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Scholarship-funded research projects
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Photophysics of next-generation X-ray detector materials and devices
Study X-ray detector materials and photophysics using low-cost, high-Z semiconductors. Combined spectroscopy and device engineering will enable fast, sensitive, and scalable imaging technologies for real-world applications.
- Supervisor
- Dr Julian A. Steele and Dr Miaoqiang Lyu
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Physical sciences
Printed optoelectronics for wearable sensors and health-monitoring applications
Develop functional nanomaterials using solution-processable printing techniques for next-generation wearable sensors and health-monitoring applications. By leveraging low-temperature, large-area fabrication, we aim to create cost-effective, flexible optoelectronics capable of integration with wearable and healthcare devices.
- Supervisor
- Dr Miaoqiang Lyu and Professor Lianzhou Wang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Health sciences, Physical sciences
Protein partners that control glycine receptors at inhibitory synapses
Investigate how newly identified protein partners shape glycine receptor function and localisation at inhibitory synapses. Using advanced electrophysiology and microscopy, you will help reveal how inhibitory signaling works in the spinal cord.
- Supervisor
- Dr Nela Durisic and Professor Karin Burges
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences
Oral anti-fertility vaccine for rabbits
Develop the first oral vaccines that suppress fertility in rabbits and enable responsible and ethical landscape population control. Expected outcomes of this project include the creation of a commercially attractive oral immunisation platform.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Mariusz Skwarczynski and Dr Rachel Stephenson
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences
From chaos to cure: decoding recovery and repair after spinal cord injury
Decode the inflammatory pathways that drive repair and recovery after spinal cord injury, integrating multi-omics, wet lab, and computational approaches to validate key mechanisms and targets.
- Supervisor
- Professor Marc Ruitenberg, Professor Jana Vukovic and Dr Laura Grice
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences
Revolutionise Australian Strata Management with Large Language Models
Develop Australia’s first strata management system powered by large language models.
- Supervisor
- Professor Hongzhi Yin and Dr Tong Chen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Building responsible AI: Co-designing knowledge transfer solutions using generative AI
Bridge the gap between the principles of responsible AI and their measurable practice, by developing AI knowledge tools to empower end-user community groups. The potential benefit is to produce responsible AI solutions to help disability groups connect, communicate, share and learn.
- Supervisor
- Dr Peter Worthy, Dr Sarah Bentley and Dr Cara Stitzlein
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Achieving equity in cancer screening for First Nations peoples
Develop culturally sensitive cancer screening programs for First Nations peoples by exploring their perceptions, trialling interventions, and co-designing strategies.
- Supervisor
- Professor Gail Garvey
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Health sciences, Indigenous studies
Building a Trustworthy Information Recommendation System
Build a trustworthy information recommender system by spearheading the design and development of cutting-edge LLM4Rec techniques, misinformation filters, privacy protection mechanisms.
- Supervisor
- Professor Hongzhi Yin
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Characterising blood oxygenation changes in functional human brain imaging
This project aims to characterise and image the human vasculature in vivo that underlies functional brain mapping techniques, which can blur and mask the accurate mapping of human cognition. Expected outcomes include a detailed map of the blood vessel anatomy of the living human brain, and vascular models of functional brain signals in space and time.
- Supervisor
- Professor Markus Barth and Dr Saskia Bollman
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences, Engineering