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Current PhD students:

  • Liya Bustam (PhD 2012 - present) Micropropagation and Cryopreservation of Drakaea spp. Endemic Western Australian Orchid. (Supervisors: Prof Kingsley Dixon and Dr Eric Bunn).
  • Kerryn Chia (PhD 2010 - present) Ecology, seed dormancy and germination biology of Persoonia longifolia for use in land restoration and horticulture. (Supervisors: Dr Shane Turner, Prof Kinglsey Dixon, Dr John Koch).
  • Adam Cross (PhD 2011 - present) Recruitment, dispersal and disjunction in Kimberley hydrophytes, informing conservation of wetland flora in north Western Australia (Prof Kingsley Dixon, Dr David Merritt, Dr Shane Turner).
  • Emma Dalziell (PhD 2011 - present) Seed biology, dispersal and functional ecology of Western Australian Nymphaeaceae. (Supervisors: Prof Kingsley Dixon, Dr David Merritt, Dr Renee Tuckett).
  • Todd Erickson (PhD 2010 - present) Seed restoration science for the Pilbara. (Supervisors: Prof Kinglsey Dixon, Dr David Merritt).
  • Alea Faber-Castell (PhD, 2007 - present) Conservation and biology of Australian duck orchids (Paracleana) (Supervisors: Prof Kingsley Dixon)
  • Michalie Foley (PhD 2006 - present) Conservation genetics of Banksia ilicifolia (Supervisors: Dr Siegy Krauss. Prof Hans Lambers, Dr Erik Veneklaas)
  • Bryn Funnekotter (PhD 2011 - present) Free radical damage in Australian native plants during cryopreservation (Supervisors: Assoc Prof Ricardo Mancera, Dr Anja Kaczmarczyk, Dr Shane Turner, Dr Eric Bunn).
  • Lydia Guja (PhD 2009 - present) The relationship between seed dispersal mechanisms, seed germination traits and plant distribution in the coastal zone. (Supervisors: Prof Kingsley Dixon, Dr David Merritt, Prof Grant Wardell-Johnson).
  • Beorn Harris (2008 - present) Conservation biotechnology (Supervisors: Dr Eric Bunn, Prof Kingsley Dixon).
  • Tanya Hevroy (PhD 2010 - present) Conservation genetics and molecular phylogenetics of the Grevillea thelmanianna complex. (Supervisors: Dr Siegy Krauss, Dr Michael Moody, Dr Greg Keighery).
  • Wolfgang Lewandrowski (PhD 2012 - present) Optimising seed germination and early seedling vigour to advantage direct seeding of Triodia (Spinifex) species - an interaction of seed physiology and seedling ecophysiology. (Supervisors: Prof Kingsley Dixon; Dr Jason Stevens; Dr Dianna Rokich and Dr Rowena Long).
  • Cameron Mounsey (PhD 2011 - present) Mechanisms of early seedling establishment failures in restoration. (Supervisors: Prof Kingsley Dixon, Dr Jason Stevens).
  • Myles Menz (PhD, 2009 - present) Landscape ecology and conservation genetics of a rare, sexually deceptive orchid and its obligate pollinator.
  • Rachael Ord (PhD, 2007 - present) Post removal of Pinus pinaster plantations in Western Australia: Implications for reinstatement of Banksia woodland, a historical ecosystem assemblage.
  • Alison Ritchie (PhD 2010 - present) Patterns of mating and genetic diversity of restored Banksia woodland populations. (Supervisors: Dr Siegy Krauss, Dr Paul Nevill, Dr Liz Sinclair, Prof Kingsley Dixon).
  • Sacha Ruoss (PhD, 2008 - present) Restoration Ecology and Conservation of Rare Banded Ironstone Plants in an Arid Biodiversity Hotspot. (Supervisors: Prof Kingsley Dixon, Dr Ben Miller, Dr Jason Stevens, Dr Matt Barrett).
  • Jessica Stingemore (PhD, 2010 - present) Plant density effects on dispersal and genetic structure for two co-occurring Persoonia species. (Supervisors: Prof. Siegy Krauss, Prof Michael Moody and Dr Paul Nevill).
  • Mark Wallace (PhD 2008 - present). The role of chromosomal and genetic factors in the evolution of Lepidosperma. (Supervisors: Dr Matt Barrett, Prof Kingsley Dixon, Dr Siegy Krauss).
  • Anna Williams (PhD 2012 - present). Using whole-genome sequencing for conservation genetics of Western Australian Acacia species. (Dr Paul Nevill, Adj Prof Siegy Krauss, Prof Ian Small and Dr Joe Miller).

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