Professor

Shahar Mendelson

FAA

Shahar Mendelson
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Shahar Mendelson's research has led to ground-breaking progress in the understanding of theoretical data science. He discovered that key questions in data science are actually natural problems in high-dimensional geometry. He then used this geometric interpretation to solve fundamental questions in theoretical machine learning, sparse recovery in signal processing and high dimensional statistics. The machinery he developed has also resulted in the solution of several significant open problems in pure mathematics, mainly in asymptotic geometric analysis and the asymptotic theory of random matrices.

Fields of research

49 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
  • 4904 PURE MATHEMATICS

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

Expertise type

  • Data Science
  • Pure Mathematics
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematical Statistics

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Professor

Matthew Kiernan

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Matthew Kiernan
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Matthew Kiernan is an internationally renowned expert in neurodegenerative diseases, particularly motor neuron disease and frontotemporal dementia. He devised and introduced neurophysiological techniques that enable ion channel function to be studied in vivo in human subjects. His discoveries have delineated normal function and the mechanisms of disease and have identified therapeutic targets. He has defined diagnostic criteria for disease and established consensus guidelines, adopted globally by the World Federation of Neurology. Kiernan is implementing novel therapies based on these discoveries and using his techniques to measure responses to treatment, these are now being trialled in centres worldwide.

Expertise type

  • Medical Sciences
  • Transcranial Stimulation
  • Clinical Neurology
  • Clinical Trials
  • Neurophysiology
  • Dementia
  • Ion Channels
  • Motor Neurone Disease
  • Neurodegenerative Disease

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Emerita Professor

Mary Garson

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Mary Garson
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Mary Garson is a world-leading organic chemist. She is an internationally recognised expert in chemistry, biosynthesis, and bioactivity of secondary metabolites from both the marine and terrestrial environments. Best known for her pioneering use of stable/radioactive isotopes to define unusual biosynthetic pathways, she probes complex stereochemistry, ecological interactions, and environmental aspects of marine and plant metabolites. A 2003 special issue of the Journal of Natural Products in honour of Garson celebrated the excellence of her scientific contributions. The marine flatworm Maritigrella marygarsonae is named in her honour.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3103 ECOLOGY
    • 310399 Ecology not elsewhere classified
34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
  • 3404 MEDICINAL AND BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
    • 340401 Biologically Active Molecules
  • 3405 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • 340502 Natural Products Chemistry

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

Expertise type

  • Natural Products
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Bioassay
  • NMR Spectroscopy
  • Marine Ecology
  • Chemistry

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Professor

Glenn King

FAA FAHMS

Glenn King
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Glenn King is the leading figure worldwide in the study of arthropod venoms and the development of venom peptides from these animals as pharmacological tools, human therapeutics, and bioinsecticides. He has made seminal contributions with respect to our fundamental understanding of the evolution, ecology, production, and functional and structural diversity of arthropod venoms. King’s ground-breaking research on safer ways to control disease-spreading pests and to protect crops, has led to the first commercial application of venom peptides as eco-friendly, bee-safe insecticides. He received the 2023 Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation.

Fields of research

30 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
  • 3001 AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • 3004 CROP AND PASTURE PRODUCTION
31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3101 BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
    • 310112 Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling)
34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
  • 3404 MEDICINAL AND BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
    • 340401 Biologically Active Molecules
    • 340407 Proteins and Peptides

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

Expertise type

  • Molecular Biology
  • Structural Biology
  • NMR Spectroscopy
  • Peptide Chemisty
  • Ion Channels
  • Protein Structure-Function Relationships
  • Biotechnology
  • Proteins
  • Electrophysiology
  • Peptides
  • Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological Chemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Protein Structure

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Professor

Arthur Georges

FAA

Arthur Georges
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Arthur Georges is an ecologist and herpetologist with research interests in the evolution ecology and systematics of Australian reptiles. He is an internationally recognised expert on the evolution and ecology of reptile sex determination. His proposal that genetic and environmental sex determination represent ends of a continuum has revolutionized understanding of how the complex thermal environment of nests dictates sex in reptiles. His work redirected thinking on how reptiles survived past climate changes, and how human activities constrain their ability to respond to future challenges.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3104 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
  • 3105 GENETICS
    • 60411 Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics
  • 3109 ZOOLOGY
    • 310903 Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology
    • 310914 Vertebrate Biology

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

Expertise type

  • Population Genetics
  • Biogeography
  • Biology
  • Genomics
  • Applied Ecology
  • Conservation Biology
  • Taxonomy

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Professor

Georgina Long

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Georgina Long
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Georgina Long is a medical oncologist and scientist specialising in melanoma. She has led an extensive program of clinical trials, revolutionising the way melanoma is treated worldwide and leading to Australian government funding of ten new melanoma drugs which significantly increase survival. Long published the first research to show a survival improvement in patients with melanoma brain metastasis and led efforts to introduce the first new checkpoint inhibitor drug into clinical oncology in over a decade. Her recent groundbreaking work on the neoadjuvant platform is now revolutionising how operable cancers (melanoma and beyond) are treated. In recognition of the contribution of her outstanding research and work, Professor Long was awarded 2024 Australian of the Year (jointly with colleague Professor Richard Scolyer).

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

Expertise type

  • Immune Response
  • Cancer Immunotherapy
  • Immune Checkpoint Molecules
  • Clinical
  • Melanoma
  • Cancer Biology
  • Cancer Immunology
  • Medical Sciences
  • Molecular Oncology
  • Clinical Translation
  • Immune-oncology
  • Cancer
  • Clinical Trials
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology

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Professor

Madeleine van Oppen

FAA

Madeleine van Oppen
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Madeleine van Oppen is an ecological geneticist and expert on microbial symbiosis and climate change adaptation of reef corals. Her fundamental research has revealed several mechanisms by which corals adapt or acclimatise to environmental change, including those mediated by their microbial symbionts. Building on these discoveries, van Oppen developed a platform of innovative assisted evolution technologies that harness the natural adaptive mechanisms to enhance coral climate resilience. These technologies have become a critical element of coral reef restoration research in Australia and overseas.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3105 GENETICS
    • 310509 Genomics
  • 3107 MICROBIOLOGY
    • 310703 Microbial Ecology
  • 3199 OTHER BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
    • 319902 Global Change Biology
41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
  • 4103 ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
    • 410305 Environmental Marine Biotechnology

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

Expertise type

  • Biology
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Algae
  • Conservation Biology
  • Genomics
  • Coral Reefs
  • Climate Adaptation
  • Marine Biology
  • Symbiosis

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Professor

Nerilie Abram

FAA

Nerilie Abram
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Nerilie Abram is one of Australia’s top paleoclimate scientists with an exceptional record of scientific discoveries. She has made outstanding contributions to our understanding of how Earth’s climate system behaved over the last millennium, at both regional and global scales. Her multidisciplinary approaches have also brought critical perspectives to modern day human-induced climate change, including bushfire, drought, and the onset of anthropogenic warming. Abram also has an impressive record of scientific leadership, and has an international standing for her service, outreach, and communication, including Coordinating Lead Authorship of the 2019 IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate.

Fields of research

37 EARTH SCIENCES
  • 3701 ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
  • 3709 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE
    • 370904 Palaeoclimatology
  • 3799 OTHER EARTH SCIENCES
370201 Climate Change Processes

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

Expertise type

  • Climate Change
  • Antarctic Science
  • Paleoclimate
  • Earth Sciences
  • Climate Science
  • Climate Variability

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Professor

Dmitri Golberg

FAA

Dmitri Golberg
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Dimitri Golberg is an eminent pioneer in fabrication and analysis of diverse inorganic nanostructures with an emphasis on boron nitride nanotubes, nanoparticles and graphene-like nanosheets, as well as design/development of sophisticated methods of in situ/operando transmission electron microscopy for their physical properties’ exploration. These methods allow for real-time investigation of electromechanical, thermal, and optoelectronic properties of a nanomaterial under full control of its crystallography, atomic structure, defects, and spatially-resolved chemistry. These methods also provide the deepest insight into a “Holy Grail” Material Science problem – establishing a relationship between the nanomaterial structure and its functional properties for implementation into modern and future technologies.

Fields of research

34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
  • 3403 MACROMOLECULAR AND MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
    • 340305 Physical properties of materials
    • 340307 Structure and dynamics of materials
51 PHYSICAL SCIENCES
  • 5103 CLASSICAL PHYSICS
  • 5104 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
    • 510401 Condensed Matter Characterisation Technique Development

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

Expertise type

  • Diffraction
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Applied Physics
  • Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Nanomaterials
  • Nanofabrication
  • Nanoscience
  • Nanotechnology

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Professor

Lianzhou Wang

FAA FTSE

Lianzhou Wang
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Lianzhou Wang is a world leading scientist in materials science and chemical engineering. He has made unique and enduring contributions to the development of functional nanomaterials for solar fuel production, new generation solar cells and batteries. His seminal achievements include breakthroughs in interfacial engineering and defect passivation of perovskite quantum dots to realise stable solar cells with champion efficiency, and redox intercalation mechanism discoveries to achieve scalable production of layered battery electrode materials. Wang has also discovered a suite of new photocatalyst activation approaches that address the charge transfer kinetics challenge for solar fuel production.

Fields of research

34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
  • 3403 MACROMOLECULAR AND MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
    • 340303 Nanochemistry
  • 3406 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (INCL. STRUCTURAL)
40 ENGINEERING
  • 4016 MATERIALS ENGINEERING
    • 401605 Functional Materials
  • 4018 NANOTECHNOLOGY
400910 Photovoltaic devices (solar cells) 85 ENERGY
  • 8505 Renewable Energy

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

Expertise type

  • Nanofabrication
  • Photovoltaics
  • Nanomaterials
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Electrochemistry
  • Semiconductors
  • Materials Science
  • Catalysis
  • Engineering
  • Electromaterials

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