ProfessorMarcel Klaassen
Associate Head of School, Waurn Ponds
Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Deakin Centre for Marine Science
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- Associate Head of School, Waurn PondsFaculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Deakin Centre for Marine Science
- +61 3 522 72464 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
RESEARCH INTERESTS
* Studying and modelling avian movement strategies, population dynamics and conservation strategies
* Disease Ecology and the dispersing and connecting powers of migratory and nomadic birds impacting disease epidemiology
* Nutritional ecology and reserve dynamics in waterfowl, waders and marsupials
GRANTS
- CONTRACT RESEARCHAviFluMap21 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2028People funded by this grant:
- Marcel Klaassen
- CONTRACT RESEARCHMonitoring avian influenza in key resident Australian bird species in 202626 May 2026 - 28 Feb 2027People funded by this grant:
- Marcel Klaassen
- CONTRACT RESEARCHElucidating the movement and population dynamics of Stubble Quail through tracking and pesticide analyses1 Jan 2026 - 1 Sep 2029People funded by this grant:
- Klaassen M,
- Yu H,
- Callahan D,
- Corbett P
- CONTRACT RESEARCHJapanese Encephalitis Virus Surveillance in Wild Birds in Wyndham WA, Dec 20251 Dec 2025 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Marcel Klaassen
- CONTRACT RESEARCHAssessing key arriving long-distance migratory bird species to SE Australia for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in spring 202520 Nov 2025 - 30 Jan 2026People funded by this grant:
- Klaassen M,
- Ross T
- CONTRACT RESEARCHJapanese Encephalitis Virus Surveillance in Wild Birds in Wyndham WA28 Jan 2025 - 28 Jan 2025People funded by this grant:
- Marcel Klaassen
- CONTRACT RESEARCHSpatial ecology and survivorship in selected game duck species1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2028People funded by this grant:
- Marcel Klaassen
- CONTRACT RESEARCHImpacts of anthropogenic activities on threatened resident and migratory shorebirds18 Dec 2024 - 30 Jun 2028People funded by this grant:
- Klaassen M,
- Broadway A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHAssessing key arriving long-distance migratory bird species to SE Australia for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in spring 202425 Nov 2024 - 30 Jun 2025People funded by this grant:
- Marcel Klaassen
- GRANTAssessing disease incursion risk by mapping and modelling shorebird migratory behaviour in the face of global change processes18 Nov 2024 - 20 Nov 2026People funded by this grant:
- Lisovski S,
- Klaassen M,
- Ryding S
- CONTRACT RESEARCHDonation to shorebird project Annie Broadway22 Oct 2024 - 21 Oct 2025People funded by this grant:
- Klaassen M,
- Broadway A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHUsing serology to better understand the link between LPAI H7 exposure in wild ducks and HPAI H7 outbreaks in south-eastern Australia in 202416 Sep 2024 - 25 Apr 2025People funded by this grant:
- Marcel Klaassen
- CONTRACT RESEARCHTechnical assistance with the development of the Victorian Game Duck Harvest Framework and Strategy and Adaptive Harvest Model28 Aug 2024 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Marcel Klaassen
- GRANTMapping areas of increased risk for Clade 2.3.4.4b High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) incursion into Australia via wild bird movements11 Jul 2024 - 31 Jan 2025People funded by this grant:
- Klaassen M,
- Spence A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHJapanese Encephalitis Virus Surveillance - Wild Bird Testing13 May 2024 - 30 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Marcel Klaassen
- GRANTSTUDENT APPLICATION Impacts of anthropogenic activities on resident and migratory shorebirds.9 May 2024 - 28 Feb 2025People funded by this grant:
- Klaassen M,
- Broadway A
- GRANTSupporting recovery and management of migratory shorebirds in Australia1 Feb 2024 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Fuller R,
- Klaassen M,
- Spence A,
- Critchell K,
- Amano T
- GRANTGeneration of interim harvest model output to guide decision-making for the 2024 duck season9 Oct 2023 - 15 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Marcel Klaassen
- GRANTGuiding research and best practice standards for the sustainable development of Offshore Renewables and other emerging marine industries in Australia1 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2024People funded by this grant:
- Ierodiaconou D,
- Young M,
- Klaassen M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHNational Avian Influenza Wild Bird Surveillance Program - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Special Projects.26 Oct 2022 - 12 May 2023People funded by this grant:
- Marcel Klaassen
- GRANTStudent Application - What in the devil makes them susceptible to cancer?19 Jul 2022 - 29 Feb 2024People funded by this grant:
- MacDonald N,
- Ujvari B,
- Telonis-Scott M,
- Klaassen M
- GRANTNomadic ibis and spoonbills in flight: Environmental variables predicting altitude and speed.3 May 2022 - 31 Oct 2022People funded by this grant:
- Klaassen M,
- Galtbalt B
- CONTRACT RESEARCHTrialling the suitability of supervised machine learning to identify avian influenza virus (AIV) outbreak risks in poultry.9 Aug 2021 - 29 Jul 2022People funded by this grant:
- Marcel Klaassen
- CONTRACT RESEARCHGeneration of interim harvest model output to guide decision-making for the 2022 duck season.1 Jul 2021 - 31 Mar 2022People funded by this grant:
- Marcel Klaassen