stress tolerant plant with increased yield | Prof Ian Godwin |
| Emma Meyers | Interaction of water use efficiency and resistance to Fusarium crown rot in wheat | Dr Mark Dieters |
| Hooman Mirzaee | Isolation and characterisation of new antimicrobial compounds from soil microorganisms | Prof Peer Schenk |
| Nur Mohd Nor | Improving vegetable root systems to increase nitrogen use efficiency | Prof Neal Menzies |
| Juan Daniel Montenegro Cabrera | Identification and characterisation of resistance gene clusters in the brassica sp. genome | Prof David Edwards |
| Khamla Mott | In-transit ripening and prediction of outturn quality for mango | Prof Daryl Joyce |
| Nurazilah Mustapha | Genetic engineering of sorghum bicolur grain for nutritional improvement | Prof Ian Godwin |
| Margaret Mwathi | Creating a new Brassica species for food and biofuel | A/Prof Jacqueline Batley |
| Ohnmar Myint | Diversification and intensificaiton of rice-based systems in lower Myanmar | Prof Shu Fukai |
| Sijesh Natarajan | Sugarcane for water-limited environments: characterisation of a selected sugarcane germplasm from transpiration efficiency and high biomass production for the sugarcane growing regions in Australia | Prof Shu Fukai |
| Thien Quang Nguyen | Micropropagation of coconut for germplasm exchange and elite seedling production | Prof Stephen Adkins |
| Sara Niaz | Soil organic matter and organic amendments: effects on sodium on soil physical properties | Prof Neal Menzies |
| Thi Thao Ninh | Biotechnological control of plant pathogens | Prof Jimmy Botella |
| Urvi Parekh | Role of phosphorylation in G protein signalling | Prof Jimmy Botella |
| Arslan Peerzada | Ecology and management of weeds in sorghum | Dr Chris O'Donnell |
| Rhys Pirie | Next-generation fertilisers for nutrient stewardship | Professor Susanne Schmidt |
| Lara-Simone Pretorius | Identifying the phytotoxic metabolites of Fusarium oxysporum to develop new approaches for disease resistance in plants | Prof Peer Schenk |
| Christopher Proud | The genetic analysis of physiological traits in rice contributing to aerobic adaption | Dr Jaqueline Mitchell |
| Anura Ratnasiri | Surveillance of low birthweight, preterm deliveries and infant mortality in California, 2006-2013: application of multivariable statistics to explore socioeconomic status by maternal morbidity interactions | Prof Kaye Basford |
| Peter Ruscoe | Sting nematode (Ibipora Lolii) on turf grass in Western Australia | A/Prof Elizabeth Aitken |
| Monica Salazar Cajas | Evaluating legume companion cropping for reducing greenhouse gases emissions from sugarcane soils | Dr Susanne Schmidt |
| Kusinara Singappuli Mudiyanselage | Effect of different allopathic compounds against selected common invasive species in Australia | Prof Steve Adkins |
| Vilayphone Sourideth | Efficient irrigation water use of maize and rice in dry season in Laos | Dr Jaqueline Mitchell |
| Chelsea Stroppiana | Improved water quality outcomes from on-farm nitrogen management | Dr Ryo Fujinuma |
| Zuziana Susanti | Physiological and morphological characters contributing to cold tolerance in rice | Dr Jaqueline Mitchell |
| Sharifah Syed Ab Rahman | Biodiscovery of biological control agents and antagonistic compounds against phytophthora SP: elucidating the mechanism of microbe-microbe interactions | Prof Peer Schenk |
| Basam Tabet | Manipulating sorghum grain size and plant architecture | Prof Ian Godwin |
| Yan Yan Tang | Development and characterisation of functional food from microalgae | Prof Peer Schenk |
| Prapa Taranet | Soil water and nutrient dynamics in composted mound | Dr Gunnar Kirchhof |
| Susan Thompson | Diaporthe species responsible for stem cankers on sunflower in Australia | A/Prof Elizabeth Aitken |
| Lauren Trenkner | In vivo and in vitro investigation of growth and nutrition in barramundi | Prof Peer Schenk |
| Kenneth Tryggestad | Optimisation of karrikin compounds and their delivery methods for the Australian vegetable industry | Dr Jitka Kochanek |
| Aljay Valida | Postharvest biology underpinning quality in fresh produce supply chains | Dr Daryl Joyce |
| Taylor Wass | Deep sequencing for genomic assembly of a locally-adapted Tetraselmis microalgal strain | Prof Peer Schenk |
| Kylie Wenham | Development of rapid phenotypic screening techniques for important soil-borne diseases affecting Australian peanuts | A/Prof Victor Galea |
| Maren Westermann | Effect of organic nutrients on sugarcane growth, microbial activity and greenhouse gas emissions | Prof Susanne Schmidt |
| Nicholas Willey | Rapid-generation, marker-assisted breeding | Dr Mark Dieters |
| Rusmi Sri Wiyati | The interaction between soil acidity and soil pathogen infection in vegetable crop species | A/Prof Victor Galea |
| Belinda Worland | Identification of nitrate transporters and corresponding regulatory and metabolic genes under variable conditions of nitrate supply in diverse Sorghum bicolor genotypes for improved nitrogen use | Prof Ian Godwin |
| Jingtao Wu | Fate and behaviour of nanomaterials in terrestrial ecosystems and ecosystem | Dr Peter Kopittke |
| Lisa Xian | Ecophysiology of spinifex grasses | Prof Susanne Schmidt |
| Lei Xiong | Tailoring hydroxyapatite nanoparticles as a phosphorus (P) fertilizer in soils | Dr Peng Wang |
| Hua Yang | Identification of candidate genes for blackleg resistance in the new Brassica juncea canola | A/Prof Jacqueline Batley |
| Mengbai Zhang | Molecular analysis of nodulation control of soybean | Prof Peter Gresshoff / Dr Brett Ferguson |
| Yaqi Zhang | Understanding phosphorus in soils: Behaviour of phosphorus fertilisers | Dr Peter Kopittke |
| Yiping Zou | Establishing the role of extra large G proteins in plant immunity | Prof Jimmy Botella |