What has been funded – Promotion of Science

John Stocker Postdoctoral Fellowships

Year	Lead Supervisor and Organisation	Collaborating Organisation	Project Title	Fellow
2016	Prof Nicolas Voelcker University of South Australia	CSIRO	Developing theranostic porous silicon nanoparticles for brain cancer treatment [PDF 56KB]	Dr Wing Yin Tong
2016	Prof Ben Hankamer University of Queensland	University of Technology Sydney	Engineering photosynthesis for sustainable food, fuels and chemicals [PDF 231KB]	Miss Jennifer Yarnold
2016	Prof Paul Webley Univeristy of Melbourne	CSIRO Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford Univeristy, USA	Breakthrough Technology for the Production of High-Value Nutraceutical Products and Biofuels for Microalgae [PDF 296KB]	Dr Ronald Halim
2016	Dr Zanna Chase Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania	Australian Antarctic Division CSIRO	The impact of changing ocean circulation on the Antarctic ice shelf [PDF 72KB] Blog: Sabrina Seafloor Survey	Dr Taryn Noble
2016	A/Prof Caroline Gargett Monash University	CSIRO	Bioengineering Novel Nanobiomaterial Based Cellular Therapies for the Prevention of Childbirth Induced Pelvic Organ Prolapse [PDF 80KB]	Dr Shayanti Mukherjee
2016	Prof Hugh Possingham Univeristy of Queensland	Australian Antarctic Division CSIRO	Predicting ecosystem-wide impacts of conservation actions to improve enviromental management [PDF 52KB]	Mr Christopher Baker

Year	Lead Supervisor and Organisation	Collaborating Organisation	Project Title	Fellow
2014	Prof Bruce W Robinson University of Western Australia	National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth WA	A systems biology approach for discovering improved immunotherapy drug combinations to alleviate cancer [PDF 205KB]	Dr Willem Joost Lesterhuis
2014	Prof Scott Croom University of Sydney	Australian Astronomical Observatory	New Dimensions in galaxy evolution [PDF 220KB]	Dr James Allen
2014	Prof Thomas Preiss Australian National University	European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI)	RNA binding metabolic enzymes orchestrate gene transcript organisations and functions [PDF 298KB]	Dr Yalin Liao
2014	Dr Colin Jackson Australian National University	CSIRO	Anticipating and combating the challenge of insecticide resistance [PDF 187KB]	Dr Peter Mabbitt
2014	Professor Min Gu Swinburne University of Technology	CSIRO	Ultra-high capacity petabyte optical discs for low energy consumption big data centres [PDF 95KB]	Dr Zongsong Gan
2013	Dr Calum Drummond CSIRO	Australian Synchrotron	Combinatorial science for the creation of advanced self-assembling materials libraries [PDF 352KB]	Dr Nhiem Le Tran
2013	Prof Simon Driver University of Western Australia	AAO	Unveiling obscured star-formation in the Universe’s most typical environment [PDF 374KB]	Dr Luke Davies
2013	Prof Mark Westoby Macquarie University	CSIRO, University of Western Sydney	Building better climate change vegetation models: How do leaves allocate nitrogen among photosynthesis and stress proteins in future climate scenarios? [PDF 267KB]	Dr Steve Van Sluyter
2013	Dr Steven Barnes CSIRO	Curtin University of Technology, University of Kiel	Metals, hydrocarbons and multicellular life: unconventional hydrocarbon-related precious metal ores formed during the early Cambrian evolutionary explosion [PDF 221KB]	Dr Anais Pages
2013	Prof John Mattick Garvan Institute of Medical Research	University of Sydney	The editome of the ageing brain: towards the understanding of age-related neurodegenerative	Dr Dessislava Mladenova
2013	Dr Ross Darnell CSIRO	Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique	Quantifying and reducing uncertainty in biophysical models for agricultural GHG mitigation	Dr Dan Gladish
2012	Prof Ewa Goldys Macquarie University	CSIRO	Pioneering the combinatorial method for designed plasmonic materials applied to clean energy [PDF 227KB]	Dr Tristan Temple
2012	A/Prof Andrew Hopkins Australian Astronomical Observatory	University of Sydney, University of Western Australia, CSIRO, CAASTRO	Galaxies: Fuel and fireworks [PDF 260KB]	Dr Iraklis Konstantopoulos
2012	A/Prof Boris Baer University of Western Australia	CSIRO	Epigenetic regulation of gene expression by DNA methylation in insect models [PDF 177KB]	Dr Mathew Welch
2012	Prof Peter Mumby University of Queensland	AIMS	Functioning of coral reef networks under climate change [PDF216KB]	Dr Karlo Hock
2012	Prof Timothy Bedding University of Sydney	AAO	Astroseismology- a key to reveal stars and their planets [PDF 293KB]	Dr Charles Kuehn
2012	Prof Peter Kingshott Swinburne University of Technology	CSIRO	Next generation biomedical materials based on highly ordered colloid crystals [PDF 288KB]	Dr Peng-Yuan Wang
2011	Prof Frank Caruso University of Melbourne	CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering	A paradigm shift in desalination membrane technology [PDF 143KB]	Dr Kwun Lun Cho
2011	A/Prof Stefan Williams University of Sydney	CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research University of Tasmania	Image-based automated macrobenthic species identification, counting and sizing	Dr Navid Nourani
2011	Prof Ravi Anand CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering	University of Western Australia	Biological origin of Fe pisoliths – success in mineral exploration and clues to life on Mars [PDF264KB]	Dr Robert Thorne
2011	Prof Michael Fenech CSIRO CFNS	Australian National University	The interactive impact of psychological stress and malnutrition on genome stability and telomere integrity [PDF264KB]	Dr Caroline Bull
2011	Dr Olivier Salvado CSIRO ICT Centre	Queensland Institute of Medical Research	Genetic influences on brain functional and structural connectivity [PDF292KB]	Dr Kaikai Shen
2011	Prof Lister Staveley-Smith University of Western Australia	CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science	The interaction of the Magellanic clouds with the Milky Way [PDF188KB]	Dr BiQing For

John Stocker Postgraduate Scholarships

Year	Lead Supervisor and Organisation	Collaborating Organisation	Project Title	Student
2014	Colin Jackson ANU	CSIRO	Engineering and optimization of a novel oil biosynthesis pathway	Mr Thomas Brereton
2014	Adrian Linacre Flinders University	Forensic Science South Australia	Studies in low template DNA for forensic human identification	Mrs Jennifer Templeton
2014	Dr Luke Connal University of Melbourne	University of California	Enzyme Mimicry: new active detergents	Mr Mitchell Nothling
2013	Dr Cormac Corr ANU	ANSTO, Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER)	Ion interactions with fusion relevant materials [PDF184KB]	Matt Thompson
2013	A/Prof Nagarajan Valanoor University of NSW	University of Maryland (UMD), Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL), ANSTO	Domain wall nanoelectronics through combinatorial synthesis and scanning probe approaches [PDF 224KB]	Vidya Ramesh
2013	Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla University of NSW	CSIRO	Recycling E-waste Metals and Polymers for Recovery of Value-Added Materials	Romina Cayumil
2012	Prof Milos Toth University of Technology Sydney	FEI Company and Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics	Gas-mediated electron-beam-induced etching (weblink)	Aiden Martin
2012	Prof Stephen Hanly Macquarie University	CSIRO	Coordinated Beamforming for metro-area cellular networks with radio backhaul [PDF252KB]	Zeeshan Shaikh
2011	Prof Stuart Wyithe University of Melbourne	CSIRO Astronomy and Space Sciences	Probing galaxy formation by searching for gravitational wave signals [PDF188KB]	Ravi Vikram
2011	Prof Ken Ghiggino University of Melbourne	CSIRO Astronomy and Space Sciences	Functional conjugated polymers	Aaron Song
2011	A/Prof Patrice Rey University of Sydney	CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering	Continental rifting and the formation of plate margins: insights from numerical modeling and application to the evolution of the North West Shelf, Australia [PDF212KB]	Luke Mondy
2011	Dr Iain Searle Australian National University	CSIRO Plant Industry	Non-coding RNAs in the epigenetic regulation of seed development [PDF180KB]	Ashley Jones

John O’Sullivan Postgraduate Scholarship

Year	Lead Supervisor and Organisation	Collaborating Organisation	Project Title	Student
2012	Prof Jinhong Yuan University of NSW	CSIRO	Evolving Cellular Communications towards Mobile over Fiber Networks.	Jiajia Guo

Honours Scholarships

Year	Lead Supervisor and Organisation	Collaborating Organisation	Project Title	Student
2012	Dr Tim Ralph Macquarie University	University of Plymouth	Identification of sediment source contributions in a large inland river using environmental radionuclides [PDF 336KB]	Adam Wethered

Vacation Scholarships

Year	Lead Supervisor and Organisation	Collaborating Organisation	Project Title	Student
2012	Dr Russell Varley CSIRO	Monash	Predictive Modelling of Crosslinked Polymer Networks [PDF 621KB]	Mr Tao Tan
2012	Dr Ping Zhang CSIRO		Integration of Genetic Algorithms with Logistic Regression for Alzheimer’s diagnosis and prognosis [PDF 180KB]	Mr Piers Johnson
2012	Dr Dayalan Gunasegaram CSIRO	Monash	Characterising the 3D microscopic surface roughness of carbon anodes and gray cast iron thimbles and investigating the relationship between the two quantities [PDF 542KB]	Mr David Tay

Undergraduate Degree Scholarships

Year	University	Student
2015	James Cook University	Mr Michael White
2015	University of Western Australia	Mr James Shepherd
2015	RMIT	Mr Hugh Sutherland
2015	Flinders University	Miss Amy Griffin
2015	University of New England	Mr Aris MacRae
2015	University of Queensland	Ms Emma Green
2015	Curtin University	Mr Nathan Izlaub
2014	James Cook University	Miss Ellerah Campbell
2014	Monash University	Mr Alex Benbow
2014	Flinders University	Mr Joel Panther
2014	University of Adelaide	Miss Rianna Dinon
2014	The University of Melbourne	Mr Matthew Fraser
2013	Flinders University	Mr Keiran Carter
2013	University of Adelaide	Mr Lachlan Turner
2013	La Trobe University	Mr Daniel McDonald
2013	University of New England	Mr Carlin McAlister