Students

Luke Brosnan
Extraordinarily preserved dinosaur fossils
Supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Co-supervisors: Dr Stephen Poropat, Dr William Rickard
Funding: RTP and ARC Laureate
Darren Cheah
Writing Up
Heterogeneity of microbial genomes and biochemical functionality in relation to source rock maturity and provenance and petroleum deterioration in the deep subsurface
Supervisor: A/Prof. Marco Coolen
Co-supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Funding: ARC Linkage
Carmelo Chiappalone
Advancement in analytical methodologies for generating accurate air emissions data from industrial sources
Supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Co-supervisor: Adjunct A/Prof. Marisa Ioppolo-Armanios
Funding: Self-funded

Julien Demore
Multidisciplinary approach of exceptionally preserved fossils from Cretaceous Santana Formation, Brazil. An Inorganic-Organic and paleontological perspective.
Supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Co-supervisors: Dr Stephen Poropat, Dr Alex Holman
Funding: ARC Laureate

Mackenzie Enchelmaier
Palaeoecological assessment of a fossil vertebrate site in the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia, through description of new specimens and taphonomic analysis. (Masters)
Supervisor: Dr Stephen Poropat
Co-supervisors: Prof. Kliti Grice
Funding: ARC Laureate
Marin Gangneux
Biomarkers extraction of silicified plants from the Eocene/Oligocene and from the Jurassic
Supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Co-supervisors: Dr Stephen Poropat
Funding: ARC Laureate

Andy Jian
Marine preservation of vertebrates throughout time: Geochemical analyses and new palaeobiology insight
Supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Co-supervisors: Dr Stephen Poropat, Dr Alexander Holman
Funding: RTP and ARC Laureate

Rhys Meyerkort
Tracking of marine reptile assemblages in Western Australia reveals insights into the history of the southern Tethys Ocean.
Supervisor: Dr Stephen Poropat
Co-supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice, Dr Mikael Siversson, Dr Benjamen Kear
Funding: ARC Laureate

Christina Nielsen-Smith
20 million years under the sea: taxonomy of the super predator Kronosaurus queenslandicus and ecology of the Early Cretaceous (Aptian— Albian) marine vertebrate assemblages of the Eromanga Basin
Supervisor: Dr Stephen Poropat
Co-supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice, Dr Benjamin Kear
Funding: RTP scholarship, ARC Laureate

Morgane Perret Lévesque
The evolution and extinction of meiolaniid turtles of Lord Howe Island
Supervisor: Dr Stephen Poropat
Co-supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Funding: ARC Laureate

Zhiguo Li
Reconstruction of the evolution of primary producers in the Phanerozoic marine environment using big data
Host and Curtin Supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Funding: CSC

Adele Pentland
Writing Up
Pterosaurs from the Early to mid-Cretaceous of Australia
Supervisor: Dr Stephen Poropat
Co-supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice and Prof Pat Vickers- Rich
Funding: RTP (part-time) and ARC Laureate

Hridya Vijay
Microbial Fossilization of leaves
Supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Co-supervisor: A/Prof. Marco Coolen, Dr Navdeep Dhami
Funding: ARC Laureate

Paris Williams
Title TBC
Supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Co-supervisors: Dr Stephen Poropat, Prof. Monique Gagnon
Funding: RTP funding, ARC Laureate