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

  • Associate Head of School, Waurn Ponds
    Faculty 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 RESEARCH
    AviFluMap2
    1 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Marcel Klaassen
    Wildlife Health Australia - $396,134.38
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Monitoring avian influenza in key resident Australian bird species in 2026
    26 May 2026 - 28 Feb 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Marcel Klaassen
    Wildlife Health Australia - $85,568.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Elucidating the movement and population dynamics of Stubble Quail through tracking and pesticide analyses
    1 Jan 2026 - 1 Sep 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    Game Management Authority - $526,100.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Japanese Encephalitis Virus Surveillance in Wild Birds in Wyndham WA, Dec 2025
    1 Dec 2025 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Marcel Klaassen
    Department of Health WA - $42,178.05
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Assessing key arriving long-distance migratory bird species to SE Australia for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in spring 2025
    20 Nov 2025 - 30 Jan 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Wildlife Health Australia - $167,400.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Japanese Encephalitis Virus Surveillance in Wild Birds in Wyndham WA
    28 Jan 2025 - 28 Jan 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Marcel Klaassen
    Department of Health WA - $38,792.88
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Spatial ecology and survivorship in selected game duck species
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Marcel Klaassen
    Game Management Authority - $849,533.67
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Impacts of anthropogenic activities on threatened resident and migratory shorebirds
    18 Dec 2024 - 30 Jun 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    GHCMA Scholarship - Glenelg - Hopkins Catchment Management Authority - 202324-1956 - $50,997.11
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Assessing key arriving long-distance migratory bird species to SE Australia for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in spring 2024
    25 Nov 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Marcel Klaassen
    Wildlife Health Australia - WHA AIV-2024.11 - $114,188.00
  • GRANT
    Assessing disease incursion risk by mapping and modelling shorebird migratory behaviour in the face of global change processes
    18 Nov 2024 - 20 Nov 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    National Environmetal Science Program 2 - $396,878.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Donation to shorebird project Annie Broadway
    22 Oct 2024 - 21 Oct 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Miss Maureen Christie - GF00693 - $10,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Using serology to better understand the link between LPAI H7 exposure in wild ducks and HPAI H7 outbreaks in south-eastern Australia in 2024
    16 Sep 2024 - 25 Apr 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Marcel Klaassen
    Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry - $67,579.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Technical assistance with the development of the Victorian Game Duck Harvest Framework and Strategy and Adaptive Harvest Model
    28 Aug 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Marcel Klaassen
    Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions - $10,000.00
  • GRANT
    Mapping areas of increased risk for Clade 2.3.4.4b High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) incursion into Australia via wild bird movements
    11 Jul 2024 - 31 Jan 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    One Health Investigation Fund - $100,000.00
  • GRANT
    Improving surveillance of Buruli ulcer
    5 Jun 2024 - 4 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    CSIRO - $30,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Japanese Encephalitis Virus Surveillance - Wild Bird Testing
    13 May 2024 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Marcel Klaassen
    DH VIC - Grants Department of Health Victoria - $49,557.35
  • GRANT
    STUDENT APPLICATION Impacts of anthropogenic activities on resident and migratory shorebirds.
    9 May 2024 - 28 Feb 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    BirdLife Australia Research Awards - 75 149 124 774 - $5,000.00
  • GRANT
    Supporting recovery and management of migratory shorebirds in Australia
    1 Feb 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    National Environmetal Science Program 2 - $233,700.00
  • GRANT
    Generation of interim harvest model output to guide decision-making for the 2024 duck season
    9 Oct 2023 - 15 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Marcel Klaassen
    Game Management Authority - $11,197.55
  • GRANT
    Guiding research and best practice standards for the sustainable development of Offshore Renewables and other emerging marine industries in Australia
    1 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    National Environmetal Science Program 2 - $116,020.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    National Avian Influenza Wild Bird Surveillance Program - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Special Projects.
    26 Oct 2022 - 12 May 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Marcel Klaassen
    Wildlife Health Australia - WHA AIV-2022-02 - $77,272.73
  • GRANT
    Student Application - What in the devil makes them susceptible to cancer?
    19 Jul 2022 - 29 Feb 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    ESA - Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - 20 571 098 795 - $5,400.00
  • GRANT
    Nomadic ibis and spoonbills in flight: Environmental variables predicting altitude and speed.
    3 May 2022 - 31 Oct 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Klaassen M,
    • Galtbalt B
    International Education Resilience Fund - $15,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Trialling the suitability of supervised machine learning to identify avian influenza virus (AIV) outbreak risks in poultry.
    9 Aug 2021 - 29 Jul 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Marcel Klaassen
    Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - C06490 - $40,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Generation of interim harvest model output to guide decision-making for the 2022 duck season.
    1 Jul 2021 - 31 Mar 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Marcel Klaassen
    Game Management Authority - $40,000.00