Professor

Stefan Maier

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Professor Stefan Maier is an experimental physicist renowned for his pioneering studies in nanophotonics, plasmonics and nanophotonic materials. He has conducted groundbreaking experiments to understand and tailor light-matter interactions below the diffraction limit of light with a particular focus on the guiding, localisation and conversion of electromagnetic energy with metallic nanoparticles. Professor Maier has shaped the development of the research field of plasmonics and its interdisciplinary applications in biosensing, optoelectronics and energy conversion. He extended key nanophotonic concepts to the infrared and provided first demonstrations of designer nanoscale mid-infrared resonators via localised surface phonon polaritons. Professor Maier has an outstanding track record for international and national scientific service and the mentoring and advancement of young scientists and disadvantaged communities.

Fields of research

40 ENGINEERING
  • 4016 MATERIALS ENGINEERING
    • 401605 Functional Materials
  • 4018 NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • 401809 Nanophotonics

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

Expertise type

  • Optoelectronics
  • Plasmonics
  • Nanomaterials
  • Nanophotonics
  • Energy conversion

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Professor

Laura Mackay

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Professor Laura Mackay is one of Australia's most outstanding immunologists and an international leader in the field of immunological memory. Prior to her discoveries, it was erroneously thought that immune memory was controlled by bloodborne elements. Professor Mackay demonstrated this is not the case. She defined a novel population of T lymphocytes, or T cells, resident at body surfaces, showing that these tissue-embedded components were distinct from T cells circulating in the blood. Critically, she showed that tissue-resident T cells provide a dominant first-line defence against infection and cancer, revealing novel genes and pathways that can be exploited to control these cells for therapeutic gain.

Fields of research

32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES
  • 3204 IMMUNOLOGY
    • 320404 Cellular Immunology
    • 320409 Tumour Immunology

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

Expertise type

  • Immune Memory
  • T Cells
  • Immunology
  • Tumour Immunology

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Professor Emeritus

John Long

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Emeritus Professor John Long is Australia's pre-eminent palaeontologist. He has made fundamental discoveries about the early stages of vertebrate evolution. His fieldwork in Australia, Antarctica, Africa, Iran and East Asia enabled description of 90 new fossil taxa including new kinds of ancient fishes, the discovery of world’s oldest reptile tracks and Australia’s oldest theropod dinosaur. In addition to high-profile research and authoring major textbooks, his promotion of science and engagement of the public, including through popular books, is outstanding.

Fields of research

37 EARTH SCIENCES
  • 3705 GEOLOGY
    • 370506 Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)

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

Expertise type

  • Evolution
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Fish

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Professor Dr

Sherene Loi

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Professor Sherene Loi is a world-leading breast cancer immuno-oncologist. She uncovered the role of resident T cells in the healthy and cancerous breast, transforming our understanding of local tumour surveillance. She has established standardised assays for tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes measurement for breast cancers, now incorporated into national and international pathology guidelines and clinical trial stratification. Her global trial leadership has delivered new strategies for breast cancer treatment into routine clinical care, improving survival for patients worldwide with the implementation of checkpoint and other targeted inhibitors.

Fields of research

32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES
  • 3204 IMMUNOLOGY
  • 3211 ONCOLOGY AND CARCINOGENESIS
    • 321101 Cancer Cell Biology

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

Expertise type

  • Cancer Immunology
  • Cancer Immunotherapy
  • Breast Cancer
  • Drug Development
  • Genomics

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Professor

Yun Liu

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Distinguished Professor Yun Liu is a world-leading applied materials chemist whose groundbreaking research in crystal and defect chemistry and materials engineering has revolutionised materials design for future technologies. She discovered colossal dielectric materials with unprecedented properties, successfully transferring this innovation to a global capacitor manufacturer. She proposed new defect concepts, discovered novel dielectric polarisation theories and corrected a half-century misconception in defect analysis, profoundly impacting academia and industry. She leverages these advances to create various innovative materials and technologies, driving progress in electronics, energy and environmental applications. She is a prominent leader dedicated to mentoring future generations, enhancing science education, giving advice on policy development and advocating for women in STEM fields

Fields of research

34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
  • 3402 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • 340202 Crystallography
    • 340210 Solid State Chemistry
  • 3403 MACROMOLECULAR AND MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
    • 340304 Optical Properties of Materials
    • 340305 Physical properties of materials
    • 340309 Theory and Design of Materials
40 ENGINEERING
  • 4016 MATERIALS ENGINEERING
    • 401605 Functional Materials

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

Expertise type

  • Materials Science
  • Materials Characterisation
  • Solid State Chemistry
  • Energy conversion

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Professor

Katherine Kedzierska

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Professor Katherine Kedzierska is an immunologist who has made contributions to understanding of immune responses towards emerging and re-emerging viral infections, including pandemic, avian and seasonal influenza viruses, and SARS-CoV-2. Her studies identified host factors underlying life-threatening respiratory viral diseases and determined immune perturbations in high-risk populations. Her work defined novel and broadly cross-reactive T cell responses capable of mediating universal long-lived immunity across distinct viral variants, and unravelled integrated immune networks underpinning recovery from viral infections. Professor Kedzierska was at the forefront of research on immunity to pandemic H1N1 influenza in 2009, novel avian H7N9 influenza in 2013 and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Expertise type

  • Immune Memory
  • Immune Response

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Professor

Bob Furbank

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Professor Robert Furbank is an internationally recognised pioneer of multiscale plant biology, with fundamental discoveries in photosynthesis and its use to drive crop yield. His novel insights span gene discovery to engineering to in silico tools that increase field crop performance. He advanced our understanding of the unique C4 photosynthesis, identifying the rate-limiting steps in the C4 pathway using genetic modification. His establishment of Australia’s first Plant Phenomics Centre allowed exploration of photosynthesis and plant performance from the leaf to the field. Professor Furbank has also led global philanthropic initiatives to boost rice photosynthetic performance.

Fields of research

30 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
  • 3004 CROP AND PASTURE PRODUCTION
    • 300499 Crop and Pasture Production not elsewhere classified
31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3101 BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
    • 310113 Synthetic Biology
  • 3108 PLANT BIOLOGY
    • 310803 Plant Cell and Molecular Biology
    • 310806 Plant Physiology

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

Expertise type

  • Photosynthesis
  • Crop Science
  • Biochemistry
  • Plant Molecular Genetics
  • Plant Synthetic Biology

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Professor

Jen Flegg

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Professor Jennifer Flegg brings mathematical rigour to important applied questions in biology and global health challenges. Her expertise in applied mathematics and advanced computational statistics has advanced critical areas of the biological and medical sciences. She has made substantial contributions to applied mathematics in the areas of infectious disease epidemiology – especially malaria – and partial differential equation models of tissue dynamics, including wound healing and tumour growth. Her research in and service to applied mathematics have been recognised with multiple awards.

Fields of research

49 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
  • 4901 APPLIED MATHEMATICS
    • 490102 Biological Mathematics

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

Expertise type

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Modelling
  • Differential Equations
  • Computational Mathematics
  • Epidemic modelling
  • Mathematical Models in Biology and Ecology
  • Disease modelling

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Professor

Aleksandra Filipovska

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Professor Aleksandra Filipovska is internationally recognised for establishing and popularising the field of mitochondrial gene expression and pioneering work in synthetic biology. She is an advocate for the mitochondrial disease community and has developed new technologies that have redefined the mitochondrial transcriptome and its regulation, accelerating diagnosis of patients with genetically inherited diseases. She has invented and licensed multiple genome-editing technologies for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3101 BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
    • 310103 Cell Metabolism

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

Expertise type

  • Genetically Modified Organisms
  • Metabolism
  • RNA Regulation
  • Protein Complexes
  • RNA
  • Protein trafficking
  • Mitochondrial Function
  • Protein Structure-Function Relationships
  • Cell Biology
  • Disease modelling
  • Genetic Basis of Disease
  • Human Genetics
  • Molecular Imaging
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Transcriptomics

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Professor

Andrew Dzurak

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Professor Andrew Dzurak is recognised internationally as a leader in the field of spin-based qubits, with his scientific advancements having played a pivotal role in the ongoing development of semiconductor-based quantum computing. Over a period of 25 years, he has made important and highly cited contributions across all aspects of the field, including new qubit concepts, new nanofabrication technologies, first experimental demonstrations of qubit realisations, world record qubit fidelity demonstrations and novel qubit operational protocols.

Fields of research

40 ENGINEERING
  • 4009 ELECTRONICS, SENSORS AND DIGITAL HARDWARE
    • 400912 Quantum engineering systems (incl. computing and communications)
  • 4018 NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • 401804 Nanoelectronics
46 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES
  • 4613 THEORY OF COMPUTATION
    • 461307 Quantum computation
51 PHYSICAL SCIENCES
  • 5108 QUANTUM PHYSICS
    • 510803 Quantum Information, Computation and Communication

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

Expertise type

  • Quantum Technology
  • Nanofabrication
  • Electronics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Information Science
  • Semiconductors

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