Research supervisors
Professor Paul Fisher
My areas of research expertise are cellular slime moulds; mitochondrial diseases; and simple model organisms. My Microbial Cell Biology Laboratory currently has 3 Honours students and 6 postgraduate students (MSc/PhD).
Dr Katherine Legge
My research interests are in musical acoustics, structural analysis and numerical optimisation.
Professor Philip Broadbridge
Head of engineering and mathematical sciences.
Professor Michael Clarke
Head of Life Sciences. My research is in:1. conservation biology - ecology in conservation-related contexts, particular as it relates to fire ecology. 2. behavioural ecology - the evolution and adaptive value of social behaviour, particular
Professor Nick Hoogenraad
My research is focussed on mitochondrial biogenesis and on the role of molecular chaperones in protein targeting and folding in mammalian cells.
Dr Stephen Kent
Head of psychological science. My research activities focus on psychoneuroimmunology or the interactions between behaviour, the brain, and the immune system.
Dr Pauleen Bennett
Director of Regional operations - Psychological Science. My main research interest is anthrozoology, the study of human-animal relationships. Other interests: animal welfare, urban animal management and positive psychology.
Dr Michael Angove
I am Head of School of Pharmacy and Applied Science. My research is in the areas of environmental chemistry; waste water treatment; and sorption processes. I teach chemistry, analytical chemsitry, materials and formulation science.
Professor Brian Davey
Head of mathematics & statistics. My research is in general (universal) algebra and lattice theory. I am particularly interested in the theory of natural dualities and applications of Priestley Duality for distributive lattice structure.
Professor John Devlin
Head of electronic engineering. My research interests lie in the area of communications: HF radar systems; HF ionospheric phased array backscatter; real-time system design; and digital receiver design.
Dr Warwick Grant
Head of genetics. My research is focussed on the development and application of tools to elucidate and manipulate gene function in parasitic nematodes of mammals.
Dr Susan Lawler
Head of environmental management and ecology. My research interests are in conservation, ecology and evolutionary genetics of native fauna, especially freshwater crayfish.
Professor Joe Petrolito
Head of Civil Engineering and Physical Sciences. My research is in the area of computational mechanics with particular emphasis on finite element methods.
Dr Paul Pigram
Head, Department of Physics. Nanotechnology Program Co-ordinator. Director, Centre for Materials and Surface Science. Principal research interests lie in the areas of functional materials and surface science, and nanotechnology.
Dr Ian Potter
Head of chemistry. My research field is analytical and environmental chemistry. Our research focus is to develop new polymer types and sensor reagents for environmental and biological applications of polymer inclusion membranes incorporati
Dr Wenny Rahayu
Main area of interest: integration and consolidation of heterogeneous data and systems to support a collaborative environment within a highly data-rich environment.
Professor Michael Ryan
Head of Biochemistry. My research investigates the assembly of protein complexes in mitochondria and defects in disease which cause energy generation defects. I also study how mitochondrial morphology is governed and aspects of apoptosis.
Professor Terry Spithill
Head of Agricultural Sciences. My research into the challenges caused by liver flukes has a deliberate international outlook with current collaborations in China, Thailand, Sudan, UK and Australia.
Ms Mary Martin
Deputy Head of computer science & computer engineering. Please contact me to discuss research topics.
Dr Ewen Silvester
Deputy Head: Department of Environmental Management & Ecology (DEME) Director: Research Centre for Applied Alpine Ecology (RCAAE)
Dr Simon Smith
Deputy Head of mathematics and statistics. My research interests lie in approximation theory, particularly polynomial and weighted polynomial interpolation.
Professor Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen
Professor and Chair & Director of Research, Department of computer science and computer engineering. My expertise is in bioinformatics and multimedia: computational techniques and infrastructure for high-throughput genome bioinformatics;
Professor Weisan Chen
My research focuses on T cell biology and vaccine development. Other interests: anti-tumor immunity in the presence and absence of innate signals; antigen processin; peptide presentation by MHC; and epitope selection by the immune system.
Professor Sheila Crewther
My research interests lie in understanding how vision drives and organizes behaviour. Please contact me to discuss research topics.
Professor Glynda Kinsella
Director, Postgraduate Programs - psychological science. My research focus is consequences of neuropsychological impairment for the individual and family, using a framework of cognitive neuropsychology and memory.
Professor Susan Paxton
My background is in practice and research in clinical and health psychology. My research specialisation is in body image and eating disorders.
Professor Geoff Prince
My interests lie in the applications of differential geometry to ordinary and partial differential equations. At the moment I am working on the inverse problem in the calculus of variations (“when can a system of second order O.D.E's b
Professor Reinout Quispel
My current research interests are integrable systems & numerical methods; dynamical systems; and geometric numerical integration.
