Ella Plumanns Pouton

Ella Plumanns Pouton

by | Oct 23, 2021

I started my PhD in February 2020, right before we were swept into the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the difficulties of the pandemic, I enjoyed my PhD immensely. I was supervised by Luke Kelly (Biodiversity Dynamics Research Group), Matt Swan (FLARE), and Trent Penman...
Andy Wiechnik

Andy Wiechnik

by | Oct 23, 2021

Q: What “day to day” type activities that you do? I have just started my PhD so at the moment I am in the scoping phase of my project – this means I am planning out what my research will focus on and how I will achieve it. I’m doing a literature review to figure out...
Cameron Tampion

Cameron Tampion

by | Oct 3, 2021

Q: What “day to day” type activities that you do? Like many people, COVID threw my research plans upside-down, so most of my initial activity was the analysis of earth observation and other existing spatial data from the comfort of home. As we emerge from COVID...
Jamie Burton

Jamie Burton

by | Oct 3, 2021

I started my PhD in March 2019 and was based at the Creswick Campus. My PhD involved both field and laboratory work. I examined the drivers of litter bed flammability, in particular the role of leaf traits and litter bed composition. An important part of my PhD was...
Sarah McColl-Gausden

Sarah McColl-Gausden

by | Oct 3, 2021

I submitted my PhD in February 2022. Despite 2 years in some sort of covid related lockdown I had a wonderful PhD experience with fantastic supervision from Professor Trent Penman and Associate Professor Lauren Bennett. I was able to use field data and fire simulation...