# Peter Erskine

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Professor

# Peter Erskine

Email:
:   [p.erskine@uq.edu.au](mailto:p.erskine@uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 334 64065](tel:+61 7 334 64065)

## Positions

Professorial Research Fellow
:   Sustainable Minerals Institute
:   Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

Affiliate of Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining
:   Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining
:   Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

## Overview

### Availability

Professor Peter Erskine is:
:   Not available for supervision

### Fields of research

[Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4767)
[Environmental Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4773)
[Forestry sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4800)

### Qualifications

- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

### Research interests

- #### Rehabilitation of degraded land

  Leading multi-disciplinary teams designing monitoring programs, mine rehabilitation strategies, and landscape restoration in Australia, south-east Asia, and Africa.

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- #### Spatial ecology

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- #### Rainforest restoration

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- #### Metallophyte discovery and utilisation

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## Works

[Search Professor Peter Erskine’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/1241)

[All
(275)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/707/all)
[Book
(11)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/707/4747)
[Journal Article
(148)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/707/4748)
[Other Outputs
(57)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/707/4749)
[Conference Publication
(43)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/707/4751)
[Book Chapter
(16)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/707/4752)

Featured

2020

Journal Article

##### Novel insights into the hyperaccumulation syndrome in Pycnandra (Sapotaceae)

Isnard, Sandrine , L’Huillier, Laurent , Paul, Adrian L. D. , Munzinger, Jerome , Fogliani, Bruno , Echevarria, Guillaume , Peter D. Erskine, Vidiro Gei, Tanguy Jaffre and Antony van der Ent (2020). Novel insights into the hyperaccumulation syndrome in Pycnandra (Sapotaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science, 11 559059, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.559059

[Novel insights into the hyperaccumulation syndrome in Pycnandra (Sapotaceae)](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2461ffc)

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2020

Journal Article

##### Nickel hyperaccumulation in New Caledonian Hybanthus (Violaceae) and occurrence of nickel-rich phloem in Hybanthus austrocaledonicus

Paul, Adrian L. D. , Gei, Vidiro , Isnard, Sandrine, Fogliani, Bruno , Echevarria, Guillaume , Erskine, Peter D. , Jaffré, Tanguy , Munzinger, Jérôme and van der Ent, Antony (2020). Nickel hyperaccumulation in New Caledonian Hybanthus (Violaceae) and occurrence of nickel-rich phloem in Hybanthus austrocaledonicus. Annals of Botany, 126 (5), 905-914. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa112

[Nickel hyperaccumulation in New Caledonian Hybanthus (Violaceae) and occurrence of nickel-rich phloem in Hybanthus austrocaledonicus](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e640780)

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2019

Journal Article

##### Using reference sites to guide ecological engineering and restoration of an internationally significant uranium mine in the Northern Territory, Australia

Erskine, P. D., Bartolo, R., McKenna, P. and Humphrey, C. (2019). Using reference sites to guide ecological engineering and restoration of an internationally significant uranium mine in the Northern Territory, Australia. Ecological Engineering, 129, 61-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.01.008

[Using reference sites to guide ecological engineering and restoration of an internationally significant uranium mine in the Northern Territory, Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:52a1ac7)

Featured

2019

Journal Article

##### X-ray fluorescence ionomics of herbarium collections

van der Ent, Antony, Echevarria, Guillaume, Pollard, A. Joseph and Erskine, Peter D. (2019). X-ray fluorescence ionomics of herbarium collections. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 4746, 4746. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40050-6

[X-ray fluorescence ionomics of herbarium collections](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2ad52b2)

Featured

2019

Journal Article

##### Identifying Species and Monitoring Understorey from UAS-Derived Data: A Literature Review and Future Directions

Hernandez-Santin, Lorna, Rudge, Mitchel, Bartolo, Renee and Erskine, Peter (2019). Identifying Species and Monitoring Understorey from UAS-Derived Data: A Literature Review and Future Directions. Drones, 3 (1) 9, 9-18. doi: 10.3390/drones3010009

[Identifying Species and Monitoring Understorey from UAS-Derived Data: A Literature Review and Future Directions](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:de63ed7)

Featured

2015

Journal Article

##### Widening gap between expectations and practice in Australian minesite rehabilitation

Lamb, David, Erskine, Peter D and Fletcher, Andrew (2015). Widening gap between expectations and practice in Australian minesite rehabilitation. Ecological Management and Restoration, 16 (3), 186-195. doi: 10.1111/emr.12179

[Widening gap between expectations and practice in Australian minesite rehabilitation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:370528)

Featured

2014

Journal Article

##### Rare earths supply chains: current status, constraints and opportunities

Golev, Artem, Scott, Margaretha, Erskine, Peter D., Ali, Saleem H. and Ballantyne, Grant R. (2014). Rare earths supply chains: current status, constraints and opportunities. Resources Policy, 41 (1), 52-59. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2014.03.004

[Rare earths supply chains: current status, constraints and opportunities](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:327903)

Featured

2013

Journal Article

##### Novel ecosystems created by coal mines in central Queensland's Bowen Basin

Erskine, Peter D. and Fletcher, Andrew T. (2013). Novel ecosystems created by coal mines in central Queensland's Bowen Basin. Ecological Processes, 2 (33) 33, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/2192-1709-2-33

[Novel ecosystems created by coal mines in central Queensland's Bowen Basin](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:321022)

Featured

2006

Journal Article

##### Tree species diversity and ecosystem function: Can tropical multi-species plantations generate greater productivity?

Erskine, PD, Lamb, D and Bristow, M (2006). Tree species diversity and ecosystem function: Can tropical multi-species plantations generate greater productivity?. Forest Ecology and Management, 233 (2-3), 205-210. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.013

[Tree species diversity and ecosystem function: Can tropical multi-species plantations generate greater productivity?](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:81200)

Featured

2005

Journal Article

##### Restoration of degraded tropical forest landscapes

Lamb, D, Erskine, PD and Parrotta, JA (2005). Restoration of degraded tropical forest landscapes. Science, 310 (5754), 1628-1632. doi: 10.1126/science.1111773

[Restoration of degraded tropical forest landscapes](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:77578)

2025

Journal Article

##### Discovery of new Australasian rare earth element hyperaccumulator ferns from screening herbarium specimens

Corzo-Remigio, Amelia, Purwadi, Imam, Fox, Nathan, Bostock, Peter D., Martel, Carlos, van der Ent, Antony and Erskine, Peter D. (2025). Discovery of new Australasian rare earth element hyperaccumulator ferns from screening herbarium specimens. Plant and Soil. doi: 10.1007/s11104-025-08111-0

[Discovery of new Australasian rare earth element hyperaccumulator ferns from screening herbarium specimens](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:26c08b2)

2025

Journal Article

##### Rare Earth Elements in Plants of the Peak Range Volcanics (Queensland), Australia Exploration Target: A Biogeochemical Prospecting Tool

Corzo‐Remigio, Amelia, Nkrumah, Philip Nti, Erskine, Peter D. and van der Ent, Antony (2025). Rare Earth Elements in Plants of the Peak Range Volcanics (Queensland), Australia Exploration Target: A Biogeochemical Prospecting Tool. Ecological Research, 41 (1) e70018. doi: 10.1111/1440-1703.70018

[Rare Earth Elements in Plants of the Peak Range Volcanics (Queensland), Australia Exploration Target: A Biogeochemical Prospecting Tool](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3b0e854)

2025

Journal Article

##### Synchrotron x-ray fluorescence microscopy unveils selenium distribution and a phloem-sink hypothesis in Neptunia amplexicaulis

Harvey, Maggie-Anne, Erskine, Peter D., Harris, Hugh H., Pinto-Irish, Katherine, Howard, Daryl L., Fabillo, Melody and van der Ent, Antony (2025). Synchrotron x-ray fluorescence microscopy unveils selenium distribution and a phloem-sink hypothesis in Neptunia amplexicaulis. Plant Physiology, 199 (2) kiaf367. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf367

[Synchrotron x-ray fluorescence microscopy unveils selenium distribution and a phloem-sink hypothesis in Neptunia amplexicaulis](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ae76859)

2025

Other Outputs

##### Review strategy alignment across rehabilitation targets and stages

Hernandez Santin, Lorna and Erskine, Peter (2025). Review strategy alignment across rehabilitation targets and stages. St Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.

[Review strategy alignment across rehabilitation targets and stages](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:dcd7fa9)

2025

Other Outputs

##### An MMG specific protocol to assess nature positive outcomes: phase I

Hernandez Santin, Lorna and Erskine, Peter (2025). An MMG specific protocol to assess nature positive outcomes: phase I. St Lucia, QLD Australia: Sustainable Minerals Institute.

[An MMG specific protocol to assess nature positive outcomes: phase I](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e454996)

2025

Other Outputs

##### Derivation of site-specific trigger values for Electrical Conductivity: Initial findings

Chrystal, Robynne, Rochford, Louisa, van Dam, Rick, Shaygan, Mandana, Erskine, Peter and Anzooman, Monia (2025). Derivation of site-specific trigger values for Electrical Conductivity: Initial findings. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

[Derivation of site-specific trigger values for Electrical Conductivity: Initial findings](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e28ba3b)

2025

Journal Article

##### Rare earth elements (REEs) in soils and plants of Bangka Island (Indonesia) focussing on (hyper)accumulation

Purwadi, Imam, Erskine, Peter D., Hutahaean, Benny P., Wijaya, Tofan R., Nurtjahya, Eddy and van der Ent, Antony (2025). Rare earth elements (REEs) in soils and plants of Bangka Island (Indonesia) focussing on (hyper)accumulation. Plant and Soil, 507 (1-2), 417-431. doi: 10.1007/s11104-024-06735-2

[Rare earth elements (REEs) in soils and plants of Bangka Island (Indonesia) focussing on (hyper)accumulation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e379e24)

2025

Journal Article

##### Fire resilience analysis: Using high temporal and spatial satellite imagery for rehabilitated landscapes

McKenna, Phillip B., Phinn, Stuart and Erskine, Peter D. (2025). Fire resilience analysis: Using high temporal and spatial satellite imagery for rehabilitated landscapes. Ecological Engineering, 212 107478, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107478

[Fire resilience analysis: Using high temporal and spatial satellite imagery for rehabilitated landscapes](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ee369ee)

2025

Conference Publication

##### Identifying microbial roles in acid mine drainage and bioremediation of Mount Morgan Mine, Queensland, Australia

Febriana, Adithyanti, Gunathunga, Samadhi, Erskine, Peter and Southam, Gordon (2025). Identifying microbial roles in acid mine drainage and bioremediation of Mount Morgan Mine, Queensland, Australia. 13th Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress 2025 (APMC13), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2-7 Febuary 2025. ScienceOpen. doi: 10.14293/apmc13-2025-0175

[Identifying microbial roles in acid mine drainage and bioremediation of Mount Morgan Mine, Queensland, Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:f7e51a3)

2024

Other Outputs

##### Review of monitoring protocol and associated trials – phase II

Hernandez-Santin, Lorna and Erskine, Peter (2024). Review of monitoring protocol and associated trials – phase II. St. Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.

[Review of monitoring protocol and associated trials – phase II](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:39b7f7d)

## Funding

### Current funding

- 2024 - 2027

  Optimising future copper production in the NW Mineral Province -Stage 1 scoping

  Queensland Department of Resources

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/66085)
- 2024 - 2027

  Quantitative Geophysics for Monitoring and Assessment of Mining Residue Structure

  Technological Resources Pty Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/64925)
- 2024 - 2028

  CoastRI - Coastal Monitoring Network

  AuScope Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/66746)

### Past funding

- 2023 - 2025

  EarthDrone National Drone Infrastructure for the Earth with Cross-Platform Interoperability

  AuScope Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/58629)
- 2022 - 2025

  High-resolution monitoring of Newlands and Collinsville mine rehabilitation

  NC Coal Company Pty Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/56971)
- 2022 - 2025

  Fingerprinting environmentally sustainable ores using neodymium isotopes

  Queensland Department of Resources

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/57250)
- 2022 - 2024

  Expanding Queensland's Rare Earth Element opportunities - defining and extracting new REE resources

  Queensland Department of Resources

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/55988)
- 2022

  Drones4waste - A multi-scale, ground-to-air characterisation of waste and rehabilitation, Hercules mine site, Tasmania (304MMGHDRONE)

  MMG Australia Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/54086)
- 2022 - 2024

  Carbon sequestration of forests in Vietnam and Uganda

  SK forest

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/54251)
- 2021

  Selenium distribution and chemistry in the hyperaccumulator Neptunia amplexicaulis

  Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/41027)
- 2021

  Knowledge gaps and opportunities for earth observation tools in mine-rehabilitation at the property scale

  SmartSat CRC

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/48865)
- 2021

  A Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project (304MMGIZOK)

  MMG Australia Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/49825)
- 2020 - 2021

  Mine rehabilitation and closure collaboration project: Baseline Works

  Queensland Resources Council Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/47846)
- 2020 - 2021

  Transforming disparate approaches to remote sensing and monitoring to industry best practice (CRC TiME project administered by Dept Agriculture Water and the Environment)

  CRC TIME Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/48867)
- 2020 - 2023

  Project ARK: Generating critical knowledge to support resilience-based management of Lady Elliot Island (Great Barrier Reef Foundation project administered by The University of the Sunshine Coast)

  University of the Sunshine Coast

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/47334)
- 2020

  Baseline works for Moranbah post-mining land use collaborative project

  Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pty Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/43008)
- 2020 - 2024

  Extracting Queensland's Rare Earth Elements Sustainably

  Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/39210)
- 2019

  Distribution and translocation of foliar applied nickel in soybean

  Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/38525)
- 2019

  Hail Creek rehabilitation report card implementation

  Glencore Coal Assets Australia

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37771)
- 2019 - 2023

  Provision of services and advice for ecosystem establishment and landform studies

  Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37173)
- 2018 - 2021

  Testing of the resilience of mine site rehabilitation

  NC Coal Company Pty Limited, New South Wales

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/36916)
- 2018 - 2019

  Metallophyte plant species and ecotypes at Dugald River - A forgotten resource

  MMG Australia Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/33402)
- 2018 - 2019

  Advanced micro-X-ray Fluorescence facility for biological, medical, materials science and geochemistry

  UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/34774)
- 2017

  An assessment and review of work relating to closure criteria and rehabilitation standards and related support for RPAS activities

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37891)
- 2016 - 2017

  Building the framework for meeting closure criteria in waste rock dump design and performance

  MMG Australia Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/30326)
- 2016

  Elucidating the Ni and Zn biopathways during seed germination in differential ecotypes of Noccaea caerulescens

  Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/29721)
- 2015 - 2018

  Applying converged monitoring to inform closure management against agreed criteria

  MMG Australia Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/28599)
- 2015 - 2017

  Cost efficient landscape rehabilitation assessment Phase 1

  Glencore Coal (NSW) Pty Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/26956)
- 2015 - 2017

  Cost efficient empirically based framework using integrated datasets to demonstrate rehabilitation quality

  Australian Coal Association Research Program

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/26197)
- 2015 - 2018

  Measuring rehabilitation response to fire: Implications for long term resilience and mine closure

  Wesfarmers Curragh Pty Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/27340)
- 2014 - 2015

  The potential of Zambian copper-cobalt hyperaccumulator plants for phytoremediation of polluted (mining/smelter) soils

  University of Western Australia

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/23050)
- 2014

  Flora and Fauna Monitoring

  Centennial Airly Pty Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/22914)
- 2014

  Establishment of step change flora monitoring and investigation of YS2-6 seepage points associated with Narrow and Kangaroo Creek Shrub Swamps

  Centennial Angus Place Pty Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/22912)
- 2014

  Swamp Ecosystem Health Impacts

  Springvale Coal Pty Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/22918)
- 2013

  Landform and Rehabilitation Assessment for Charbon Coal Mine

  Charbon Coal Pty Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/21367)
- 2013 - 2014

  Persoonia Hindii: Management and Research Program - species, distribution and security on the Newnes Plateau Angus Place

  Centennial Angus Place Pty Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/21362)
- 2013 - 2014

  Persoonia Hindii: Management and Research Program - species, distribution and security on the Newnes Plateau Springvale

  Springvale Coal Pty Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/21369)
- 2013 - 2014

  Development of a Long-term Ecological Research Monitoring Program for Significant Flora & Fauna Species at Airly Mine and Mugii Murum-ban SCA

  Centennial Airly Pty Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/22830)
- 2012 - 2013

  Analysing rehabilitation success at the McFarlane Project

  QER Pty Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/14071)
- 2012 - 2015

  Environmental and Ecological Assessment Methodologies for Centennial Coal Operations

  Springvale Coal Pty Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/14686)
- 2012 - 2016

  Measuring the success of the rehabilitation strategies at the Curragh Mine 2012-2016 Assessment

  Wesfarmers Curragh Pty Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/21368)
- 2012 - 2015

  XCQ Rehabilitation Management Protocol Implementation Project: Understanding the Business Exposure and Raising the Bar on Land Stewardship

  Xstrata Coal Queensland

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/14538)
- 2011 - 2013

  Monitoring surface condition of landscape features subject to mining subsidence with very high resolution imagery

  Australian Coal Association Research Program

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/13315)
- 2010 - 2011

  Development and monitoring of vegetation trails on spent shale from Paraho process

  QER Pty Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/12633)
- 2010 - 2013

  Risk assessment tools to support end use decisions for mined land of the Bowen Basin

  Australian Coal Association Research Program

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/12218)
- 2010 - 2012

  Soil organic matter and green carbon in rehabilitation: their role in the carbon balance

  Australian Coal Association Research Program

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/12219)
- 2009 - 2010

  Revegetation assessment program for the D-tree tenement and historic paradise workings in NW Queensland

  Legend International Holdings, Inc.

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/11880)
- 2009 - 2013

  Identifying cost-effective reforestation approaches for biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration in the Australian wet tropics

  ARC Linkage Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/10380)
- 2009

  Change detection in rehabilitation monitoring of degraded mined land

  UQ Early Career Researcher

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/10760)
- 2008 - 2011

  Long term rehabilitation monitoring at Meandu Mine

  Tarong Energy Corporation Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/10771)
- 2007 - 2008

  Development of monitoring parameters for rehabilitation progress at RTA Weipa

  Technological Resources Pty Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/9383)
- 2002 - 2011

  Rehabilitation monitoring at Curragh Coal Mine

  Curragh Queensland Mining Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/6757)

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## Supervision

### Availability

Professor Peter Erskine is:
:   Not available for supervision

### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Assessing the ecological trajectory of mine rehabilitation - Focusing on the Nabarlek Uranium Project

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Lorna Hernandez Santin](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/18650), [Associate Professor Sarah Holcombe](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/20552)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Multisensor Remote Sensing Framework to Quantify Ecosystem Resilience

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Stuart Phinn](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/56), [Dr Phill McKenna](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1836)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Ecophysiology and molecular genetics of selenium tolerance and accumulation in the selenium hyperaccumulator Neptunia amplexicaulis

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Cheong Xin Chan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1283)

#### Completed supervision

- 2025

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Fire Resilience of Mine Site Rehabilitation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:6ad08ea)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Stuart Phinn](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/56)
- 2024

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Using Drones to Inform Tropical Savanna Restoration](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8b502c6)

  Principal Advisor
- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Unravelling the Secrets of Selenium Hyperaccumulation in Neptunia amplexicaulis and Coelospermum decipiens](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:57a6b91)

  Principal Advisor
- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Discovery and ecophysiology of Australian native manganese hyperaccumulator plants](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:49b484e)

  Principal Advisor
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Beyond the Void: Tracing Situated Knowledges in Mining Landscapes of the Anthropocene](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ea4d2e8)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Fred Fialho Teixeira](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/15199)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Patterns of elemental accumulation at the phylogenetic and tissue levels in the ultramafic flora of New Caledonia (with a focus on Ni accumulation)](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:04682fc)

  Principal Advisor
- 2018

  Master Philosophy

  ##### [Measuring Rehabilitation Responses to Fire using Transects and Remote Sensing](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2bc2b09)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Stuart Phinn](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/56)
- 2018

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Hyperaccumulation of trace elements in native species from Sabah (Malaysia): new discoveries and practical considerations for viable tropical nickel agromining](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1eb50a3)

  Principal Advisor
- 2009

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Natural Regeneration and Management Secondary Forests in Lao PDR and Vietnam

  Principal Advisor
- 2024

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Harnessing microbial processes to accelerate the transformation of coal spoils to functional soils](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3e0dc89)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Paul Evans](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/9601), [Professor Gordon Southam](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2716)
- 2023

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Novel Spectroscopies for metallome analysis of trace element Hyperaccumulator plants](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:eaca1d2)

  Associate Advisor
- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Understanding and Managing Ecosystem Services in Mining Environments using Indigenous Perspectives](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:6cc0a7c)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Laura Sonter](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/18170)
- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The Biogeochemistry of Australian Zinc-Copper Metallophytes: Conservation via Environmental Applications in Mining](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d7ad13d)

  Associate Advisor
- 2021

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Multi-scale insights in nickel hyperaccumulation in ultramafic environments: from seeds to ecosystems](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1a8f61f)

  Associate Advisor
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Bowen Basin Coal Mine Spoil Classification for Improved Mine Rehabilitation Outcomes](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9c230f4)

  Associate Advisor
- 2018

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Soil Organic Matter and Carbon Sequestration in Rehabilitated Mine Soils](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:727319)

  Associate Advisor
- 2018

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### ["Design and development of a methodology to monitor PM10 dust particles produced by industrial activities using UAVs"](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:af170e1)

  Associate Advisor
- 2017

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Phylogenetic patterns of foliar trace element accumulation in the ultramafic flora (Order Malpighiales) of Sabah, Malaysia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:677679)

  Associate Advisor
- 2016

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Restoration planning of degraded tropical forests for biodiversity and ecosystem services](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:393340)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Hugh Possingham](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920)
- 2014

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The taxonomic and functional diversity of bees and flies in Australian tropical countryside landscapes](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:340232)

  Associate Advisor
- 2014

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Plant diversity and foliar elemental profiles in relation to soil chemistry and altitude on ultramafic edaphic islands in Kinabalu Park (Malaysia)](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:330821)

  Associate Advisor
- 2011

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Ant community response to management practices on rehabilitated mine sites](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:241085)

  Associate Advisor
- 2009

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Carbon sequestration and soil fertility of tropical tree plantations and secondary forests in Vietnam](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:185250)

  Associate Advisor
- 2005

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### SEED AND SEEDLING ECOLOGY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF RAINFOREST RESTORATION

  Associate Advisor
- 2004

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES, AND WOOD PRODUCTION IN Eucalyptus cloeziana AND Eucalyptus argophloia

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Hon Assoc Professor Peter Dart](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/4067)
- 2003

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### NITROGEN MINERALISATION AND THE GROWTH OF YOUNG EUCALYPTUS CLOEZIANA PLANTATIONS IN SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND

  Associate Advisor

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