Postgraduate Students

A variety of research programs within the CRC for Greenhouse Accounting provides a range of topics available for interested students (Masters, Ph.D). The following student pages contains information about current and past students and their research topics.

Current Students

Completed/Former Students

Program A: Measurement and spatial estimation of carbon pools and their turnover

 

David Forrester
Australian National University (PhD Candidate)

Carbon sequestration in mixed species plantations

Samantha Grover
La Trobe University (PhD Candidate)

The functions and characteristics of peat soils in subalpine mossbeds in the Australian Alps

Angela Newey
Australian National University (PhD Candidate)

Measuring carbon input and turnover rates as a function of depth in a soil profile

Grahame Price
The University of Newcastle (MSc Candidate)

Carbon sequestration implications of forest health
 
 

Anna Richards
The University of Queensland (PhD Candidate)

Above- and below-ground carbon dynamics in tropical mixed species forest plantations

Stan Schymanski
The University of Western Australia (Phd Candidate)

Ecological optimality and model parameterisation

Christine Sefton
University of Western Sydney (PhD Candidate)

Farm Forestry plantings for carbon sequestration

Russell Turner
The University of New South Wales (PhD Candidate)

Estimating above ground biomass in Eucalyptus pilularis regrowth forests and plantations
   

Robert Waterworth
Australian National University (PhD Candidate)

Prediction of forest growth in mid to low rainfall forest systems using process-based models

Eddie Webber
Australian National University (PhD Candidate)

Carbon sequestration and decomposition of course woody debris

Vanessa Wong
Australian National University (PhD Candidate)

The effect of salinity and sodicity on soil carbon stocks and fluxes

Ita Yulnafatmawita
The University of Queensland (PhD Candidate)

The influence of organic matter on soil structure stability and CO2 release during cultivation

Melanie Zeppel
University of Technology, Sydney (PhD Candidate)

Limitations on plant growth in saline environments in NSW

 

Program B: Projecting change in the carbon cycle
 

Lucas Cernusak
Australian National University (PhD Candidate)

Stable isotope effects in plant respiration

Sara Hely
The University of New South Wales (PhD Candidate)

High CO2 effects on grass/weed interactions

Alex Lee
Australian National University (PhD Candidate)

Application of lidar and other optical data to quantification of forest structure and composition in Australia

Karim Sabetraftar
Australian National University (PhD Candidate)

The hydrological flux of organic carbon and its significance to terrestrial carbon accounting

Danny Siegenthaler
Australian National University (Phd Candidate)

Multi-scale interaction of biotic and abiotic processes

 

Program C: Systems development and support

Ingo Heinrich
Australian National University (PhD Candidate)

Dendroclimatology of Australian Red Cedar

 

Program D: Science application and outreach

 

Completed/Former Students

 

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