2007 Dean's Commendation List for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Theses


Name Title of Thesis School or Institute
Dr Daniel Belavy Simulated microgravity and the lumbo-pelvic musculature development and application of novel analysis techniques and implications for lumbo-pelvic pain aetiology Information Technology & Electrical Engineering
Dr Jacqueline Bird Scientists in conflict: Hans Bethe, Edward Teller and the shaping of United States nuclear weapons policy, 1945-1972 History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics
Dr Greg Birkett Molecular modelling of polar and non-polar adsorption on carbon adsorbents Engineering
Dr Leda Blackwood Social contextual influences on union participation: a group processes approach to explaining collective action Psychology
Dr Chelsea Bond "When you're black, they look at you harder": narrating aboriginality within public health Population Health
Dr Yvonne Booth Bactrocera tryoni volatiles: spiroacetal structure, synthesis and biosynthesis Molecular & Microbial Sciences
Dr Melinda Buchanan Embedding, existence and completion problems for Latin squares Physical Sciences
Dr Julia Butt Testing a cognitive-motivational model of drinking behaviour in a university student sample Psychology
Dr Tamara Christie Infants' perception of moving human bodies Psychology
Dr Eliabeth Cyarto Comparison of the effects of home-based and group-based resistance training program on the functional status and health of older Australians Human Movement Studies
Dr Christine Dauber Hijacked agenda: the National Museum of Australia and the Gallery of the First Australians English, Media Studies & Art History
Dr Mark Davies Genetic variation in Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis: virulence profiling and lateral gene transfer Population Health
Dr Melissa Davis Defining the membrane organisation of eukaryotic proteins Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Dr Magda Ellis Familial aggregation of human helminth infection: a focus on genetic susceptibility to Schistosomiasis Japonica and associated markers of disease Population Health
Dr Almuth Ernst Martha from the margins: an examination of early christian traditions about Martha History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics
Dr William Grant A certain India: an enquiry into a claim to national territory Political Science & International Studies
Dr Christian Gruber Plant cyclotides: evolution, biosynthesis and application of circular cystine knot mini-proteins Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Dr Sabrina Hambel 'White on white' : a transformative analysis of whiteness and diversity education Education
Dr Jonathan Heim Geochronology of weathering and landscape evolution, Hamersley Iron Province, Australia Physical Sciences
Dr Gary Hickey Depth in the floating world : western realism and the transformation of traditional space in late Ukiyo-e landscape prints English, Media Studies & Art History
Dr Julita Imperial Novel peptides from Conus planorbis, Terebra subulata and Hastula hectica Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Dr Seid-Mahdi Jafari Encapsulation of nano-emulsions by spray drying Land, Crop & Food Sciences
Dr Susan Jordan Epidemiological factors in the development of epithelial ovarian and related cancers Population Health
Dr Karen Joughin The development of an analytical framework to explain how and why surgical errors occur Psychology
Dr Jason Kay Intracellular cytokine trafficking and phagocytosis in macrophages Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Dr Anna Kubalia Genomic approach to the study of moulting and cuticle formation in crustaceans Integrative Biology
Dr David Kvaskoff Nitrene rearrangements: formation of reactive intermediates and unusual molecules Molecular & Microbial Sciences
Dr Nathan Langford Encoding, manipulating and measuring quantum information in optics Physical Sciences
Dr Claire Larroux Genome content and developmental expression of transcription factor genes in the demosponge amphimedon Queenslandica : insights into the first multicellular animal Integrative Biology
Dr Jill Larsen Genomic profiling of tumour recurrence in non-small-cell lung carcinoma Medicine
Dr Michele Leiminer Language and power at the preschool : the competent interactional work of 'little children' in home-preschool communications Education
Dr Xin Liu Inner geometric structures of gauge fields and topological excitations Physical Sciences
Dr Marion Loughnan Discovery and characterisation of conopeptide antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors   Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Dr Stefan Maetschke Topological models of transmembrane proteins for subcellular localization prediction Information Technology & Electrical Engineering
Ms Majena Mafe Sounding the other light English, Media Studies & Art History
Ms Jennifer Manley Status, ideology and the duty of care in the Roman world History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics
Dr Guy Marion The nitrogen isotopic composition of the organic matrices of coral skeleton: a proxy for historical nitrogen provenance in tropical coastal oceans Centre for Marine Studies
Dr Katherine Morley Modelling smoking behaviour: from genes and environment to pharmacoeconomics Population Health
Dr Sharmal Narayan Peripheral mechanisms of CD8+ T cell tolerance in H-2b K14E7 transgenic mice Diamantina Institute
Dr Sureeporn Nontachaiyapoom Expression and promoter analysis of Glycine max nodule autoregulation receptor kinase gene Integrative Biology
Dr Harriet Preece Monitoring and modelling threats to koala populations in rapidly urbanising landscapes: Koala Coast, South East Queensland, Australia Geography, Planning & Architecture
Dr Ranjala Ratnayake Chemistry and bioactivity studies of Australian microorganisms Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Dr Anthony Reid Longwall shearer cutting force estimation Engineering
Dr Jennifer Riesz The spectroscopic properties of melanin Physical Sciences
Dr Michelle Smith Competing demands on the trunk muscles: effects, consequences and mechanism Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Dr Albertina So Genetics of primary aldosteronism - familial hyperaldosteronism type II Medicine
Dr David Souter The ecology of individual specimens Acanthaster planci in low density populations Integrative Biology
Dr Irina Vetter Mechanisms involved in functional interactions between the Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 and μ opioid receptor Pharmacy
Dr David Woolford Advanced algorithms, software and applications in single particle analysis Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Dr April Wright Shifting ideology and institutional logics: institutional change in English county cricket Business
Dr Janelle Wright Drug resistance in trichomonas vaginalis and giardia duodenalis Population Health

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