ProfessorDavid Francis

Associate Head of School Regional (Warrnambool & Queenscliff)

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Deakin Centre for Marine Science

  • Associate Head of School Regional (Warrnambool & Queenscliff)
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Deakin Centre for Marine Science
  • +61 3 556 33083 (Work)
  • Warrnambool Campus, Princes Highway, Warrnambool Victoria 3280

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UNIT TAUGHT
    SLE262 - Aquaculture and the Environment
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    SLE766 - Industry Practice
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigating Methods of Flavour Manipulation in Australian Farmed Barramundi
    Hannah Redmond - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Understanding the nutritional requirements of Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica) to enhance captive breeding
    Ashfaqun Nahar - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Future-proofing the salmon farming industry in the face of climate warming
    Courtney Bourke - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Dietary Effects on Gut Transit and Digestion in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
    Paige Miles - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Optimizing Astaxanthin supplementation in Atlantic salmons in periods of thermal stress
    Emily Courtot - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Improving and preserving the functional properties of stickwater for inclusion into aquafeed
    Billie Julien - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Refining sustainable nutritional strategies for Australian hybrid abalone (Haliotis rubra Haliotis laevigata)
    W Manikkage Jayani Chethana Tissera - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Dietary Functional Amino Acid Requirements for Barramundi under Cold Stress
    Zhije Shi - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Optimizing Dietary Lipids for Thermal Resilience in Australian Hybrid Abalone
    Md Fazle Rohani - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Optimizing Sponge Propagation and Production Techniques for Environmental Restoration and Commercial Aquaculture
    Evan Michael Worden - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Nutritional and Organoleptic Quality in Intensively Farmed Murray Cod
    Giorgio Palmeri - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2009
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Nutritional Health of Captive Corals
    Jessica Conlan - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Sustainable Nutrition Solutions Using Australian Seaweeds
    Vanessa Skrzypczyk - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Omega-3 fatty acids in Atlantic salmon: dietary and environmental effects
    Thomas Mock - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2019
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Seasonal environmental impacts on the productivity and nutritional status of farmed Atlantic salmon in Tasmania
    Matthew Jago - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Hybrid Abalone Stress Responses to Temperature and Nutritional Manipulation
    Kieren Searle - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Climate Change and "Shrinking" Fish: The Roles of Temperature and Body Mass In Oxygen-Limited Metabolism
    Hanna Scheuffele - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Optimisation of Protein Levels in Australian Hybrid Abalone (Haliotis rubra x Haliotis laevigata) Nutrition
    Inamul Hassan Abdul Lathiff - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Contributions of Seaweed to Carbon Sequestration
    Erlania Erlania - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Novel Processing of Phyllospora comosa for Enhanced Nutritive Values
    Thiruchenduran Somasundaram - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Energy Fortification of Atlantic Salmon Through Novel Dietary Intervention
    Beichen Yang - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2025