Our Researchers

Southern Cross University researchers are committed to tackling the big picture problems, from the impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef, to engineering sustainable materials for the future. They are the innovators, the educators and the disruptors.

Professor Brenda Happell

Sickness in health: when workplace bullying turns colleagues into foes

Professor Scott Johnson

Citizen science-university collaboration highlights impact of legacy mining in Macleay River

Professor Nigel Andrew

A global study has found the key to mapping biodiversity has been staring us in the face the whole time: in the surrounding air.

Dr Janet Schloss

Suffering dizziness and vertigo severely impacts the lives of thousands of Australians but new research from Southern Cross University could be a “game changer”.

Dr Mike Climstein

Australians are unable to recognise malignant melanomas on their own skin, calling into question the effectiveness of national self-detection guidelines, according to new Southern Cross University research.

Dr Szabolcs Lehoczki-Krsjak

Picturesque fields of ponded rice paddies belie a severe environmental impact: the world’s most eaten staple food is a water-guzzling, high methane-emitting crop. Southern Cross University is tackling this challenge by breeding rice for Australia that grows without standing in flood-irrigation water.

Man standing in experimental rice crop in Lismore

Associate Professor Renaud Joannes-Boyau

Southern Cross University’s laser precision has dated the oldest known evidence of storytelling in art, found in a cave in Indonesia, at 51,200 years..

head and upper body man with casual attitude

Professor Mark Hughes

Ensuring inclusive care for gender and sexually diverse people in residential aged care is the driving force behind a new research project led by Southern Cross University’s Professor Mark Hughes. Speaking on SCU Buzz podcast, Professor Hughes said the project aims to transform residential aged care.

Dr Judith Rosentreter

Emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide and methane – has continued to increase over the past 40 years, according to a new report by the Global Carbon Project which includes a Southern Cross University member.

Dr David Newell

A $500,000 grant will boost a Southern Cross University project to breed and reintroduce a rare Gondwanan rainforest frog back into its natural habitat.

Professor James Bennett-Levy

Southern Cross University will trial a world-first stepped care treatment using group-based arts programs and MDMA-assisted therapy to help Northern Rivers flood survivors suffering PTSD.

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