The Forrest Research Foundation

Our researchers

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Scholar
Marie Windstein
Spatial ecology of sharks and rays
Marie Windstein is a movement ecologist with two master degrees in environmental management and marine ecology. Her greatest concern for our oceans...
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Matt Heydenrych
Molecular biomarker development for assessing life history traits in zebrafish
Matt’s research aims to develop low cost epigenetic and RNA-based tools to aid in conservation and fisheries management. This is achieved...
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Scholar
Mingxin Ye
Bioceramic scaffolds for bone regeneration
Titanium implants have been thought to be safe with a high success rate for patients. However, in some cases, there have been reports of...
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Scholar
Molly Schmidt
Creative writing
Molly Schmidt is a writer and journalist from Albany, Western Australia. Her debut novel, Salt River Road, was the recipient of the 2022 City of...
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Scholar
Nicole Feast
Neuropsychology
Nicole is a clinical neuropsychologist who is passionate about assisting others to better understand and enhance their cognitive (i.e., thinking)...
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Scholar
Nishu Tyagi
Spinal cord injury
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is a debilitating health condition leading to marked reductions in physical and mental health as well as autonomy and life...
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Scholar
Rachel Newsome
Activity regimes and energetics of the reef manta ray in contrasting seascapes
Developing a new attachment method to deploy multi-sensor “FitBit” tags onto the reef manta ray for the first time to gain insight into their...
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Scholar
Samalka Wijeweera
Salt tolerance mechanisms in metabolism and mitochondrial function in wheat
Samalka is interested in plant improvement to overcome novel agricultural threats and to meet the current food requirement worldwide. Soil salinity...
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Scholar
Tess Jenkins
Marine ecology and evolution
Born and raised in Perth, I was privileged to grow up in and around the ocean where I developed a strong passion and appreciation for the...
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Scholar
Thalles Araujo
Oceanography
Thalles is an oceanographer who aims to fill the gap between real-world multidisciplinary oceans and applied math and physics, doing both theoretical...
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Scholar
Tyrone O’Doherty
Black holes and neutron stars
Tyrone investigates and develops methods of finding hidden black holes in our Galaxy, the Milky Way. He is a PhD student at the Curtin Institute of...
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Scholar
Valeria Mendez
Conservation biology
Valeria is a conservation biologist conducting social-ecological research within the coastal protected areas of Western Australia. Her PhD project...
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