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AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH (COST)

The Australian Academy of Science has received funding from the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) to deliver the project Australian participation in European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST).

This project offers financial assistance for Australian professional researchers who are official members of a COST Action to undertake Short Term Scientific Missions of COST and/or attend a workshop/meeting of COST.

Missions are aimed at strengthening existing networks by allowing scientists to visit an institution or laboratory in another COST country to foster collaboration, to learn a new technique or to make measurements using instruments and/or methods not available in their own institution/laboratory.

COST participants 2009–2010

Researcher	Project	Host/s
Dr Teresa Chataway Griffith Law School Griffith University	Knowledge transfer on the philosopher Noberto Bobbio (1909-2004) through a humanities specialists supported by an e-learning system.	Professor Gastone Cottino Norberto Bobbio Archive Italy Dr Carla Gobetti Norberto Bobbio Archive Italy
Professor Donna Cross Department of Health and Wellness Edith Cowan University	Cyber bullying: Coping with negative and enhancing positive uses of technologies, in educational settings.	Professor Rita Zukauskiene Mykolas Romeris University Lithuania
Dr Christopher Davies CSIRO Plant Industry	To participate in COST Action 585: What's up in viticulture?	Professor Serge Delrot Insitute des Sciences de la Vigne et de Vin Universite Bordeaux France
A/Professor John Davy School of Applied Sciences RMIT University	To participate in COST Action FP0702: Net-Acoustics for Timber based Lightweight Buildings and Elements	Professor Eddy Gerretsen TNO Netherlands Dr Jean-luc Kouyoumji FCBA-CTBA Technical Centre for Wood and Furniture Bordeaux France Mr Michel Villot Centre for Building Science and Technology France
Professor Giles Hardy School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Murdoch University	To participate in Cost Action FP0801: Establishing and emerging Phytophthora, increasing threats to woodland forest ecosystems in Europe Working Groups 3 and 4. And explore the use of remote sensing tools (Digital Multispectral Imagery) to monitor the spread and control of Phytophthora species in natural ecosystems and to explore control measures.	Professor Andre Vannini Universita Tuscia Italy
Dr Marta Krasowska Ian Wark Research Institute University of South Australia	Influence of wetting film radius on rate of film drainage and time of three phase contact line formation.	Professor Kazimierz Malysa Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
Professor Wieslaw Krowlkowski Laser Physics Centre Australian National University	To participate in COST ACTION MP0702: Towards Functional Sub-Wavelengths Photonic Structures.	Dr Crina Cojocaru Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Spain
Dr Nathan Lo School of Biological Sciences University of Sydney	Purification and genome estimation size of Midichloria mitochondrii symbionts from the DIPAV holocyclus.	A/Professor Claudio Bandi Veterinary Parasitology The University of Milan Italy
A/Professor Cristina Martinez-Fernandez Urban Research Centre University of Western Sydney	To participate in COST Action TU 0803 on Cities Regrowing Smaller - Fostering Knowledge on Regeneration Strategies in Shrinking Cities across Europe	Dr Thorsten Wiechmann Brandenburg University of Technology Germany
A/Professor Gregory Metha Department of Chemistry University of Adelaide	To participate in COST ACTION D41: Inorganic oxide surfaces and interfaces and to discuss Nano-catalysis of gold clusters on cerium-oxide surfaces.	Professor Ulrich Heiz Department of Physical Chemistry Technical University of Munich Germany Professor Gianfranco Pacchioni Department of Materials Science University of Milano-Bicocca  Italy
Professor Phillip Slee Department of Education Flinders University	To participate in COST ACTION IS0801 - Cyber bullying: coping with negative and enhancing positive uses of technologies, in relationships in educational settings.	Professor Rita Zukauskiene Department of Psychology Mykolas Romeris University Lithuania
Dr Catherine Whitby Ian Wark Research Institute University of South Australia	Anchoring particles at the oil- water interface.	Dr Francesca Ravera Institute for Energetics and Interphases Italy