Promotion in Agrar-, Umwelt- und Geowissenschaften
Forschungsschwerpunkte
Innerhalb der Agrar-, Umwelt- und Geowissenschaften gibt es verschiedene Möglichkeiten der Spezialisierung. Folgende Forschungsbereiche lassen sich unter anderem diesem Studienfeld zuordnen:
- Animal Science
- Agricultural Science
- Atmospheric sciences
- Climate & Weather Sciences
- Energy
- Environmental sciences
- Geochemistry
- Geophysics
- Geotechnology
- Meteorology
- Mineralogy
- Numeric Modeling
- Oceanography
- Paleoclimatology
- Petrology
- Physical Geography
- Soil & Crop Science
- Tectonics & Geodynamics
- Veterinary Science
- Volcanology
Dein genaues Forschungsthema kannst du in direkter Absprache mit den potentiellen Supervisor:innen abstimmen. Falls du noch keine feste Vorstellung für dein Thema hast, schau dir gerne einige der aktuell ausgeschriebenen Projekte an.
Auswahl möglicher Forschungsprojekte in Australien
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| University: | University of Adelaide |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Sciences |
| Project Start Date: | Negotiable |
| Application Deadline: | ongoing |
| Supervisor Name: | Associate Professor Matt Denton |
| Location (City/Campus): | Adelaide |
| Project Description: | Delivering better crops and improving farming systems through internationally known research underpinning the breeding of crops, the management of soils, diseases and weeds and dryland farming systems agronomy. Together, we combine basic research to deliver applied outcomes that are adopted by the scientific and/or farming communities in not only Australia but globally. Research Strengths include:
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| University: | University of Adelaide |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Sciences |
| Project Start Date: | Negotiable |
| Application Deadline: | ongoing |
| Supervisor Name: | Professor Gordon Howarth/ Dr. Suong Ngo |
| Location (City/Campus): | Adelaide |
| Project Description: | Broad areas of research include animal behaviour, animal social networks, biology, population health, infectious diseases, reproduction, livestock and equine health. We have key links to the beef, sheep, pork and poultry industries to deliver evidence-based research outcomes. |
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| University: | University of Adelaide |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Sciences |
| Project Start Date: | Negotiable |
| Application Deadline: | ongoing |
| Supervisor Name: | Associate Professor Tara Pukala |
| Location (City/Campus): | Adelaide |
| Project Description: | Chemistry is a key component of many emerging fields of study including drug-synthesis for resistant bacteria, cancer treatments and renewable energy. The Department of Chemistry at the University of Adelaide is participating in these exciting new areas of research. Our research involves many new technologies which are influencing the field of chemistry including synchrotron and mass spectrometry, x-ray crystallography, nanotechnology, computational methods, lasers and synthetic biology. We also undertake award-winning research in fundamental chemistry spanning the traditional disciplines. Work with us as we make new discoveries, facilitate important scientific activities and train researchers of the future. Chemistry is a key component of many emerging fields of study including drug-synthesis for resistant bacteria, cancer treatments and renewable energy. The Department of Chemistry at the University of Adelaide is participating in these exciting new areas of research. Our research involves many new technologies which are influencing the field of chemistry including synchrotron and mass spectrometry, x-ray crystallography, nanotechnology, computational methods, lasers and synthetic biology. We also undertake award-winning research in fundamental chemistry spanning the traditional disciplines. Work with us as we make new discoveries, facilitate important scientific activities and train researchers of the future. |
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| University: | University of Melbourne |
| Faculty: | Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences |
| Project Start Date: | negotiable |
| Application Deadline: | ongoing |
| Supervisor Name: | Dr Rachael Moses, e-mail: rachael.moses@unimelb.edu.au |
| Location (City/Campus): | Parkville Precinct |
| Project Description: | Humans heal in a different manner to rodents, so we need to start using more representative wound healing models to replicate the tissue architecture and wound healing cascade observed in human dermal wound healing. This exciting PhD opportunity involves developing a 3D infected chronic wound model, comprised of culturing dermal chronic wound fibroblasts, which are obtained from venous leg ulcers and epidermal keratinocytes in a complex 3D model system, allowing the strong paracrine feedback system to occur between the two cell types, as occurs in the native skin environment. This model will be utilising mostly animal-free-origin products, in a move away from typically animal-derived components used in tissue culture, resulting in reduced ethical implications and reduced variability across experiments, due to batch-to-batch variability associated with animal-derived products. This model will use a synthetic hydrogel (PeptiGel®) from Manchester BIOGEL to replace the typically used Matrigel; this PeptiGel® can be tailored to include additional components, including collagen, laminin and fibronectin. This project involves working within the Sloan/Moses lab at The University of Melbourne, benefitting from their extensive 3D model experience. Dr Moses has been awarded a number of grants and prizes recently to further develop this work, with a strong background in wound healing, in vitro 3D models and novel pharmaceutical screening. Professor Sloan has long standing expertise in developing novel in vitro / ex vivo organ 3D culture model systems for tissue regeneration/engineering and testing novel therapeutic agents, along with advancing the 3Rs in biomedical research and bioengineering. Dr Farrugia has a strong background in biomaterial development and characterisation, and wound healing, including in vitro models, with an additional focus on the development of new therapies. Dr Liam Sharkey is a bacteriologist specialising in antibiotic resistance with a particular focus on Staphylococcus aureus, a common cause of chronic wound infections. He has experience with in vitro models of S. aureus biofilm formation and the genetic manipulation of clinical S. aureus strains. This project benefits from collaboration with industrial partners assessing novel pharmaceuticals on these models; these natural pharmaceuticals have previously been assessed by Dr Moses through a variety of other 2D wound healing studies. This project will involve a variety of laboratory-based techniques including tissue culture, 3D models, bacteriology, histology, immunostaining, H&E staining, confocal imaging, translational research, bioinformatics, biostatistics, research management, oral presentation skills, and scientific writing skills. |
| Funding Information: | RTP scholarships are available to domestic and overseas students enrolled in an accredited HDR course at an Australian HEP. More information |
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| University: | University of Adelaide |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Sciences |
| Project Start Date: | Negotiable |
| Application Deadline: | ongoing |
| Supervisor Name: | Dr Stijn Glorie |
| Location (City/Campus): | Adelaide |
| Project Description: | Research at the department of Earth Sciences focusses on : - exploring how the planet works, from deep time plate tectonics to the evolution of continents. - studying the resource endowment of Australia and the planet. - investigating the evolution of life and the climate. We offer projects associated with our main research strengths in: - mineral exploration (including `critical minerals`) - tectonics and geomechanics - metamorphic petrology and geochemistry - geo-, thermo- and petrochronology - isotope geochemistry (including metal isotopes) - optical stimulated luminescence dating for palaeontology - palaeoclimatology and biogeochemistry - magnetotellurics, heat production and heat flow studies |
| Funding Information: | The department of Earth Science is part of the $218M Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, which is the world's largest mineral exploration collaboration, providing research support for 10 years until 2029. Additional funding that is currently available comes from Australian Research Council research grants, such as Discovery projects on `crustal growth` and `the East Asian Monsoon` and a Linkage project on `rare earth mineral resources` |
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| University: | University of Adelaide |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Sciences |
| Project Start Date: | Negotiable |
| Application Deadline: | ongoing |
| Supervisor Name: | Associate Professor Keith Shearwin |
| Location (City/Campus): | Adelaide |
| Project Description: | Our scientists explore how flora and fauna respond to environmental challenges and climate change and seek to understand the adaptive capacity and resilience of species. We use analytical and applied techniques to study wildlife conservation and biosecurity risk management; monitor ecosystems with satellite imagery and use GIS and spatial simulation modelling to forecasts biodiversity shifts to conserve natural systems. Our marine biology and aquatic research have a strong focus on current environmental issues that affect freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystems while exploring the ecological history of underwater communities. We contribute to improving human health by exploring the relationship between biodiversity and infectious and chronic diseases, including water quality for human and environmental health. |
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| University: | University of Adelaide |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Sciences |
| Project Start Date: | Negotiable |
| Application Deadline: | ongoing |
| Supervisor Name: | Associate Professor Keith Shearwin |
| Location (City/Campus): | Adelaide |
| Project Description: | Our scientists use ancient and modern DNA techniques to ‘travel through time’ so we can understand the evolutionary history of living and extinct vertebrates. We assess the impacts of past environmental change on animal populations, and this provides valuable genetic data for conservation and management of threatened species. We explore human evolution and migration, in particular the human evolutionary history of Indigenous Australians, through key collaboration with the South Australian Museum and Aboriginal families and communities around Australia. Our evolutionary biologists also apply expertise in forensic biology and new genomic techniques to analyse highly degraded human remains for various agencies. |
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| University: | University of Adelaide |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Sciences |
| Project Start Date: | Negotiable |
| Application Deadline: | ongoing |
| Supervisor Name: | Associate Professor Keith Shearwin |
| Location (City/Campus): | Adelaide |
| Project Description: | We explore the molecular mechanisms underlying chronic diseases, such as diabetes, cancer, HIV and Alzheimer’s disease. Our goal is to better understand the molecular structure of these human diseases in order to discover new pathways and treatment options. Our experts are also forging ahead with our understanding of the molecular interactions between pathogenic bacteria and humans. We’re developing more effective vaccines and treatment strategies to combat infectious diseases, such as E.coli, tuberculosis, golden staph, middle ear infection and malaria. Our scientists are also making important breakthroughs in biotechnology, epigenetics and genome editing. We investigate how flora and fauna adapt to environmental signalling; how species evolve and survive through the evolution of resistance; genetic engineering of bacteria; and improving crops through synthetic biology and biotechnology. |
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| University: | University of Adelaide |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Sciences |
| Project Start Date: | Negotiable |
| Application Deadline: | ongoing |
| Supervisor Name: | Associate Professor Ross Young |
| Location (City/Campus): | Adelaide |
| Project Description: | Our physics research captures international attention in the world's best research journals, as we collaborate with national and international partners on cutting-edge global physics projects. We explore the fundamental studies of the structure of sub-atomic matter and develop novel optical and photonic systems for a wide range of applications. We investigate the upper atmosphere using a network of sites that stretch from the equator to the Antarctic. We analyse the structure of the universe under, above and beyond the earth through our astrophysics and geophysics programs. We aim to improve healthcare through our medical physics research. |
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| University: | University of Adelaide |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Sciences |
| Project Start Date: | Negotiable |
| Application Deadline: | ongoing |
| Supervisor Name: | Associate Professor Ken Chalmers |
| Location (City/Campus): | Adelaide |
| Project Description: | Our research is helping growers overcome salinity, soil toxicities and nutrient limitations; enabling adaptation to drought and climate change; protecting crops against plant pathogens, and ensuring the sustainable improvement of crop yield and quality. Plant-breeding programs have produced more than half of the commercially grown grain varieties in southern Australia. We deliver outcomes of direct significance to both the Australian and global agricultural industries by collaborating across various sciences including molecular genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, epigenetics, metabolomics, phenomics, molecular biology, cell biology, physiology, and biophysics. Research Strengths:
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| University: | University of Sydney |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health |
| Project Start Date: | 01/01/2023 |
| Application Deadline: | 30/12/2022 |
| Supervisor Name: | No specific Supervisor. Contact fmh.research-opportunity@sydney.edu.au for further information |
| Location (City/Campus): | Sydney |
| Project Description: | This Scholarship has been established to provide financial assistance to a master's by research or PhD student to undertake research in the cardiovascular rehabilitation and secondary prevention fields as part of a NHMRC Synergy Grant. The aim of SOLVE-CHD is to transform post-discharge secondary prevention and reduce the burden of heart disease by decreasing deaths, hospitalisations and costs via a program of work that integrates data, technology, partnerships and capacity building. This Scholarship is funded by a NHMRC Synergy Grant entitled Solving the long-standing evidence-practice gap associated with cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (SOLVE-CHD).Use paste as text if you have formatting problems. |
| Funding Information: | The scholarship will provide a stipend allowance of $32,000 per annum, subject to satisfactory academic performance for:
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| Applicantion Information: | You must:
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| University: | University of Sydney |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Science - School of Geosciences |
| Project Start Date: | 01/03/2023 |
| Application Deadline: | 31/12/2022 |
| Supervisor Name: | No specific Supervisor. Contact science.hdrofficer@sydney.edu.au for further information |
| Location (City/Campus): | Sydney |
| Project Description: | This Scholarship aims to support a student undertaking a PhD in Geography within the School of Geosciences, Faculty of Science. The focus of the research will be on the geographies and materialities of flood protection infrastructures in the context of rapid urbanisation and climate change in Jakarta, Indonesia and/or Suva, Fiji. We will investigate how key materials – including water and sand – are assembled to build resilient urban infrastructure in Jakarta and Suva. Using social science research methods, we will identify the impacts of these landscape, market, and labour transformations across sites of extraction, circulation, and use. This Scholarship is funded through ARC DECRA Project on ‘Building Urban Resilience: Adaptation Economies in the Asia-Pacific’ (DE210101443) and School of Geosciences, Faculty of Science. |
| Funding Information: | The Scholarship will provide a stipend allowance equivalent to the University of Sydney’s Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend rate (indexed on 1 January each year) for up to 3 years, subject to satisfactory academic performance. The PhD recipient may apply for an extension of the primary stipend allowance for up to 6 months. The Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) is also provided for a successful international applicant for up to twelve research periods with a possible two research period extension (full-time equivalent), subject to satisfactory academic performance. The Scholarship will also cover overseas health cover for a successful international applicant (single cover only) for the normal full-time duration of their higher degree studies at the University of Sydney. |
| Applicantion Information: | You must:
Please Note: An Applicant without an unconditional offer of admission may apply and be selected, however, no scholarship offer will be sent until the applicant has an unconditional offer of admission. |
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| University: | University of Adelaide |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Sciences |
| Project Start Date: | Negotiable |
| Application Deadline: | ongoing |
| Supervisor Name: | Associate Professor David Jeffery/Dr Jo Zhou |
| Location (City/Campus): | Adelaide |
| Project Description: | Our research seeks to better understand the wine-making process and how it can be manipulated to improve wine quality. With expertise in wine microbiology, biochemistry, sensory & consumer science, and wine quality measurements, we work along the whole winemaking process from grape to glass. Innovative research that links food, nutrition and sustainable agriculture to improve human health translates into food products with real health outcomes. Improvements in nutritional status of human populations can optimise health outcomes, benefiting quality of life and reducing whole-of-life health care costs Research Strengths:
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Grundlegendes zum Schwerpunkt Agrar-, Umwelt- und Geowissenschaften
Die Geowissenschaften widmen sich in grundlegender Ausrichtung dem Studium der Erde: Die Erforschung des Materials, aus dem sie besteht, die Erkundung der dynamischen Prozesse auf unserem Planeten, wie diese auf Materialien einwirken, wie zum Beispiel tektonische Prozessen, die zu Vulkanausbrüchen und Erdbeben oder der Erzeugung von Mineralien oder Wasser in der Erdkruste führen. Eine wichtige Rolle in den modernen Geowissenschaften spielen auch paleo-historische Ansätze.
Forschungsprojekte in den Earth Sciences sind darüber hinaus richtungsweisend für das Verständnis des Klimawandels und damit für die nachhaltige Gestaltung von gesellschaftlichen Transformationsprozessen. Von entscheidender Bedeutung ist auch hier der Einbezug innovativer Technologien. Für die nationalen „Research Priorities“ soil and water oder resources bildet das breit aufgestellte thematische Spektrum der Geowissenschaften eine essentielle Basis. Als globale Wissenschaftsdisziplin wird internationale Forschungszusammenarbeit besonders groß geschrieben.
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