ProfSimon Mitrovic
Professor
Discipline of Environmental Sciences
Orcid identifier0000-0002-5528-2215 (opens in a new tab)
- ProfessorDiscipline of Environmental Sciences
FUNDED RESEARCH
- Freshwater phytoplankton ecology
- Environmental flows, dissolved organic carbon delivery to rivers and estuaries and ecosystem responses.
- Cyanobacterial ecology,
- Harmful algal ecology and factors influencing toxin regulation (marine and freshwater),
- Microplastics
- Fate and toxicity of algal toxins,
- Plant ecotoxicology,
Key Collaborations
-NSW DPE Water
-NSW DPI Fisheries
-WaterNSW
-Murray darling Basin Authority
-Hunter Water Corporation
-Snowy valleys Council
Prof. Mitrovic has attained over $5 million in research grant and project funding averaging $520,000 per year since 2015.
- Environmental flows, dissolved organic carbon delivery to rivers and estuaries and ecosystem responses.
- Cyanobacterial ecology,
- Harmful algal ecology and factors influencing toxin regulation (marine and freshwater),
- Microplastics
- Fate and toxicity of algal toxins,
- Plant ecotoxicology,
Key Collaborations
-NSW DPE Water
-NSW DPI Fisheries
-WaterNSW
-Murray darling Basin Authority
-Hunter Water Corporation
-Snowy valleys Council
Prof. Mitrovic has attained over $5 million in research grant and project funding averaging $520,000 per year since 2015.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- TENDERRestoration of Murrumbidgee River - cyanobacteria and bacteriaACT Government26 Aug 2026 - 30 Jun 2029People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Hitchcock J,
- Bishop D,
- Siboni N,
- Seymour J
- TENDERQuantifying flows required to sustain the Upper Murrumbidgee River food webNSW Department of Environment and Climate Change8 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2029People funded by this grant:
- Hitchcock J,
- Mitrovic S,
- Michie L,
- O'Brien L,
- Bassett Z
- SCHOLARSHIPInfluence of riparian floodplain condition on aquatic consumer growthCommonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water1 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2029People funded by this grant:
- Hitchcock J,
- Brooks A,
- Mitrovic S,
- Bassett Z
- GRANTProductivity improvements in regulated rivers from tributary flowsCommonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water1 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2029People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Hitchcock J
- GRANTEnvironmental flow monitoring on the Macquarie-Wambuul RiverCommonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water25 May 2026 - 30 Jun 2027People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Hitchcock J,
- Rogers T
- GRANTImproving Reservoir Management to Overcome Climate Effects of Changing Water Levels (Joel Egan)WATER NSW16 Feb 2026 - 16 Feb 2030People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Egan J
- GRANTMacrophyte biozones to control cyanobacterial blooms in water bodiesAustralian Research Council1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2028People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Hitchcock J,
- Stefan,
- Richard,
- Tamburic B
- GRANTIn-situ investigation of dissolved oxygen fluxes in weir pools and riversAustralian Research Council1 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2028People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Armfield S,
- Williamson N
- GRANTDeveloping a thermal stratification model for Menindee weir poolCommonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water15 Apr 2025 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Davis D,
- Williamson N,
- Hitchcock J,
- Issaev V
- GRANTDarling sediment samplingNSW Department of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure DPHI (previously NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment)1 Apr 2025 - 31 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Davis D
- GRANTSolving Plastic Waste CRC [22183] Secondment of Damien GuircoSOLVING PLASTIC WASTE CRC LTD1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2034People funded by this grant:
- CONTRACT RESEARCHFood web modelling to improve understanding of how river ecosystems respond to flow regimesCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation17 Apr 2024 - 31 Aug 2024People funded by this grant:
- Hitchcock J,
- Zampatti B,
- McInerney P,
- Mitrovic S,
- Rees G
- CONSULTINGReview of the NSW Murray and Lower Darling Water Sharing PlanNatural Resources Commission21 Feb 2024 - 4 Jul 2024People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S
- GRANTPindari dam Cold Water pollution Monitoring - Phase 2NSW Department of Primary Industries1 Jan 2024 - 30 Jun 2027People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Hitchcock J,
- Gordos M,
- Michie L
- GRANTBacterial symbioses govern the health of Australian aquatic ecosystemsAustralian Research Council1 Jun 2023 - 31 May 2026People funded by this grant:
- Seymour J,
- Stocker R,
- Mitrovic S,
- Burford M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHProductivity Boosts in the Barwon-Darling River from tributary flows – Stage 2Department of Planning Industry and Environment1 Apr 2023 - 30 Jun 2026People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Hitchcock J,
- Seymour J
- SCHOLARSHIPMannus Lake - Monitoring of management actions and further research - Year 2Snowy Valleys Council1 Mar 2023 - 31 May 2028People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCold Water pollution monitoring of Pindari DamNSW Department of Primary Industries15 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2028People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Facey J,
- Hitchcock J
- CONTRACT RESEARCHManly Dam and catchment studies - Project 1 - Nutrient inputs to Manly DamNorthern Beaches Council6 Oct 2022 - 30 Jun 2023People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Rogers T,
- Walton J
- GRANTMinimising persistent thermal stratification and algal blooms using improved flow velocity and discharge targets - extended studyDepartment of Planning Industry and Environment1 Feb 2022 - 4 Mar 2025People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Facey J
- SCHOLARSHIPTop-up Scholarship - Fish Screens - Patrick McSweeneyNSW Department of Primary Industries10 Jan 2022 - 28 Apr 2026People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- McSweeney P
- CONTRACT RESEARCHChichester Dam – determining limiting nutrients to phytoplankton growth and the role of nutrients released from sedimentsHunter Water Corporation3 Jan 2022 - 2 Jan 2025People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Facey J
- GRANTDYNAMICS OF SUPPRESSED MIXING REGIMES IN AUSTRALIAN RIVERSAustralian Research Council1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S,
- Kirkpatrick M,
- Wiliamson N,
- Armfield S
- CONTRACT RESEARCHProvision of Commonwealth environmental water services to support the functions of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH) and the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office (CEWO)Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment27 Sep 2021 - 31 Jul 2022People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S
- SCHOLARSHIPMasters Research Scholarship: Macrophyte Allelopathy in Lake ProspectWATER NSW1 Jul 2021 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Mitrovic S