Melbourne School of Land and Environment Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science

 

Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science
Postgraduate Research Students

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PhD Students
Master of Forest Science Students
Master of Wood Science Students
PhD Students
Leigh Aitken The importance of environmental factors in the microwave induced permeability of timber
Haidi Badawi Identification and classification of the Australian subterranean termite Coptotermes sp. (Isoptera: Rhinotermidae) via emerging DNA fingerprint technology
Himlal Baral
Biodiversity conservation in private forestry
Ami Bennett Impacts of introduced sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) on forest understories
Nahida Bhuiyan Identification of genes controlling wood fibre properties in Eucalyptus nitens
Andrew Callister Exploring the role of physiological techniques in breeding and selection of plantation eucalypts for drought tolerance
Jane Cawson Impacts of prescribed burning on water quality in south-eastern Australian forests
Emma Crewdson Molecular investigations into pattern formation during cambium differentiation in tree stems
Ray Dempsey The role of antioxidants in stress resistance in forest trees
Thomas Duff Assessing the effects of environmental influences on vegetation composition, patterns and structure in fire-prone environments: balancing fuel management and ecological objectives
Deniz Erbulut TBC
Benedikt Fest Magnitude, temporal and spatial variation of greenhouse gas fluxes in eucalypt systems of Australia and their relation to microbial activity
Sandra Hawthorne Hydrological impact of forest management
Hizbullah Jamali Role of termites in greenhouse gas fluxes in savanna ecosystems of the Northern Territory, Australia
Ken James An analysis of a dynamic model of the structure of trees
Luke Juniper Investigation into the mechanical behaviour of Eucalyptus regnans during microwave bending
Yadav Kandel    Carbon cycling in forest ecosystems
Oka Karyanto Comparative analysis of plantation forest soils in Indonesia and Australia: implications for sustainability

Dinesh Babu Madhavan

Measurement and use of edaphic variables to predict plantation growth and sustainability
Daniel McDiarmid An analysis of governance systems for sustainable forest management in Victoria
Kerryn McTaggart The effect of fire on soil microbial populations and processes
Anne Miehs The role of retained logs in conserving biodiversity in fire-prone areas
Paul Nevill The development of gene pool management strategies for Eucalyptus regnans
Petter Nyman Modelling post-wildfire runoff and pollutant generation from forest soils with spatially and temporally variable infiltration properties
Brett Parker Feeding ecology of co-occurring sambar (Cervus unicolour) and fallow deer (Dama dama) in north east Victoria
Kaisone Phengsopha Capacity of wood production and supply in Laos
Somvang Phimmavong The effect of forest plantation development: evidence from regional economic analysis in Khammoune, Central Laos
Chela Powell The impact of plantation establishment on insect biodiversity
Alastair Reed Intraspecific variation of gene expression in response to low temperature stress in two important eucalypt species
Jan Rombouts Application of airborne laser scanning to site quality assessment of Pinus radiata plantations in South Australia
Anil Sethy Microwave technology
Krisdianto Sugiyanto Microwave surface treatment and its application for wood preservation
Lynette Taylor Functional analysis of genes associated with wood formation
Douglas Rowell Tree breeding for optimum productivity in Pinus spp. on water-limited sites - ecophysical traits as selection criteria
Saravanan Thavamanikumar Using generic association studies for the improvement of wood and fibre properties in eucalypts
Liubov Volkova Biochemical and physiological indicators of understorey health and vitality in Mountain Ash forest
Tom Wright Biodiversity outcomes of plantation expansion into agricultural and native forest landscapes
Cossey Yosi Scenarios for community-based management of cutover native forests in Papua New Guinea
Master of Forest Science
Stephen Elms An evaluation of top frafting as a technique to screen radiata pine for resistance to defoliation by monterey pine aphid.
Darren Grant Measurement and use of edaphic variables to predict plantation productivity
Chris Hallam Quantifying non-utilityvalues across scales: Issues for biodiversity assessment and management
John Kaye Modelling of carbon sequestration in native forest ecosystems in Victoria
Philip Noske Temporal partitioning of post-fire nutrient exports
Hari Shrestha Biological nitrogen fixation by legumes in an alpine ecosystem in south eastern Australia
Ghazala Yasmeen Nitrogen fixation of native Australian legume species
Master of Wood Science
Peter Edwin Structural utilisation of wood and wood based products; characterisation of performance attributes; depth durability and philosphy
Gerard Harris An investigation in to the use of microwaves (MW) to modify Australian Hardwoods for the purpose of accelerated drying and the determination of suitable drying schedules.
Patrick King The effect of temperature on preservative sludge formation during wood preservation
Nigel Worth Optimisation of wax distribution in the particleboard pressing process
 

 

 


 

 








 

 






 

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