Name
Institution
Professor Linda Barwick
The University of Sydney
Research area
Musicologist. Australian Indigenous and immigrant music; digital
humanities.
Professor David Carter
The University of Queensland
Australian literature and publishing history, cultural history, the
history of the book, periodical studies, and studies in modernity.
Professor Joy Damousi
University of Melbourne
Professor Kate Darian-Smith
University of Melbourne
Professor Katherine Demuth
Macquarie University
Professor Ross Gibson
University of Canberra
Professor Helena Grehan
Murdoch University
Professor Christopher Hilliard
The University of Sydney
Senior Professor Daniel Hutto
University of Wollongong
Associate Professor Helen James
The Australian National University
Professor Kerry London
RMIT University
Professor John Macarthur
The University of Queensland
Professor Mark McLelland
University of Wollongong
Associate Professor Kylie Message
The Australian National University
Professor Denise Meyerson
Macquarie University
Professor Jennifer Milam
The University of Sydney
Historian. War, trauma and post-war Greek migration to Australia;
sound and the two world wars; child refugees and war.
Australian studies, Australian history, cultural hertitage studies,
memory and commemoration.
Linguistics. Language acquisition, including studies of speech and
language perception and production.
Creative and cultural research. Collaborates to produce books, film
and artworks.
Theatre, performance theory, ethics and spectatorship, race and
representation, interculturalism, new media dramaturgy, and art
and globalisation.
History of modern Britain. Literature and literary criticism in popular
intellectual life.
Philosophical psychology. Philosophy of mind, psychology and
cognitive science.
International relations, esp. Southest Asia. Asian disasters, civil
society, governance, health, education, poverty alleviation and
sustainable development.
Housing. Construction supply chain theory and practice, design
management, internationalisation, collaborative platform solutions
(BIM), housing supply chain integration, innovation, organisational
capital.
Architectural theory and history, architecture, heritage, and urban
design. Intellectual history of architecture.
Sociologist and cultural historian of Japan; history of sexuality,
gender theory and new media.
Civil rights activism; Indigenous sovereignty; multiculturalism and
museums in Australia; political history collections in Australia,
Sweden, and United States; Australian cultural policy in global
context.
Law, human rights and justice. Theoretical and applied
jurisprudence, constitutional theory, human rights theory and
comparative human rights law.
Art history. Rococo art and architecture; history of art patronage;
intellectual history and the visual.
Professor Jeremy Moss
The University of New South Wales
Political and applied philosophy. Applied ethics, environmental
philosophy, climate change and social ethics.
Professor Melanie Oppenheimer
Flinders University
Professor Ned Rossiter
University of Western Sydney
Professor Bradley Sherman
The University of Queensland
Dr Colin Smith
Associate Professor Rosalind Smith
La Trobe University
The University of Newcastle
Professor Julian Thomas
Swinburne University of Technology
Professor David Trigger
Associate Professor Sean Ulm
The University of Queensland
James Cook University
Australian history. History of voluntary organisations and patriotic
funds; history of volunteering and voluntary action; gender and
imperialism; soldier settlement schemes post WWI.
Media theorist. Network cultures, the politics of cultural labour,
logistical media and data politics.
Intellectual property law, historical, doctrinal and conceptual
development.
Biomolecular archaeology, preservation of biomolecules in
archaeological skeletal tissue.
English literature. Early modern women's writing.
Media, communications and information policy; histories of new
communications technologies; intellectual property and piracy.
Anthropology. Land, nature and cultural identity; applied
anthropology in Aboriginal Australia; place, autochthony and
cultural identities.
Archaeology. Nothern Australia and the western Pacific.
Name
Institution
Professor Alaina Ammit
The University of Sydney
Associate Professor Ehsan Arabzadeh
Professor Andrew Ball
The Australian National University
RMIT University
Associate Professor Margaret Barbour
The University of Sydney
Dr Bronwyn Barkla
Southern Cross University
Professor Robert Brooks
UNSW Australia
Professor Jonathan Buckley
University of South Australia
Associate Professor Martina Doblin
University of Technology, Sydney
Research area
Lungs: elucidating the mechanistic basis of inflammation in asthma
and airway remodelling
Neuroscience: sensory processing at the level of single cells and
neuronal populations
Environmental Microbiology: cycling of nutrients
Plant physiology: developing and applying new theory and
measurement techniques to address issues related to biosphereatmosphere exchange across a range of scales
Plant abiotic stress using proteomics technologies and the model
plant Arabidopsis thaliana
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST who studies the evolutionary
consequences of sex.
Sports Science: Effects of exercise, nutrition and other lifestyle
activities on health and human performance.
Algal ecology, marine biogeochemistry and biological
oceanography
Professor Mark Elgar
Professor Abigail Elizur
The University of Melbourne
University of the Sunshine Coast
Professor David Ellsworth
University of Western Sydney
Professor Marco Falasca
Professor Geoffrey Fincher
Curtin University
The University of Adelaide
Professor Kristine French
University of Wollongong
Evolutionary Biology and Animal Behaviour (Animal behaviour,
evolution, social behaviour, mating behaviour, sexual selection,
chemical communication)
Reproductive biology of aquaculture species
Tree Nutrition and Physiology; Global Change Biology; Ecological
Physiology; Plant Physiology
Cell biologist: intracellular signals regulated by specific lipids that
act as “second messengers” inside a cell
Agriculture & Farming, Science & Technology
Anthropogenic disturbances interrupt populations and
communities.
Professor Fritz Geiser
Associate Professor Frank Gruetzner
Dr Chris Helliwell
University of New England
The University of Adelaide
CSIRO
Ecological Physiology, Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry,
Thermoregulation and Energetics, Hibernation and Daily Torpor
Genetics and evoution
Functional genomics for canola traits
Professor Mariella Herberstein
Macquarie University
Professor Rodney Hill
Charles Sturt University
Professor Thomas Huber
The Australian National University
Behavioural ecology of invertebrates including spiders and insects
within an evolutionary framework
improve health-care and socio-economic infrastructure in rural
regions
Physical Organic Chemistry, Medical Biochemistry: Proteins And
Peptides (Incl. Medical Proteomics), Structural Chemistry And
Spectroscopy
Professor Dietmar Hutmacher
Associate Professor Gavin Huttley
Queensland University of Technology
The Australian National University
Bone & Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering
Molecular Evolution, Biological Mathematics
Associate Professor Brent Kaiser
Winthrop Professor Gary Kendrick
The University of Sydney
The University of Western Australia
Professor Megan Lewis
The University of Adelaide
Professor David Miller
Scientia Professor Brett Neilan
Professor Barbara Nowak
James Cook University
UNSW Australia
University of Tasmania
Professor Sharon Robinson
University of Wollongong
Professor Marcello Rosa
Professor Christopher Saint
Monash University
University of South Australia
Professor Sergey Shabala
University of Tasmania
Professor Ross Thompson
University of Canberra
molecular physiologist examining the regulation and control of
plant nitrogen transport systems.
Marine plants
Application of remote sensing and geospatial data to
environmental and agricultural management
Using flies to understand the function of coral gene, Coral
spawning, Dinoflagellate genetics
genetics of toxic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae).
aquatic animal health, specifically finfish;
plants respond to Climate Change induced environmental stress in
Antarctica
organisation of the cerebral cortex in mammals, with special
emphasis on the visual system.
Water Management and Reuse
Enhance crop performance under conditions of resource limitation
(water, nutrients), based on understanding of underlying cellular
mechanisms behind plant sensing, signalling and adaptation to
environment. community and ecosystem ecologist, working primarily on
freshwaters.
Associate Professor Katherine Trinajstic
Professor Claire Wade
Curtin University
The University of Sydney
vertebrate palaeontologist
Computational Biology and Animal Genetics
Professor Alister Ward
Associate Professor Grant WardellJohnson
Deakin University
investigating the genes involved in the development of the
immune system
Curtin University
Biodiversity and climate
Winthrop Professor Andrew Whiteley
The University of Western Australia
Professor Hala Zreiqat
The University of Sydney
Soil biology
developing engineered biomaterials and scaffolds for skeletal
tissue applications,
Name
Institution
Professor Sue Bennett
University of Wollongong
Professor Kim Beswick
University of Tasmania
Professor John Campbell
University of Canberra
Professor Judy Cashmore
The University of Sydney
Professor Lyn Craig
The University of New South Wales
Professor Susan Danby
Queensland University of Technology
Professor Michael Drew
Griffith University
Professor Denzil Fiebig
The University of New South Wales
Professor Julie Fitness
Macquarie University
Professor Michele Ford
The University of Sydney
Professor Brendan Gleeson
The University of Melbourne
Professor Philip Gray
Monash University
Professor Ross Guest
Griffith University
Professor Allyson Holbrook
The University of Newcastle
Professor Jennie Hudson
Macquarie University
Associate Professor Frini Karayanidis
The University of Newcastle
Professor Marion Maddox
Macquarie University
Professor Greg Marston
Queensland University of Technology
Professor Jason Mattingley
The University of Queensland
Professor Donald McNeill
University of Western Sydney
Professor Adrian Miller
Griffith University
Professor Sharon Pickering
Monash University
Winthrop Professor Peter Robertson
The University of Western Australia
Professor Jason Sharman
Griffith University
Professor Rosemary Sheehan
Monash University
Associate Professor Elaine Stratford
University of Tasmania
Professor Lucy Taksa
Macquarie University
Professor Clare Tilbury
Griffith University
Professor Simon Ville
University of Wollongong
Research area
Information and communication technologies in education
Mathematics education
Information systems, technology in the workplace
Family law, child protection and welfare, children and the
law
Social policy, family and household studies
Early Childhood Education, communication, conversation
analysis
Finance, superannuation, retyirement policy, investment
management
Health economics
social-evolutionary psychologist, experience and expression
of emotions in family & workplace contexts
SE Asian labour, labour movements, labour migration.
Urban planning, human geography, land and water
management
Empiracal finance and captial markets
economics of population ageing, economics education and
learning and teaching in higher education
Education, Higher Doctoral education
Psychology, anxiety disorders; cognitive behavioural therapy;
emotional health in children
Cognitive neuroscience, application of cognitive control
processes across the lifespan
Intersection of religion and politics
Health policy, welfare, poverty, socuial inequality,
unemployment
cognitive neuroscience, neural and cognitive mechanisms
that underlie human selective attention, learning and brain
plasticity
Urban and Cultural Geography, political and cultural
economy of globalization and cities
Indigenous public health, indigenous higher education
criminology, refugees, trafficking, gender and human rights
International Trade, Economic Growth, Economic
Development, Defence Economics, Asian Economies
Political science, international political economy, corruption
and money laundering
health and mental health, child welfare and the law, family
violence, judicial and corrections responses to offenders
cultural and political geography, island studies, climate
change, island futures, social and environmental planning
and policy
Leadership and management in higher education,
organisational change
Social work, child protection and family support policy,
indigenous child protection.
Economic history, comparative economic development in
international business.
Name
Professor Alexander
Babanin,
Institution
Swinburne University of
Technology
Research area
Professor Evan Bieske,
University of Melbourne
Properties of Nanoparticles, Spectroscopy of Molecules, Radicals, and Ions
Professor Peter Bouwknegt,
The Australian National
University
Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
Professor Cyrille Boyer,
UNSW Australia
Nanomedicine, Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering, Synthesis
of Macromolecules, Characterisation of Macromolecules
Professor John Close,
The Australian National
University
Experimental and theoretical physics, biology, chemistry and engineering
Associate Professor
Rachel Codd,
The University of Sydney
A chemical biology approach to drug design and development; chemical
proteomics of bacterial iron uptake; EPR spectroscopy.
Associate Professor Roger
Fulton,
The University of Sydney
Nuclear Medicine Physicist in the Department of Medical Physics at Westmead
Hospital
Professor Emily Hilder,
University of Tasmania
Separation science -separating and identifying the components and devising
portable solutions for identification.
Professor Mark Humphrey,
The Australian National
University
Organometallic chemistry & molecular materials
Professor Martin Lambert,
The University of Adelaide
Hydraulics of Compound Channels
Professor Roger Lewis,
University of Wollongong
THz science and technology, Thermionic cooling and power generation
Professor Graciela
Metternicht,
The University of New South
Wales
Environmental management, spatial analysis and modelling
Professor Lidia Morawska,
Queensland University of
Technology
Atmospheric Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science and
Management
Professor Allen Nutman,
University of Wollongong
Early Precambrian crustal evolution, climate, environment and emerging life. This
is undertaken via integrated field studies (including geological mapping),
geochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronology.
Professor Geoff Pryde,
Griffith University
Quantum information, quantum computation, quantum communication.
Quantum measurement, quantum control, coherent control of semiclassical
systems
Senior Professor Stephen
Pyne,
University of Wollongong
New methods for the asymmetric synthesis of bioactive molecules. The total
synthesis of bioactive natural products, especially alkaloids. Natural products and
fullerene chemistry
Professor Greg Qiao University of Melbourne
Environmental Engineering - Greenhouse Gas Recovery; Nano and Biomolecular
Engineering - Nanostructured Materials, Tissue Engineering ; Materials and
Minerals Engineering - Polymer Science Associate Professor Louis
Rendina,
The University of Sydney
Medicinal chemistry of boron and the lanthanides, in particular gadolinium.
Professor Andrew John
Roberts,
The Australian National
University
Geomagnetic field behaviour; Environmental magnetism and climate change; Rock
and mineral magnetism; Geochronology; Tectonics
Ocean Engineering - waves
Professor Halina Rubinsztei
Atom optics, laser micromanipulation, nano optics, quantum computing and
The University of Queensland
n-Dunlop, biophotonics.
Professor Frances
The University of Melbourne NMR spectroscopy and Structure of Membrane Peptides
Separovic,
Operational earthquake forecasting - determination of time dependent changes to
Professor Sandy Steacy, The University of Adelaide
earthquake probabilities
Associate
The University of Western
Polymer nanoformulations
Professor Killugudi Swamin
Australia
atha-Iyer
Professor Suresh Thennadil, Charles Darwin University
Process Control; Optical Sensors; Simulation Techniques
Professor Doreen Thomas, The University of Melbourne
Computational neuroscience (plasticity); Electric vehicle charging and grid
constraints; Optimal network design; Underground mine access design; Wireless
sensor networks
Associate
Professor Pall Thordarson,
Bio-mimetic chemistry with focus on nanomedicine, supramolecular and
biophysical chemistry
UNSW Australia
Associate Professor Tiffany
Deakin University
Walsh,
Dr Eric Wolanski,
Professor Zhiguo Yuan, Computer simulations to show how nature manufactures strong and durable
materials such as shells, teeth and bones using non-toxic ingredients
Oceanographer and an ecohydrologist - fine sediment dynamics of estuaries and
coastal waters
Innovative solutions for urban water management through effective integration of
The University of Queensland
fundamental science and applied engineering
James Cook University
Name
Institution
Research area
Chem eng - Functional nanomaterials. Fine particle aggregation, photocatalysis,
nanoparticle synthesis and their applications
Mech eng - Advanced microscopy techniques. Electron microscopy, atom probe
tomography, focused ion beam milling
Mech eng - CFD. Heat and Mass Transfer, Thermal Design
Chem Eng - Nanomaterials. Well-defined organically-capped metal nanobionic
particles
Professor Rose Amal
The University of New South Wales
Professor Julie Cairney
Professor Tilak Chandratilleke
The University of Sydney
Curtin University of Technology
Professor Wenlong Cheng
Monash University
Professor Fariba Dehghani
The University of Sydney
Professor Zhao Yang Dong
The University of Sydney
Professor Yihong Du
The University of New England
Professor Mikel Duke
Professor Ian Gibson
Dr Alex Grant
Victoria University
UNSW Australia
Myriota Pty Ltd
Adjunct Professor Anne-Marie Grisogono
Flinders University
Professor John Grundy
Distinguished Professor Yingjie Jay Guo
Swinburne University of Technology
University of Technology Sydney
Senior Professor Zaiping Guo
University of Wollongong
Professor Saman Halgamug
Professor Brett Kirk
Professor Joseph Klewicki
University of Melbourne
Curtin University of Technology
University of Melbourne
Dr Patrick Kluth
The Australian National University
Professor David Lewis
Professor Christina Lim
The Flinders University of South Australia
The University of Melbourne
Winthrop Professor Yinong Liu
The University of Western Australia
Professor Jie Lu
Professor Bernard Mans
University of Technology Sydney
Macquarie University
Professor Priyan Mendis
The University of Melbourne
Professor Richard Middleton
The University of Newcastle
Professor Mirka Miller
The University of Newcastle
Elec eng - control systems. Feedback systems for domestic renewable energy
IT - Graph Theory and Applications. Combinatorics, graph theory, databases and data
security
Professor Paul Munroe
The University of New South Wales
Material Eng - Microstructure-property relationships in materials. Functional thin
films, intermetallic alloys, advanced metal-matrix composites, thermal spray
materials, surface modification of materials and biochars
Professor Nam-Trung Nguyen
Griffith University
Professor Shizhang Qiao
The University of Adelaide
Professor Rodica Ramer
The University of New South Wales
Professor Toni Robertson
Professor John Roddick
Professor Jay Sanjayan
University of Technology Sydney
The Flinders University of South Australia
Swinburne University of Technology
Professor Peng Shi
The University of Adelaide
Professor Matthew Simpson
Queensland University of Technology
Chem Eng - Nanomaterials. Microfluidics, nanofluidics, micro/nanomachining
technologies, micro/nanoscale science, instrumentation for biomedical applications
Chem Eng - Nanomaterials. Nanomaterials and nanoporous materials for
bioseparation, drug/gene/RNA delivery and new energy technologies
Elec Eng - MEMS. MEMS and NEMS technology RF, microwave and millimetre wave
devices Reconfigurable RF, microwave and millimetre wave integrated systems
Integrated MEMS/CMOS circuits
IT - HCI. Understanding of actual human practices, design of interactive technologies,
usability issues - mobile and ubiquitous computing, support cooperative work and
other social activities
IT - AI. Artificial intelligence and image processing
Civil Eng - Construction Materials, structural engineering
Elec Eng - Systems and Control Theory, Computational Intelligence, Operational
Research
Mathematics - Cell Biology, Computational Modelling, Mathematical Modelling,
Multiscale Modelling
Professor Paul Strooper
The University of Queensland
IT - Software engineering: specification, verification, testing, empirical methods
Professor Moses Tade
Curtin University of Technology
Senior Professor Kiet Tieu
University of Wollongong
Chem Eng - Process modelling, simulation and control. Nonlinear control systems,
adaptive control and system identification, structural synthesis of control systems
Materials Eng - Tribology (friction, lubrication and wear), Materials Processing,
Computational Mechanics (FEM, MD), Nanotechnology, Metal Forming, Severe Plastic
Deformation
Professor Brian Uy
UNSW Australia
Civil Eng - Composite steel-concrete structures, critical infrastructure protection
systems, deconstruction techniques, rehabilitation and strengthening techniques
Professor Nicolas Voelcker
University of South Australia
Nanomaterials / Biomaterials. Porous Materials, surface engineering, biosensors,
biointerfaces, high-throughput screening, tissue engineering and cell therapy
Professor Xiangyu Wang
Curtin University
IT - Building Information Modeling, Information Technology in Construction, Virtual,
Augmented and Mixed Reality, Computer-Supported Cooperative Design/Work
Chem Eng - Manufacturing bio-products. Synthesising biodegradable polymers,
bioglasses, and hybrids with unique features for tissue engineering
Elec Eng - Power systems. Power system stability, enhancing the capabilities of power
networks
Mathematics - Nonlinear functional analysis. Nonlinear elliptic and parabolic
equations. Existence, uniqueness and qualitative properties of solutions of various
nonlinear partial differential equations
Chem Eng - Nanomaterials. Inorganic materials such as nanotubes, silica, titania,
zeolites and polymer composites. Membrane distillation, ceramic membranes and
membrane assisted fermentation.
IT - executive level R&D management of IT and innovation ventures
Industry - CEO Myriota - big data, sensor networks
Simulation, systems engineering and systems science, human sciences and
complexity science
Elec Eng - Software Engineering methods and tools, Cloud computing and security for
cloud
Elec Eng - antennas and wireless communications systems
Mech Eng - Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery and rechargeable Lithium polymer
battery technology, hydrogen storage materials
Mech Eng - Machine Learning. Deep Learning, Big Data Analytics and Optimization
and in particular bio-inspired methods
Biomechanics and simulations
Mech eng - Fluid Dynamics
Materials eng - Ion beam synthesis and modification of materials. Metallic
nanocrystals, ion tracks in semiconductors and insulators, nanostructured silicon
Materials Eng - Nanotechnology and Polymer Science. Applications of nano-cylinders,
organic electronics
Elec Eng - Hybrid Fiber-Wireless Networks
Mech Eng - Nanotechnology. Functional materials, shape memory alloys, thin films
and microscopic materials
IT - decision support systems, recommender systems, knowledge-based prediction
and warning systems, fuzzy information processing and e-Service intelligence
Maths - Graphy theory, algorithm complexity
Civil Eng - Building protection. Fire behavior of structures, high strength materials,
modeling and durability of structures
Professor Lianzhou Wang
The University of Queensland
Distinguished Professor Guoxiu Wang
University of Technology Sydney
Professor Ole Warnaar
The University of Queensland
Professor Cuie Wen
RMIT University
Professor Stephan Winter
The University of Melbourne
Professor John Zhu
The University of Queensland
Chem Eng - Nanomaterials. Semiconducting nanomaterials for clean energy and
environment applications
Materials Eng - Nanomaterials - Electrochemistry, Energy storage and conversion,
Battery technology
Mathematics - Algebraic combinatorics, Basic and elliptic hypergeometric series, qSeries and partition theory, Representation theory
Materials Eng - Nanomaterial - metallic biomaterials, surface coating/modification of
metals and alloys, development of porous metallic biomaterials, batteries,
nanolaminates
Civil Eng - Spatial Information. Disaster management, emergency response,
evacuation, human orientation, wayfinding and navigation, intelligent transportation
systems, computational transportation science, mapping (crowd sourcing,
volunteered geographic information)
Chem Eng - advanced catalysis, gas adsorption and separation, direct carbon fuel cells
and solid oxide fuel cells