Professor

Svetha Venkatesh

FAA FTSE

Svetha Venkatesh
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Svetha Venkatesh is a leading Australian computer scientist who has made fundamental and influential contributions to the field of activity and event recognition in multimedia data. Venkatesh pioneered many theoretical and algorithmic foundations for detecting normal and anomalous activities and deriving meaning from digital video. This underpinning theory has significantly impacted applications, including in automated security and video search. In related work, her fundamental contributions to probabilistic machine learning have advanced risk prognosis algorithms for medical data. These contributions to theory and methods have been internationally recognised through widely cited publications, patents, and the establishment of an award-winning global security company.

Fields of research

46 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES
  • 4602 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND IMAGE PROCESSING
460502 Data mining and knowledge discovery

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

Expertise type

  • Computer Science
  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning
  • Bayesian Statistics
  • Data Mining
  • Statistical Modelling
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Deep Learning
  • Image Processing
  • ICT

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Professor

Peter Currie

FAA

Peter Currie
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Peter Currie is a world-renowned developmental evolutionary and stem cell biologist who studies the genetic basis of skeletal muscle stem cell action during development, evolution, regeneration and disease. His key discoveries utilise several models, chiefly the zebrafish, to define the genetic and evolutionary basis for muscle formation and growth throughout vertebrate phylogeny. Currie has played a key role globally in developing zebrafish as a disease model for human muscle disease and regeneration biology. He has also been instrumental in establishing shark embryology as a modern evolutionary paradigm to understand the evolutionary origins of the vertebrate body plan.

Fields of research

10 TECHNOLOGY 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3104 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
    • 310404 Evolution of Developmental Systems
  • 3105 GENETICS
    • 310503 Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination)
  • 3109 ZOOLOGY
    • 310914 Vertebrate Biology
3206 MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • 320606 Regenerative Medicine (incl. Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering)

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

Expertise type

  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Genetics
  • Muscle Function
  • Biology
  • Stem Cells
  • Developmental Biology
  • Embryology

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Professor

Ian Paulsen

FAA

Ian Paulsen
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Ian Paulsen is a world leader in microbiology and a pioneer in microbial genomics. His work has focused on informatic followed by experimental characterisation of bacterial transport systems for nutrients and toxic compounds. He has discovered several novel classes of multidrug efflux pumps that can make bacteria resistant to multiple drugs by pumping them out of the cell. Paulsen’s work has revealed that these pumps have natural roles in the cell and have been opportunistically co-opted by hospital pathogens as a resistance mechanism against antibiotics. His global genome-based analyses have revealed fundamental strategic differences in transporters between single and multicellular lifeforms.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3101 BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
    • 310113 Synthetic Biology
  • 3107 MICROBIOLOGY
    • 310703 Microbial Ecology
    • 310704 Microbial Genetics

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

Expertise type

  • Microbiology
  • Bacteriology
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Genomics
  • Bacteria
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Bacterial Pathogens
  • Metagenomics
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biotechnology
  • Membrane Transport
  • Biology

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Professor

Maria Byrne

FAA

Maria Byrne
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Maria Byrne’s research on evolution of development is globally recognised for key discoveries on how animal body plans evolve, and has greatly enriched our understanding of Australia’s marine biodiversity. She uses life-history diversity in endemic species uniquely, to discover how developmental change drives speciation. She has advanced knowledge on the important marine phylum Echinodermata, culminating in a definitive textbook and monograph for Australia. She is also a recognised leader in global change biology, documenting the impacts of ocean acidification and warming on marine invertebrate life stages, revealing the adaptability of marine species that is key to understanding their future prospects.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3103 ECOLOGY
    • 310305 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
  • 3104 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
    • 310404 Evolution of Developmental Systems
  • 3109 ZOOLOGY
    • 310913 Invertebrate Biology
41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
  • 4102 ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
410102 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change

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

Expertise type

  • Biology
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Coral Reefs
  • Environmental Biology
  • Marine Biology
  • Ecosystems
  • Developmental Biology
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Marine Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Echinoderms
  • Echinoderm Biology
  • Echinoderm Evolution

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Professor

Barry Pogson

FAA

Barry Pogson
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Barry Pogson’s research has revealed crucial pathways by which communication between different parts of a cell influence growth, development, photosynthesis and tolerance to drought. He achieved these understandings by dissecting genetic and metabolic networks that regulate how the site of photosynthesis, the chloroplast, communicates the impacts of changing environmental conditions. His research has enabled new insights into the evolution and function of retrograde signalling networks in gene expression, photosynthesis, leaf development and even water loss during droughts. Pogson has actively sought the translation of basic research into beneficial outcomes and mentors the next generation of leaders in science, policy and industry.

Fields of research

30 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
  • 3004 CROP AND PASTURE PRODUCTION
    • 300404 Crop and Pasture Biochemistry and Physiology
31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3101 BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
    • 310113 Synthetic Biology
  • 3105 GENETICS
  • 3108 PLANT BIOLOGY
    • 310803 Plant Cell and Molecular Biology

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

Expertise type

  • Carotenoids
  • Genotype-Phenotype Relationships
  • Plant Cell Biology
  • Climate Adaptation
  • Food Security
  • Crop Improvement
  • Drought Resistant Crops
  • Photosynthesis
  • Crop Yields
  • Plant Physiology
  • Plant Synthetic Biology
  • Plant Molecular Genetics
  • Retrograde Signaling
  • Biology
  • Wheat

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Dr Barry Pogson, biochemist and molecular biologist

Barry Pogson interviewed by Ms Marian Heard in 2001. Barry Pogson was born in 1962 in Moss Vale, New South Wales. After finishing high school, he worked as a bank clerk for 12 months before deciding to attend university.
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Professor

Calum Drummond

AO FAA FTSE

Calum Drummond
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Calum Drummond has made outstanding contributions to advancing the fundamental understanding of key factors governing molecular assembly, as well as particle and surface interactions in liquids. A hallmark of his research has been the establishment of new molecular design rules, and the use of sophisticated high-throughput preparation and characterisation techniques to fast-track the creation of materials, and the determination of the structure and properties of materials, at the nanoscale. This fundamental research in chemistry has enabled the development and application of advanced high-performance materials.

Fields of research

34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
  • 3403 MACROMOLECULAR AND MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
40 ENGINEERING
  • 4016 MATERIALS ENGINEERING
    • 401605 Functional Materials
51 PHYSICAL SCIENCES
  • 5104 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
    • 510405 Soft Condensed Matter

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

Expertise type

  • Chemistry
  • Nanomaterials
  • Physical Chemistry

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Professor

Hala Zreiqat

AM FAA FTSE FAHMS

Hala Zreiqat
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Hala Zreiqat has made significant contributions to biomaterials, regenerative medicine, and translational orthopaedic research. She introduced advanced cell, molecular biology and nanoscience approaches to the biomaterials field. Her team invented new bioceramics with outstanding strength and biological properties for the regeneration of large bone defects. She has developed innovative technologies for 3D-printing these ceramics, enabling carefully controlled fabrication of complex structures with precisely defined shape, porosity, architecture and surface topography. These achievements are leading to the development of novel orthopaedic implants, including the world’s first synthetic material for healing large bone defects under load, enabling personalised approaches to the repair and regeneration of musculoskeletal tissues.

Fields of research

40 ENGINEERING
  • 4003 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
    • 400303 Biomechanical Engineering

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

Expertise type

  • Biomaterials
  • Bone Cell Biology
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Nanomaterials
  • Engineering

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Professor

Yihong Du

FAA

Yihong Du
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Yihong Du is internationally renowned for his contributions to the theory of nonlinear elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations and their application in chemical reaction theory and population dynamics. He is a pioneer and leader in the use of nonlinear free boundary problems to model spreading phenomena and has resolved long standing problems on sharp thresholds, boundary blow up, bifurcation and multiplicity. His papers have been highly influential. He has also made significant contributions to the advancement of science through mentoring, conference organisation and service on committees and panels.

Fields of research

49 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
  • 4901 APPLIED MATHEMATICS

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

Expertise type

  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Nonlinear Analysis
  • Mathematics

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Professor

Anne Kelso

AO FAA FAHMS

Anne Kelso
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Anne Kelso’s contributions to Australian science are wide-ranging and significant. As a biomedical researcher, she made a sustained original contribution through her research on the regulation of T lymphocyte effector function. She advanced the discipline of immunology more broadly as a communicator and through service to national and international professional societies. In her Directorship roles she has fostered the development and commercialisation of Australian vaccine technologies, and substantially strengthened Australia’s position in global influenza virus surveillance, research and pandemic preparedness. As CEO of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) she is leading major reform of the agency's grant program.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3107 MICROBIOLOGY
32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES
  • 3204 IMMUNOLOGY
    • 320404 Cellular Immunology
  • 3207 MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
    • 320705 Medical Virology

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

Expertise type

  • Cytokines
  • Influenza
  • Cytotoxic T Cells
  • Medical Sciences

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Professor

Edwin Hills

CBE FRS

Edwin Hills
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Expertise type

  • Earth Sciences
  • Geology
  • Hydrology
  • Palaeontology
  • Petrology

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