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Charles Darwin University (CDU) needs more higher-degree students for research projects, including in the field of remote sending, and says it will have to “cast a wide net” to attract the right people, including overseas students.

“When you read the details of these projects, you get an idea of why research in Northern Australia is so important, not just for the NT communities, but also the global community,” said CDU Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation, Professor Steve Rogers.

“But for the best outcomes in the projects, we need higher education students with curiosity and enthusiasm for the fields, and they can be hard to find.”

CDU water expert, Dr Dylan Irvine, from the Research Institute for the Environments and Livelihoods, has projects that need the support of higher-degree students interested in water research.

One of those projects is investigating the ‘Application of remote sensing to study groundwater dependent ecosystems and evapotranspiration in the Western Davenport region, Northern Territory’.

“For people interested in the environmental sciences, the Territory is an amazing and interesting place to work,” Dr Irvine said, adding that “It’s hard domestically to find students who want to live and study” there, with international students making up most applications for roles in water research at CDU.

Another CDU scientist, Dr Sina Vafi, has an opening for a researcher to tackle ‘Artificial intelligence for the new class of Earth observation’.

“It’s an incredibly tight market to get higher degree students for projects,” Professor Rogers said.

“But we have some vacancies in exciting and impactful projects for Northern Australia, which should be appealing to top-quality candidates.”

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