PhD Opportunities in Ecology in Australia

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne This project is titled Reptile macroecology & biodiversity and is offered by the School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne in Australia (Parkville campus). The project will investigate the global-scale biodiversity of reptiles, or potentially all land vertebrates, across multiple dimensions: taxonomic, phylogenetic, morphological, life history, physiological, and functional . This is a strong fit for studen...

PhD Scholarship in Data Science, Ecology, Environmental Science , and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) at The University of Queensland (St Lucia campus, Brisbane, Australia). This project is part of the SAAFE CRC partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency Victoria and Northern Arizona University . The PhD focuses on quantifying ecological risks from flood-borne contaminants in nonurban landscapes, using hydrological measurements, contaminant concentrations, microbial profiles, and land-u...

PhD Scholarship opportunity in Data Science + Ecology with the SAAFE CRC, The University of Queensland, and the Environmental Protection Agency Victoria. The project focuses on quantifying ecological risks from flood-borne contaminants in nonurban landscapes, using chemical, microbial, hydrological, and land-use data from the 2022 Victorian floods. It is a strong fit for students interested in data-driven research , statistical analysis , quantitative modelling , ecological risk assessment , and...

PhD opportunity at The University of Western Australia in the School of Biological Sciences with Dr Renee Firman. This funded PhD project investigates microplastic toxicity and its transgenerational implications , with a strong focus on how plastic pollution and associated chemical additives affect animal reproduction, development, and fitness across generations. The project sits at the intersection of ecology , ecotoxicology , evolution , behavioural biology , and zoology , and there is scope f...

PhD opportunity at the University of Technology Sydney in Interactions of Plant Diversity and Climate on Ecosystem Phenology and Resilience . This project sits at the intersection of plant biology , environmental science , ecology , geography , remote sensing , and climate change . It will investigate how climate and plant diversity jointly shape vegetation phenology—the timing of plant life cycle events—and how these changes affect ecosystem resilience across Australia. The research will combin...