Professor

Gabrielle Belz

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Gabrielle Belz
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Professor Gabrielle Belz is an immunologist whose work has provided seminal insights into cellular and molecular mechanisms that shape the immune system’s response to pathogen infections. Her work has uncovered the breadth of the responsiveness of anti-viral immune cells, the essential role of helper CD4 T cells in the generation of memory CD8 T cells and defined the antigen-presenting cells required for responses to pathogens and tissue-antigens. Her work has also uncovered how innate cells collaborate with adaptive cells in a key immune checkpoint. Professor Belz’s work has provided fundamental knowledge identifying new elements of the functioning of the immune system that could be harnessed therapeutically.

Fields of research

30 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
  • 3009 VETERINARY SCIENCES
    • 300906 Veterinary Immunology
31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3104 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
    • 310407 Host-Parasite Interactions
  • 3107 MICROBIOLOGY
    • 310706 Virology
  • 3109 ZOOLOGY
    • 310905 Animal Immunology
32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES
  • 3204 IMMUNOLOGY

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Lymphocytes
  • Innate Immunity
  • Immune Regulation
  • Molecular Biology
  • Virus Infection
  • Immunology
  • T Cells
  • Vaccines
  • Transcriptional regulation
  • Immune Response
  • Viral Pathogenesis
  • Cytotoxic T Cells
  • Cell Biology

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Professor

Xiaojing Hao

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Xiaojing Hao
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Professor Xiaojing Hao is at the international forefront of developing cost-effective thin-film semiconductor materials to harvest sunlight for future photovoltaic products and applications. She has made vital contributions to photovoltaic science/engineering by setting and still holding record efficiencies in green kesterite (Cu2ZnSnS4) solar cells, developing unique solutions for improving various emerging thin film photovoltaic devices, and pursuing efficient, cheap and environmentally friendly thin-film materials for building-integrated and product-integrated photovoltaics. Professor Hao is an ARC Future Fellow and recipient of both the Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year and the Pawsey Medal.

Fields of research

40 ENGINEERING
  • 4008 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
  • 4016 MATERIALS ENGINEERING
    • 401605 Functional Materials
85 ENERGY
  • 8504 Energy Transformation
  • 8505 Renewable Energy

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Semiconductors
  • Photovoltaics
  • Materials Science

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Professor

Derek Leinweber

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Derek Leinweber
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Professor Derek Leinweber is a distinguished theoretical physicist eminent for elucidating the phenomena emerging from Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the relativistic quantum field theory of the strong interactions. Performing direct first-principles supercomputer simulations, he disclosed the structure of the QCD ground-state fields forming the foundation of matter. He illustrated how the fundamental mechanism of centre vortices in the fields confine quarks and generate mass. Professor Leinweber’s ab-initio calculations of the electromagnetic structure of nucleon and Lambda-baryon excitations lead the field, advancing theoretical techniques. Combining these breakthroughs with novel developments of nonperturbative effective field theory, he has revolutionised understanding of QCD.

Fields of research

51 PHYSICAL SCIENCES 510601 Nuclear Physics 510703 Particle Physics

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Numerical Analysis
  • Theoretical Physics
  • Nonperturbative Quantum Field Theory
  • Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
  • Physics
  • Computational Physics
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Lattice Field Theory
  • Chiral Effective Field Theory
  • Computational Methods

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Professor

Jürgen Götz

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Jürgen Götz
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Professor Jürgen Götz is Endowed Chair of Dementia Research and Director of the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research at the Queensland Brain Institute (University of Queensland). After obtaining his PhD in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Georges Koehler, he worked in academia and industry in the US and Switzerland, before relocating to Australia in 2005. He has made fundamental contributions to understanding the mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s dementia. Professor Götz’s discoveries around low-intensity ultrasound as a modality for treating brain diseases led to significant funding, building a clinical ready device, a completed clinical trial and a start-up company.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3101 BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
    • 310104 Cell Neurochemistry
40 ENGINEERING
  • 4003 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
    • 400308 Medical Devices

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Gene Therapy
  • Neurophysiology
  • Neurodegenerative Disease
  • Neuroscience
  • Protein-protein Interactions
  • Medical Devices
  • Biochemistry
  • Medical Sciences

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Professor

Helen Christensen

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Helen Christensen
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Professor Helen Christensen is widely regarded as a world leader in the field of digital mental health interventions. She pioneered many of the processes and strategies that are used internationally today. Trained as a clinical psychologist, she led the translation of traditional face-to-face psychological treatment to digital delivery. Through over 50 trials and cohort studies, Professor Christensen demonstrated the effectiveness of digital interventions. Relatedly, she has pioneered the science of digital phenotyping by which passive data collection (from smartphones) can monitor a person’s mental health. Overall, her digital developments have been used by millions of people globally, meaning that Professor Christensen has had an enormous global impact on mental health.

Fields of research

42 HEALTH SCIENCES
  • 4206 PUBLIC HEALTH

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Mental Health
  • Technology
  • Public Health
  • Suicide
  • Anxiety
  • Internet
  • Depression
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Medical Sciences
  • Suicide prevention

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Professor

Nicole Webster

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Nicole Webster
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Professor Nicole Webster is a global leader in marine microbial symbiosis and has generated transformational insights into coral reef microbiology. She pioneered the application of molecular tools to study sponge microbial symbioses, discovering that sponges are a major contributor to the bacterial diversity of the world's oceans. Professor Webster elucidated mechanisms of sponge symbiont transmission, established the ecological and evolutionary drivers of sponge-microbe interactions, provided the first insights into the role of viral auxiliary metabolic genes in sponge ecology, revealed a critical role for sponge symbionts in cycling reef organic matter and provided the first insights into sponge holobiont responses to climate change.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3107 MICROBIOLOGY
    • 310703 Microbial Ecology

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Symbiosis
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Climate Change
  • Marine Biology
  • Marine Ecology
  • Antarctic Science
  • Biology

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Dr Nicole Webster, marine scientist

Nicole Webster was born in Ormskirk, UK in 1973. Webster completed a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in 1995 and a PhD in 2001, both at James Cook University in Queensland. Her PhD thesis investigated the microbial ecology of a Great Barrier Reef sponge, focusing on the stability of the symbiotic associations over different areas and under different stresses. Webster’s first postdoctoral fellowship was with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in 2001.
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Professor

Aidan Sims

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Aidan Sims
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Professor Aidan Sims' work in theoretical mathematics has generated enduring research activity, solved significant open problems, and established unexpected connections across mathematics. Among key contributions, he built higher-rank graph C*-algebras from infancy into a major research field; established a long-sought "Rosetta Stone" between Leavitt path algebras and graph operator algebras; computed the exact nuclear dimension of all Kirchberg algebras; and extended the celebrated Boyle-Tomiyama theorem to arbitrary dynamical systems. Professor Sims was an invited speaker at the 2015 Abel Symposium, the 2016 AustMS Medallist, and is the Incoming President of the Australian Mathematical Society.

Fields of research

49 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
  • 4904 PURE MATHEMATICS

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Pure Mathematics
  • Algebra
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Operator Theory
  • Topology

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Professor

Guoxiu Wang

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Guoxiu Wang
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Professor Guoxiu Wang is internationally acclaimed for his pioneering contribution to advanced battery technology, single-atom catalysis, electrochemistry and materials chemistry. His research on redox-active molecules has set world records in lithium-air battery performance. Professor Wang has invented non-flammable solid-state gel polymer electrolytes, significantly improving the safety and efficiency of lithium batteries. Furthermore, his innovative strategies for single-atom catalysis have propelled advancements in green hydrogen production. Professor Wang's work has not only achieved breakthroughs in battery performance but also played a crucial role in creating safer, high-performance energy storage solutions, which are vital for the global transition to renewable energy.

Fields of research

40 ENGINEERING
  • 4004 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
85 ENERGY
  • 8504 Energy Transformation
  • 8506 Energy Storage, Distribution and Supply
  • 8598 Environmentally Sustainable Energy Activities

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Materials Science
  • Materials Processing
  • Nanotechnology
  • Hydrogen Production
  • Electrochemical Catalysis
  • Polymerization
  • Nanomaterials
  • Electrolytes
  • Porous Materials
  • Solid State Chemistry
  • Electrochemistry
  • Materials
  • Electrolyser
  • Catalysis
  • Chemistry
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Battery Technology
  • Solid State Ionics
  • Energy Storage
  • Energy conversion
  • Clean Energy Transition

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Professor

Louisa Degenhardt

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Louisa Degenhardt
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Louisa Degenhardt is a psychologist and global authority on illicit drug use. She has led seminal research on the global burden of illicit drug use and mapped global coverage of interventions to reduce this burden. Her work is used by governments, United Nations agencies and other key international organisations to inform treatment planning and to advocate for the scale-up of interventions that are effective in reducing harms among people who use drugs.

Fields of research

42 HEALTH SCIENCES
  • 4206 PUBLIC HEALTH

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health
  • Mental Health
  • Psychiatry
  • Medical Sciences
  • Illicit drug use

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Professor

Gene Tyson

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Gene Tyson
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Gene Tyson is an internationally recognised microbial ecologist and bioinformatician. Through the development and application of novel approaches for characterising microbial communities, Tyson’s research has profoundly advanced our understanding of microbiology. He has pioneered new methods for studying microorganisms from diverse clinical and environmental settings - allowing us to characterise many of them for the first time. This has paved the way for many important discoveries, enabling a more holistic understanding of microbial ecosystems and how they influence human and environmental health.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3102 BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
  • 3107 MICROBIOLOGY
    • 310703 Microbial Ecology

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Microbiology
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Microbial Diversity
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Microbiome
  • Biology
  • Metagenomics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Microbial Evolution

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