Applied Sciences
Postgraduate Research

Our Research Higher Degree (RHD) students address a range of topics relating to our primary focus areas. They work closely with supervisors and are supported by a range of resources, including financial Support Schemes and Scholarships.

The headings below focus on Food Science, Marine Science and Sustainable Resource Management, while Sport Science research topics are included in the Biological Sciences list of topics.

• MPhil: New food processing technologies
• MPhil: Quality Management of the Medicinal Herb Goldenseal.
• MPhil: Probiotic Applications
• MSc: Cleaner Production in Fish Processing Industry in Vietnam with Special Reference to the Recovery and Utilization of Fish Bone
• PhD: Functional Probiotic Foods
• PhD: The Role of Folic Acid and Nutritional Genetics in Common Degenerative Disorders
• PhD: The Development of a Novel Probiotic Vegetable Based Food Product
• PhD: Use of Nitric Oxide to Inhibit the Browning of Fresh-cut Fruit and Vegetables. PhD: Application of P. jensenii in Food Products
• PhD: Optimising the Yield and Quality of NSW Central Coast Green Tea and Maximising the Use of Green Tea Constituents
• PhD: Potential Application of Novel Probiotic Propionicbacterium Jensenii 702 in Agriculture and Aquaculture
• PhD: Probiotic Fruit Juices
• PhD: Physico-chemical Properties and Genetic Factors that influence the Bioavailability and Metabolism of Folic Acid: Implications in Health and Disease
• PhD: The effects of (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-0-gallate (EGCG), a Green Tea Catechin, on Blood Cholesterol
• PhD: Investigation of Anti-inflammatory Properties in Dodonaea Species
• PhD: Nitric Oxide: Development of a Solid Delivery System for Fruit and Vegetables

• MPhil: Age and Reproduction of Chromis Hypsilepis
• MSc: Effect of Applying High Doses of Salt to Manage and Control the Noxious Green Alga Caulerpa Taxifolia on Faunal Assemblages
• PhD: Fish Assemblages of Coastal Lagoons
• PhD: The Ecology and Conservation of Syngnathids in the Manning and Hawkesbury Bioregions
• PhD: Phytoplankton Production in Four NSW Coastal Lagoons
• PhD: Assessing conservation value for the selection of marine protected areas
• PhD: Factors Affecting Phytoplankton Growth in Myall Lakes
• PhD: Selection of Marine Reserves

• MPhil: Comparative ecology of rare and common Darwinia Species
• MSc: Flashflood and Landslide Disasters in the Philippines: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improvements in Community Resilience
• MSc: Feasilbility of Artificially Recharging Groundwater with Surface Water for Irrigation in NinThuan Province, Vietnam
• MSc: The Efforts of the Introduction of Technology on Small Fishing Communities in West Java, Indonesia
• PhD: Biodiversity Conservation Programs in PNG
• PhD: Social Aspects of Estuarine Resource Management
• PhD: Sustainable Area Planning Framework for Ecologically Sustainable Development, Case Study Wyong Shire, NSW, Australia
• PhD: Predicting Channel Recovery Processes, Rates and Pathways in the Snowy River