Students

Luke Brosnan
Extraordinarily preserved dinosaur fossils
Supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Co-supervisors: Dr Stephen Poropat, Dr William Rickard
Funding: RTP and ARC
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

Md Akthar-E Ekram
The Lake Towuti Drilling Project: 600 kyrs of biodiversity changes in Southeast Asia recorded through ancient sedimentary DNA genotyping
Supervisor: A/Prof. Marco Coolen
Co-supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Funding: ARC Discovery and Curtin Start-up

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 fellowship

Adele Pentland
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 fellowship

Sohaib Naseer Quraish
Recovery of the deep biosphere at the Chicxulub Impact Crater
Supervisor: A/Prof. Marco Coolen
Co-supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Funding: ARC Discovery (Grice, Coolen, Summons)

Rajani Balkrishna Rao
Microbial biodiversity, biogeochemical and biotechnological properties of Mulu Cave systems
Supervisor: A/Prof. Marco Coolen
Co-supervisors: Adjunct Prof. Clem Kuek (Miri campus), Prof. Kliti Grice
Funding: Curtin – Malaysia Research Institute (CMRI) Top-Down PhD Grant

Sebastian Stanley
Investigating the Impact of Bushfires on Australian Petroglyphs
Supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice,
Co-supervisors: A/Prof. Marco Coolen, Prof. Ben Mullins, Adjunct A/Prof. Marisa Ioppolo-Armanios, Prof. Katy Evans
Funding: APA Equivalent Targeted

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

Cornelia Wuchter
Living and dying under high stress: geobiochemical aspects of fossilization and environmental drivers shaping flexibility of carbon-utilization of plants in saline environments.
Supervisor: Prof. Kliti Grice
Co-supervisor: Prof. Laco Mucina
Funding: WA-OIGC