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Quantum Mechanical Theory and Experiment
![Dr James Quach](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/news-ramsay-fellow-james-quach-lg.jpg?h=a240aad1&itok=r2-YC_KQ)
Honours projects: Accurate knowledge of optical parameters is becoming increasingly important for a wide range of scientific and industrial applications.
Genes controlling seed development
![Barley flower slide - Matthew Tucker](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/tucker-barley-flower-slide.jpg?h=dce1e269&itok=T5J0NicP)
Honours project: Participate in a plant breeding project on dissecting the MADS-box interactome during barley ovule and seed development.
Using Radar Satellite Detections to Monitor the Ionosphere
![Stratospheric-Tropospheric (ST) Very High Frequency (VHF) radar at the Buckland Park field site](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-01/buckland-park-stratospheric-tropospheric-array.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=I_xpeoRD)
Honours project: Refining satellite detection techniques using a large radar north of Adelaide to develop new ways to measure the amount of plasma in the upper atmosphere and compare the results with other methods.
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The Proterozoic Planetary Pivot: Oxygen, Snowballs and Metals
![Kingsmill Creek Arkaroola from the air](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/Blades%20photo.jpg?h=6bcd3f39&itok=3kMfHsnl)
Honours project: A MinEx CRC project looking at how sediments of the Adelaide Superbasin record the Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event.
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Nanosatellites and drone geophysics: new technologies for Earth, Moon and Mars
![Nanosatellite](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/heinson-graham-sensor-geophysics-nanosatellite.png?h=4a83b47b&itok=tji1EpME)
Honours project: Be part of the exciting space exploration program, connecting remote networks of geophysical sensors to satellites.
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The Impact of Fluid Flow on Crustal Radioactivity: Pushing heat around during tectonic reworking
![Large Crustal Shear Zone](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/hasterok-derrick-hot-water-large-crustal-shear-zone.jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=5cRQUgpK)
Honours project: Head into the field to analyse natural radioactivity of fluid-altered crust.
Compositional controls on physical properties: new constraints from laboratory measurements
![Quartz monzonite by James St. John (CC BY 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/quartz-monzonite-jamestjohn.jpg?h=9bfa156b&itok=JsjBVpME)
Honours projects: Improve predictive models of density and thermal conductivity to improve geophysical models by making new lab measurements.
Gene therapy to treat inherited brain disease
![Biology, biomedical science and biotechnology](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/2018-11/biomedical-0286_0.jpg?h=fbf4b26c&itok=KBLn7X2p)
Honours project: Be involved in clinical trials for inherited disorders that affect the brain.
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Experimental High-Energy Physics
![ATLAS di-muon](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/di-muon-candidates.png?h=e925a7fd&itok=YNybTBaA)
Honours projects: Projects in high energy physics with:
Rhizopus arrhizus: Fantastic fungi and how to control them
![Rhizopus arrhizus](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/rhizo-foto-2.jpeg?h=fdafb8fd&itok=_WDe2ycy)
Honours project: Rhizopus arrhizus is a fast-growing fungus that spoils our food - it also has a huge biotechnological potential.
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