• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
• Honours (Hons)
• Summer Student Cadetship
• Students recently completed

MDFRC offers a number of undergraduate and postgraduate places at both the Albury-Wodonga and Mildura laboratories. Students apply to their chosen university which then organises co-supervision by researchers at MDFRC. Students undertake a research project and complete a major thesis supervised by both university and MDFRC staff members. A list of MDFRC researchers' areas of interest can be downloaded.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

PhD theses must make a major original contribution to scientific knowledge in the chosen area of research.
Duration: Typically 3 to 5 years full time.
Eligibility: Honours degree of at least four years duration in a relevant discipline.

Student	Project	University
Adrian Clements	Ecological response to water regime of the aquatic vegetation in Lake Brewster, NSW	Charles Sturt University
Annaleise Klein	Iron biogeochemistry in aquatic ecosystems	La Trobe University
Janey Adams	Peatland Vegetation Diversity, Status and Impacts by Introduced Ungulates	Charles Sturt University
Stephanie Suter	Contribution of aquatic hyphomycete communities to decomposition and food webs in alpine streams	La Trobe University
Tegan Evans	Identification of fungal communitites in activated sludge using culture independent methods	La Trobe University
John Hawking	Systematics and ecology of Australian Nymphulinae moths	La Trobe University
Nirmala Wijieratne	Organic carbon speciation in the water and sediment of lowland rivers	La Trobe University
Paul McInerney	Effects of willow removal on freshwater ecosystem dynamics	La Trobe University
Anne-Marie Rolfs	How can an improved understanding of river processes be incorporated into the management and restoration of a regulated river?	University of technology Sydney
Slade Allen-Ankins	Physiological mechanisms underlying fish distributions along altitudinal gradients; testing for thermal adaptation.	La Trobe University

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Masters

Masters theses must make an original contribution to scientific knowledge in the chosen area of research.
Duration: Typically 2 years full time.
Eligibility: Usually an Honours degree of at least four years duration in a relevant discipline.

Student	Project	University
Stefanie Mueller	Does increasing temperature effect egg and seed bank communities during the dry phase of wetlands.	La Trobe University

Honours (Hons)

The honours degree is an opportunity to undertake individual research on a topic of your interest. It is the entrance to future research opportunities, both in the form of higher research degrees and as a career in research.
Duration: 1 year full time.
Eligibility: Bachelor degree in a relevant discipline.
Each year MDFRC offers the Terry J. Hillman Honours Educational Prize to intending honours students enrolling at either Charles Sturt University (Thurgoona or Wagga Wagga campus) or La Trobe University (Albury-Wodonga campus). In Second semester each year the David S Mitchell Educational Prize is available through MDFRC. At the Mildura Laboratory of MDFRC the inaugural annual MDFRC Mildura Honours Prize was awarded in 2010. 

Student	Project	University
Clayton Harris	Bioavailability of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) in the Ovens river.	La Trobe University
Jak Butler	Structure and function of biofilms in the lower Broken Creek	La Trobe University
Stuart Smith	The lateral structure of a fish community across the floodplain: Is the highway analogy appropriate for river-floodplain fishes of the Murray-Darling Basin?	La Trobe University

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Summer Student Cadetship

Each year undergraduate student positions are offered at both the Albury-Wodonga and Mildura laboratories. The position is available to students of science or environmental science. Application details
Duration: 8 - 10 weeks full time.
Eligibility: Completion of second or third year of a Bachelor degree in a relevant discipline.

2012 - 13 Student	Project
Claire Hockley	The role of biofilm-coated surfaces in dissolved organic carbon respiration

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