Affiliations
At HABITT research group we value working with other collegues, organisations and lab groups to enhance our research perspectives and to provide valuable psychological input to other disciplines. These affiliations are a core component for much of our research and continue to provide exciting new research directions.
Associate Professor Anthony Leicht
Estuary and Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Research Group
Associate Professor Anthony Leicht is a senior academic within Sport and Exercise Science at James Cook University. He is an experienced exercise scientist/researcher with an international reputation and expertise in the responses to exercise with a particular emphasis on autonomic cardiac control.
A great deal of his work has involved cross-sectional and longitudinal studies including the elderly and various disease states. He has diligently contributed to the understanding of human function and health enhancement through exercise with his expertise significantly contributing to the NHMRC funded National Centre of Research Excellence to improve the management of Peripheral Arterial Disease in the elderly. Anthony has worked with Swinbourne PRG on a number of different projects and regularly attends lab meetings.
The Estuary and Coastal Wetland Ecology research group is part of the TropWATER Research Centre and the School of Marine and Tropical Biology at James Cook University, with laboratories in the cities of Townsville and Cairns in north Queensland, Australia. The research team is led by Professor Marcus Sheaves, and comprises university academic staff, research fellows and higher degree students (PhD, MSc, honours).
The ECWERG is working with the HABITT research group on a PhD project being undertaken by Rebekah Boynton. This project is looking into the human factors of commercial fishing.
Professor Jeremy VanDerWal
Professor Jeremy VanDerWal is the Director of the Centre for Tropical Biodiversity & Climate Change and the Deputy Director of eResearch Centre. He leads a strong spatial ecology group focusing on how ecological events shape observed spatial and temporal patterns in species distributions, abundances and/or richness. He and his group utilize theories and tools in ecology, bioinformatics, computer science, etc. in conjunction with high performance computing (HPC) facilities and citizen science to explore key theoretical questions in ecology but always moving toward improved applied conservation science and engagement.
Professor Jeremy VanDerWal is working with the HABITT research group on a Master project being undertaken by Madelyn Pardon.
Dr Daniel Smith
Dr. Smith is a senior research fellow with the Cyclone Testing Station at James Cook University. His research experience covers a wide range of wind engineering disciplines including: insurance claims analysis for severe wind events, field-deployed anemometry for cyclones, vulnerability and fragility modelling, wind-borne debris trajectory modelling, post-event damage assessment, wind resistance of roofing systems, structural retrofitting for wind and water ingress, wind tunnel testing, behavioural aspects of community cyclone preparedness, etc. Dr. Smith is also Director of ResilientResidence™, a mobile application tool that allows homeowners to self-asses the vulnerability of their home to wind and wind-driven rain damages. The tool aims to put wind engineering research directly into the hands of homeowners in vulnerable regions.
Dr Daniel Smith is working with HABITT research group on a Masters project being undertaken by Mitchell Scovell.
eResearch Centre
The JCU eResearch Centre supports researchers, University staff, and other organisations alike through developing customised solutions. They provide support for web collaboration, sensor networking, high performance computing and software development.
