This page contains links to Honours research theses for the area of Science, Medicine & Health. All University of Wollongong masters by research and PhD theses are posted online here.
Theses from 2022
Rock art at Murujuga: Testing the feasibility of the luminescence-surface-exposure-dating method, Danielle Lindsey Bainbridge
Structural Analysis of the Lengguru Fold and Thrust Belt, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Taylor A. Baker
Musselling Up: Assessing the large-scale effects of introduced source populations of Mytilus galloprovincialis, Oscar Borschmann
Monitoring the Post-Fire Recovery and Regeneration of Mangrove Communities in Batemans Marine Park, Annabel Green
Persistent LiDAR-based post-fire changes in vegetation structure over a large range of Australian forests, William Harris
Examining the Effects of Hammer Striking Angle on Levallois Flake Formation, Amy innes
Survival and Recolonisation of Australian Mistletoes after High Severity Fire: Implications for the Warrumbungle National Park, Cameron William Kirk
Monitoring Intertidal Wetland Vegetation Using a Range of Remote Sensing Datasets, Louisa Lovasz
The Tectonic Memory of the Mantle, Robert James Marks
Viability of an Endangered Population of Greater Gliders, Brooke Phillipa Mulley
Investigating arid Australia’s sedimentary history using deep floodplain cores from the Lake Eyre Basin, Caitlyn Scobie
Theses from 2021
Investigating osmolality-induced plasticity in sperm motility activation in the common eastern froglet, Crinia signifera., Zara Anastas
3D GEOLOGICAL MAPPING OF FRACTURE NETWORKS IN THE HAWKESBURY SANDSTONE AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS TO GROUNDWATER FLOW, Rebecca Chapple
An Investigation into the Behaviour of the Magnetic Field from 1 Ga to Present Day, Annalise Cucchiaro
The short term effect of fire severity on arboreal mammals, jJrrah May-Stubbles
Multitasking UV-absorbing compounds of Chorisodontium aciphyllum, Alannah McPherson
Reconstructing northern Australian rainfall and the Central Indo-Pacific InterTropical Convergence Zone, Josh Melleuish
Why the insensitivity? Plant species across New South Wales tolerating short fire intervals, Milo Morrison-Jones
The relationship between fire severity and eucalypt health: implications for forest structure and carbon balance, Declan Moylan
Post-fire Vegetation Recovery at Monga National Park: vegetative composition, fire response traits and eucalypt response to fire, Madeline Surya Newbery
Geographic variation in thermal physiological traits: the role of thermal stress on telomere length in a polymorphic ectotherm, Daniel Ritchie
Characterising recent terrestial influence on coastal Antarctic air masses using radon-222 and physiochemical properties, Daniel Saeed
Monitoring of CO2 Fluxes from Differing Vegetation Communities using the Eddy Covariance Approach, Matthew Spann
An experimental study assessing the utility of heat treating silcrete for the purposes of working wood and animal hide, Carly Toddhunter
Theses from 2020
The potential of carbon sequestration in trees on the University of Wollongong campus as a means of offsetting emissions, Nicholas James Agostino
Estuarine Vegetation Assessment and Analysis of Trends for the Minnamurra and Crooked Rivers, Serena Cortijo
Global diamond prospectivity from reconstructions of mantle flow over the past billion years, Anton E. Grabreck
Geomorphic evolution and the role of organic matter in a temperate supratidal Melaleuca wetland: Corner Inlet, VIC, Zachary Nagel-Tynan
In situ micro-analytical characterisation of zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic standards, Ryan North
Southern Ocean Aerosol Optical Depth - instrument comparison and Maine Aerosol Network Validation, Samantha Orum
The influence of cone age and urbanisation on the diversity and community composition of seed fungal endophytes within native Australian Banksia ericifolia L.f. subsp. ericifolia, Merize Van Der Merwe
Driving factors of slab geometry between depths of 400-1000 km, Joshua Weber
Theses from 2019
Modelling erosional sensitivities of archaeological sites using DEM’s from low altitude UAV imagery, S J. Chambers
Geoarchaeological and chronological investigations of combustion features at Lake Mungo, NSW, Megan Ruth Ensor
Remotely Sensing the impact of Storms on the NSW Coast, Hayden Golding
Soil moisture influences on radon fluxes in the Sydney Basin, Nicholas L. Keatley
Erosion trends in the Minnamurra River catchment: An application of the RUSLE model, Kyle Mercer
Fire, Drought and Floods: An investigation into the evolution and palaeo-environments of Thirlmere Lakes, NSW, B Sherborne-Higgins
A Mentum In Time: Chironomids as Palaeotemperature Indicators at Thirlmere Lakes, NSW, Australia, E Swallow
Investigation of the links between El Nino-Southern ˜ Oscillation and the ‘4.2ka event’ megadrought, Patrick Philip Wilcox
Theses from 2018
Crossing Three Deep Valleys: The Sedimentology, Geomorphology and Palaeo-environments of Thirlmere Lakes, N.S.W, E J. Barber
An investigation of Onychophora (velvet worms) of the Illawarra region, C Chapman
Storm chasing in the Australian Tropics: Is there a record of past tropical cyclones in Lake Eacham?, C Henderson-Matuschka
N2O emissions from southeast Australia, S K. Nolan
Investigating Optimal Environmental Flow Standards for Streams in the Lake Illawarra Catchment, C J. Wright
Theses from 2017
Exploring the Transition of Registered Nurses from Acute Care to Primary Health Care Settings, Christine Ashley
Landscape response to Quaternary climate change, Sally Anne Carney
Mangrove Establishment and its Effect on the Natural Processes of Southern Lake Illawarra, Robert Dixon
Surface water and alluvial groundwater connectivity at Mulloon Creek and the implications for Natural Sequence Farming, Oliver Hickson
Development and evaluation of a model to correct tapered element oscillating microbalance (TEOM) readings of PM2.5 in Chullora, Sydney., Alexandra E. Northam
Spatial Mapping of Vegetation Change on Big Island, Five Islands Nature Reserve, Port Kembla, Nial J. Roder
Signals of human impacts in “pristine” environments: A case study from the South Island, New Zealand., Hayley K. Scapin
The distribution of copper, zinc and iron in the brain and the implications for Alzheimer’s disease, Kaila Tonge
Heavy metal concentration and transport from existing copper slag emplacements along the Windang Peninsula, through the unconfined sandy aquifer to Lake Illawarra, Michael Trajcevski
Identifying the impacts of climate change and human activity in Kosciuszko National Park, Jorja Vernon
Demographic shifts in Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) populations following removal, Jacob A T Vickers
Foredune Response to Storm Erosion and the Role of Vegetation in Recovery, Christopher J. Virtue
Theses from 2016
Zircon geochronology and geochemistry of xenoliths in a Jurassic dyke at Bombo, NSW, Australia: Evidence of deep crustal structure under the Sydney Basin, Courtney J. Alcorn
Assessing the Predictions of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Multiple Chemical Transport Models Within the Greater Metropolitan Region NSW, Jordan N.R. Capnerhurst
A micropalaeontological and stratigraphic study of Benandarah and Cumbralaway Creeks, Durras Lake, Southeast Australia, Davy R. Conacher
LAND USE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO RIPARIAN ZONE ORGANIC CARBON STORAGE ON THE UPPER HUNTER RIVER, Christopher Doran
The effect of time on soil development: study of a soil chronosequence from Reunion Island, Indian Ocean, Alex Hannan-Joyner
El Niño-Southern Oscillation Variability in the 14th Century, Jasmine AR Hunter
Understanding Intra-source and Inter-source Variation on the Success of Silcrete Heat Treatment, Lachlan S. Kenna
Regional Scale Assessment of the Sensitivity of Illawarra Indigenous Heritage Sites to Sea Level Rise and Associated Hazards, Samuel M. Knott
Shore platform classification of central-southern NSW in relation to morphological variability and risk of drowning, Callum H. Laker
Monitoring Feral Deer in the Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area, Joshua Lester
Digital facies mapping of the Hawkesbury Sandstone through laterally extensive close-range photogrammetry: Royal National Park, Sydney, Timothy C. McMillan
Modelling the effect of sea level on SE Australian coastal wetlands: a multistage model validation and comparison study, Laura Mogensen
The role of fire in the population dynamics of the threatened plant species Pomaderris walshii and Pomaderris adnata, Sophie Natale
Influence of entrance regime on vegetation profiles and carbon storage in south-eastern New South Wales ICOLLs, Kieren J. Northam
Optical dating of Upper Palaeolithic deposits in the Altai Mountains, Siberia, K O’Gorman
Establishing Traces for the Working of Nautilus Shell in Prehistory, Gavin Parkinson
Quantifying the Physical and Biological Changes to Lake Illawarra, New South Wales, Due to Entrance Training, Caitlain Regena
The impacts of vehicle disturbance on NSW saltmarsh: implications for rehabilitation, Shannon E. Schofield
Historical Riparian Vegetation Changes in Eastern NSW, Angus Skorulis
Mineralogy and geochronology of high-pressure, low-temperature metamorphic rocks using a combination of field studies, petrography and zircon U-Pb dating, Ruby R. Stovin-Bradford
Environmental change at the end of the Snowball Earth and implications for the emergence of the first animals, H L. Taylor
The influence of salinity on metal toxicity to the marine microalga, Phaeocystis antarctica, Nicholas Whitelaw
Vegetation community and sediment dynamics at Ukerebagh Island, Tweed Heads, Campbell Young