2012 SFRGP/ECRGP funding outcomes
Early Career Researcher Grants
| Researcher |
Grant Title |
Amount |
School/ Centre |
| Koo | Measuring and explaining the spatial distribution of Aviation's catalytic impact | $6,145 | AVIA |
| Galea, A | Investigating the DNA targets of cisplatin and related analogues in human telomeric, promoter and guanine-rich DNA sequence elements. | $7,500 | BABS |
| Hart-Smith, G | Selected reaction monitoring of peptides with multiple post-translational modifications. | $7,354 | BABS |
| Kaakoush, N | Microbial variations and metabolic biomarkers in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases. | $7,354 | BABS |
| Lebard, R | Determining the transcriptional and bioenergetic effects of the invader-host relationship between the clinically significant Wolbachia variant popcorn and its host. | $7,500 | BABS |
| Wolff, J | Revealing tanscriptional and bioenergetic consequences of infections with the medically important microbe Wolbachia in the host organism. | $7,354 | BABS |
| Robinson | Understanding traditional environmental knowledge and customary governance in Thailand: an ethnographic approach | $12,500 | BEES |
| Verges | Kelp grazers and the restoration of missing underwater forests in Sydney | $12,500 | BEES |
| Spence, Paul | The implications of southward wind shifts in the classic recharge oscillator theory for the termination of ENSO events | $22,800 | CCRC |
| Khuong Vuong | Immobilisation of metal complexes on solid supports for efficient catalysis | $8,967 | CHEM |
| Leigh Aldous | Investigating chlorine oxide species in ionic liquids: towards green biomass processing Immobilisation of metal complexes on solid supports for efficient catalysis | $9,372 | CHEM |
| Chen, F | Parametric and semi-parametric estimation of self-exciting point processes | $9,793 | Math |
| Geenens, G | Smoothed k-nearest neighbour regression | $9,794 | Math |
| Potapov, D | Non-commutative analysis and quantum statistical mechanics | $9,794 | Math |
| Julia Glaum | Charge injection and transport characteristics of high temperature lead-free piezoceramics | $11,000 | MSE |
| Jiabao Yi | The study of magnetic uniformity in advanced magnetic semiconductors | $1,805 | MSE |
| Tian Zean | Simulation study on solidification processes and microstructure evolution of metal nanodroplets | $10,000 | MSE |
| Yansong Shen | Model studies of co-firing charcoal in ironmaking blast furnace: a sustainable alternative for less CO2 emissions | $6,000 | MSE |
| Zhu | Assessment of amino acid levels in the retina and aqueous humour after acute ischemia | $8,065 | OPTM |
| Klochan O | Artificial graphene as a new route to study graphene nanostructures | $8,533 | PHYS |
| Koch F | HIRES Data Reduction | $8,533 | PHYS |
| Wittenmyer RA | Intermediate-Mass Stars: Where are the short period planets? | $8,533 | PHYS |
| Colaguiri | Extinction of Placebo Effects | $5,200 | PSYCH |
| Matire | Expressing and understanding evidence | $4,000 | PSYCH |
| Rushby | The role of arousal in emotion processing | $4,600 | PSYCH |
| White | Matching faces with a crowd: Robust unfamiliar face matching performance by aggregating individual similarity ratings | $4,088 | PSYCH |
Faculty Research Grants
| Researcher |
Grant Title |
Amount |
School/ Centre |
| Koo | measuring and explaining the spatial distribution of Aviation's catalytic impact | $13,456 | AVIA |
| Molesworth | Risk Management: Predictors and Countermeasures | $20,000 | AVIA |
| Wu | Investigating the role of transport mode attributes in destination substitution patterns | $20,000 | AVIA |
| Burns, B | Listening in: communication as a driver for stromatolite microbial diversity and function. | $10,000 | BABS |
| Ferrari, B | Towards a geospatial analysis of microbial communities in terrestrial Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions through analysis of fungal and bacterial biodiversity. | $10,000 | BABS |
| Janitz, M | Discovering new levels of human brain complexity: determination of alternative splicing and gene expression patterns within distinct cerebral regions. | $10,000 | BABS |
| Lutze-Mann, L | An evaluation of gene expression in cellular (in vitro) and a rat (in vivo) model of glioblastoma multiforme. | $5,000 | BABS |
| Murray, V | Cisplatin global DNA screening: The precise location of cisplatin adducts in the entire human genome. | $10,000 | BABS |
| Whitaker, N | Human Papillomavirus in breast cancer – is there a causal link? | $10,000 | BABS |
| Zhang, L | Investigation of the possible role of Campylobacter concisus in Crohn’s disease. | $10,000 | BABS |
| Graham | Unravelling the volcanic and tectonic evolution of the Uremieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Arc, Iran | $20,000 | BEES |
| Jex | Early modern human migration out of Africa in the midst of controversies surrounding regional monsoon dynamics and forcing mechanisms | $12,000 | BEES |
| Lennox | Constraints on Tasmanide tectonics from deformed plutons in the Wyangala Batholith, Cowra to Gunning, NSW | $20,000 | BEES |
| Robinson | Understanding traditional environmental knowledge and customary governance in Thailand: an ethnographic approach | $7,500 | BEES |
| Triantifilis | Digital soil and regolith mapping: applications in acid sulfate soil maping and geological prospecting | $20,000 | BEES |
| Verges | Kelp grazers and the restoration of missing underwater forests in Sydney | $7,500 | BEES |
| John Stride | Achieving switchable magnetism in framewrok materials | $17,500 | CHEM |
| Khuong Vuong | Immobilisation of metal complexes on solid supports for efficient catalysis | $2,382 | CHEM |
| Leigh Aldous | Investigating chlorine oxide species in ionic liquids: towards green biomass processing Immobilisation of metal complexes on solid supports for efficient catalysis | $2,383 | CHEM |
| Luke Hunter | Fluorinated cyclic peptides: lead compounds for anti-angiogenic tumour therapy | $13,215 | CHEM |
| Steve Colbran | Next-generation chemical reducton catalysts: transition metal chemistry of multifunctional 'hydride donor' ligands | $22,700 | CHEM |
| Mark Diesendorf | Building research collaborations on scenarios and simulation modelling of electricity supply-demand systems with high penetrations of renewable energy. | $11,000 | IES |
| Chan, L | Filtering for state-space models | $7,500 | Math |
| Chan,D | Non-commutative curves and surfaces | $4,200 | Math |
| Doust, I | The geometry of discrete metric spaces | $5,000 | Math |
| Galbraith, S | Design and analysis of accelerated longitudinal studies | $6,000 | Math |
| Grundling, H | Field algebras for canonical quantum systems | $10,000 | Math |
| Kress, J | Higher order nonseparable superintegrability and multivariable hypergeometric functions | $7,000 | Math |
| Penev, S | New inference procedures for risk optimization in static and dynamic settings | $8,300 | Math |
| Wildberger, N | Hyperbolic triangle geometry | $10,000 | Math |
| Danyang Wang | Novel perovskite oxide thin films for ferroresistive random access memory application | $16,000 | MSE |
| Dewei Chu | Development of advanced metal oxide thin films for applications of non-volatile memory devices | $11,000 | MSE |
| Jiabao Yi | The study of magnetic uniformity in advanced magnetic semiconductors | $9,195 | MSE |
| Jianqiang Zhang | High temperature performance of nanocrystalline Fe-Cr and Fe-Al alloys in CO2-H2O gas mixtures | $16,000 | MSE |
| Kaiwei Chu | Illustrating the underlying mechanisms of the effect of coal in dense medium cyclones | $6,000 | MSE |
| Kejun Dong | Structure analysis of the packing of multi-sized spherical particles | $11,000 | MSE |
| Kevin Laws | Electromagnetic structural stabilisation of amorphous alloys | $11,000 | MSE |
| Shibo Kuang | Micromechanic modelling and analysis of dense-phase pneumatic transport of powders | $6,000 | MSE |
| Tania Vodenitcharova | Scratch resistance of large-grained polycrystalline silicon with application to photovoltaic devices | $6,000 | MSE |
| Wanqiang (Martin) Xu | The development of nanostructured ultra-high strength, low density bulk Mg-Li alloys | $4,000 | MSE |
| Xuchuan Jiang | Deposition of thermochromic vanadium oxide nanofilms for smart glass coatings | $11,000 | MSE |
| Zhimin Ao | Synthesis, characterisation and applications of three-dimensional grapheme materials for high capacity hydrogen storage | $11,000 | MSE |
| Zongyan Zhou | Model studies of the heat transfer of ellipsoidal particles in fluid-bed reactors | $16,000 | MSE |
| Boon | Comparing existing and novel interventions for driving with impaired central visiom | $10,000 | OPTM |
| Bailey J | Accurate Atmospheric CO2 Measurement Using Fibre Optic Spectrometers | $20,000 | PHYS |
| Beilby M | The Role of Mammalian Neurohormones in Plant Cells | $5,000 | PHYS |
| Cunningham M | Strings, sheets or spheres? Solving the 3D structure problem in molecular clouds to find the origin of star formation | $21,000 | PHYS |
| Curmi P | Protein control of membrane dynamics | $10,000 | PHYS |
| Klochan O | Artificial graphene as a new route to study graphene nanostructures | $11,467 | PHYS |
| Koch F | HIRES Data Reduction | $6,467 | PHYS |
| Micolich A | Hard meets soft: Ion gels and polymer electrolytes for high capacitance non-local gating of semiconductor nanowires | $17,060 | PHYS |
| Reece P | Lights, camera, action! Optically mediated interactions between nanoparticles, nanorods and nanowires | $24,000 | PHYS |
| Ulrich C | Investigation of Advanced Multiferroic Materials by Neutron Scattering and Raman Light Scattering | $15,000 | PHYS |
| Wilk K | Mapping the transition between two states of the cryptophyte light harvesting protein | $18,000 | PHYS |
| Wittenmyer RA | Intermediate-Mass Stars: Where are the short period planets? | $1,467 | PHYS |
| Colaguiri | Extinction of Placebo Effects | $10,000 | PSYCH |
| Cranney | Psychological and biological mechanisms underlying well-being and resilience | $10,000 | PSYCH |
| Earl | Retiring well: Designing interventions to measure and improve retirement resources | $10,000 | PSYCH |
| Matire | Expressing and understanding evidence | $10,000 | PSYCH |
| Rushby | The role of arousal in emotion processing | $10,000 | PSYCH |
| White | Matching faces with a crowd: Robust unfamiliar face matching performance by aggregating individual similarity ratings | $10,000 | PSYCH |
| Williams | The Experience of Pride: Expressive, Psychophysiological and Behavioural Integration | $10,000 | PSYCH |
