News: Honours projects - Ecology and environmental science
Environmental monitoring: Teasing out real biodiversity patterns from sampling biases
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Honours project: Identify areas of conservation priority through the development of on-ground biodiversity sampling strategies and the interpretation of ecosystem changes.
Koala health and disease in South Australia
![Koala Health Research Group - Goldie](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/koala-research-group-Goldie.jpg?h=69189783&itok=u_04WKMo)
Honours project: Join the Koala Health Research Group and contribute to key research to improve the health of current and future animal populations.
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Aboriginal fermentations: Discovering their chemistry and new yeast species
![Tasmanian Cider gum](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/tasmanian-cider-gum-18.jpg?h=8268fcbc&itok=pOEe6Rap)
Honours project: Wine scientists are seeking students to work on multi-disciplinary research projects that aim to discover new yeast species and unravel the chemistry behind Aboriginal fermentations.
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Advanced yeast for challenging bioprocesses
![Vladimir Jiranek researcher photo](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/researcher-photo-vladimir-jiranek.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=bE8vSRKp)
Honours project: Test new and improved yeast strains to advanced winemaking and other biotechnology processes.
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Light driven degradation of persistent organic pollutants
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Honours project: Help development methods and processes for effective degradation of Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to mitigate their emerging health and environmental effects.
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Hydrogen: green and renewable energy sourced from sunlight and water
![Analysis of the photocatalysts before and after use, particularly by electron microscopy, will provide insights in improving photocatalysis activity and longevity.](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/shearer-fig1-photocatalysis_h2_3.jpg?h=79efdc86&itok=yn9VnEe6)
Honours project: A renewable energy project that aims to develop your skills in inorganic synthesis, light initiated reactions, gas chromatography, electron microscopy and chemical engineering.
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Fossils under a new light
![Fossil front visible image Georgios Tsiminis](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-11/honours-fossil-front-visible.jpg?h=b646a0fe&itok=rsvzpMcx)
Honours projects: Use new fluorescence imaging techniques to analyse fossils that range in age from half-a-billion to some tens of thousands of years old.
Saving megafauna from bacteria
![A skeleton of a Marsupial Lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) in the Victoria Fossil Cave, Naracoorte Caves National Park Karora, Public domain](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-11/honours-thylacoleo_skeleton_in_Naracoorte_Caves.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=LadQJXBS)
Honours projects: Identify and image biofilms that threaten the Naracoorte Caves National Park fossils.
It’s space water, but not as we know it
![Full moon. Image: Gregory H. Revera, CC BY-SA 3.0](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-11/honours-full-moon.jpg?h=bfc5f87a&itok=d7Xyypqw)
Honours projects: Explore laser-induced fluorescence of water and aqueous minerals for space applications.
Cat sensitivity to the insecticide permethrin
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Honours project: Why are cats so sensitive to the insecticide permethrin?
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