DrJames Hitchcock

(he/him)

Senior Lecturer

Discipline of Environmental Sciences

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • TENDER
    Restoration of Murrumbidgee River - cyanobacteria and bacteria
    ACT Government26 Aug 2026 - 30 Jun 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    Australian Capital Territory Government - (PICE0010492)
  • TENDER
    Quantifying flows required to sustain the Upper Murrumbidgee River food web
    NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change8 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water - (PICE0010492)
  • SCHOLARSHIP
    Influence of riparian floodplain condition on aquatic consumer growth
    Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water1 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
  • GRANT
    Productivity improvements in regulated rivers from tributary flows
    Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water1 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
  • GRANT
    Environmental flow monitoring on the Macquarie-Wambuul River
    Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water25 May 2026 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
  • GRANT
    Macrophyte biozones to control cyanobacterial blooms in water bodies
    Australian Research Council1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mitrovic S,
    • Hitchcock J,
    • Stefan,
    • Richard,
    • Tamburic B
    ARC Linkage Projects - (LP250200711)
  • GRANT
    Developing a thermal stratification model for Menindee weir pool
    Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water15 Apr 2025 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mitrovic S,
    • Davis D,
    • Williamson N,
    • Hitchcock J,
    • Issaev V
    Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Food web modelling to improve understanding of how river ecosystems respond to flow regimes
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation17 Apr 2024 - 31 Aug 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hitchcock J,
    • Zampatti B,
    • McInerney P,
    • Mitrovic S,
    • Rees G
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  • GRANT
    Pindari dam Cold Water pollution Monitoring - Phase 2
    NSW Department of Primary Industries1 Jan 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    NSW Department of Primary Industries Fisheries
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Floodplain productivity - FFA River Flows and Connectivity – higher trophic level responses to floodplain inundation in the Murray-Darling Basin (zooplankton and shrimps)
    NSW Department of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure DPHI (previously NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment)1 Jun 2023 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hitchcock J,
    • Brooks A,
    • Wolfenden B,
    • McInerney P,
    • Giling D
    NSW Department of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure DPHI (previously NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment) - (PROC5391)
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Floodplain productivity - FFA River Flows and Connectivity – lower foodweb responses to floodplain inundation in the Murray-Darling Basin (basal resources, production and zooplankton)
    Department of Planning Industry and Environment1 Jun 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hitchcock J,
    • Brooks A,
    • Wolfenden B,
    • Giling D,
    • McInerney P
    Department of Planning Industry and Environment - (PROC5390)
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Productivity Boosts in the Barwon-Darling River from tributary flows – Stage 2
    Department of Planning Industry and Environment1 Apr 2023 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Planning Industry and Environment
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Cold Water pollution monitoring of Pindari Dam
    NSW Department of Primary Industries15 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    NSW Department of Primary Industries Fisheries
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Mannus Lake algae bloom monitoring study
    Snowy Valleys Council31 Jan 2018 - 30 Apr 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    Snowy Valleys Council
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Hunter River Estuary Project - Water Quality Sampling Program
    Hunter Water Corporation14 Mar 2017 - 31 Mar 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    Hunter Water