DrCaroline Marschner

Honours project:

§  Lydia Chen (co-supervision): “Temporal Activity Patterns of Feral Cats, Dogs, and Foxes in Rural Inland New South Wales”

§  Lauren Howard (main supervisor): “Investigate causes of intoxication in New South Wales wildlife, including understanding the toxic compounds involved the affected species, sex, age, and geographic distributions to help inform preventative measures. “

PhD projects (co-supervision):

§  Georgia Teasdale-Twyford: “Investigating survival of Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) pups after mitigation of endemic hookworm disease.

$ Joanna Mcnutt: "Investigation into the effects of prednisolone treatment on endogenous corticosteroid concentrations in koalas."

Project opportunity: Environmental Contaminants in Koalas
This PhD project will investigate trace element and heavy metal exposure in koalas living in industrial and peri-urban landscapes, using hair samples as a non-invasive biomonitoring tool. The research will examine how land use influences contaminant exposure, and whether hair concentrations reflect internal organ burdens.

Working across wildlife health, veterinary science, environmental chemistry, and spatial ecology, the project will generate new evidence to support koala conservation, habitat risk assessment, and pollution surveillance in endangered wildlife.

This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate interested in wildlife health, conservation toxicology, and interdisciplinary environmental research. Eligible student needs to apply for own scholarship.