Professor Melissa Brown

Since 2001, Professor Melissa Brown has supervised 13 RHD students at UQ. A rigorous research environment with structured opportunities for professional development, exposure to expertise beyond her own lab, and a focus on post-doctoral career opportunities are features of Melissa’s supervisory approach.

Melissa and her team conduct research into the regulation of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1, the regulation of microRNA genes in advanced breast cancer, and the molecular and cellular consequences of disrupting breast cancer genes.

Melissa Brown is Head of the School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences and a recipient of the 2010 Award for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision.

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Professor Lorraine Mazerolle

Professor Mazerolle is a Research Professor in the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at The University of Queensland. She is also the Foundation Director and a Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS), a Chief Investigator in the Drug Policing Modelling Program, and the ISSR “Policing and Security” Program Director. Professor Mazerolle leads a team of highly talented research scholars with expertise in experimental criminology, urban criminological theories, survey methods, advanced multi-level statistics and spatial statistics.

She is the recipient of numerous US and Australian national competitive research grants on topics such as community regulation, problem-oriented policing, police technologies, civil remedies, street-level drug enforcement and policing public housing sites.

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Professor Ottmar Lipp

Professor Ottmar Lipp is a psychologist and Australian Research Council Fellow whose research bridges the areas of biological, clinical and social psychology. His research is concerned with emotion, attention and their interactions.  In particular, Ottmar investigates how humans acquire likes and dislikes, and how emotionally salient or neutral events are processed.

Ottmar has advised 19 research higher degree students at UQ since 1994 and has another nine currently researching under his supervision in the School of Psychology.  Ottmar is also a recipient of a 2010 Award for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision.

Ottmar provides a traditional ‘research apprenticeship’ model: a secure intellectual environment that combines teamwork with high standards to harness each student’s passion for research. The success of Professor Lipp's approach is evident in the outstanding post-doctoral career outcomes of his students.

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Professor Paul Hodges

Professor Hodges has doctorates in both physiotherapy and neuroscience and his work blends neurophysiological and biomechanical methods to understand the control of movement and stability of the spine and how this changes when people are in pain.

Over the past 14 years, Paul and his team have made discoveries that have shaped conservative management of spinal pain. Paul has received The ISSLS Prize for Lumbar Spine Research from the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine - the premier international prize for back pain research, and 1997 Young Australian of the Year in Science and Technology.

Paul has ongoing collaborations with laboratories on four continents. He has published more than 130 peer reviewed papers and book chapters and has received over $10m in research grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australian Research Council (ARC) and international research funds.

Paul’s supervisory philosophy strives to harness the productive potential of clinical practice combined with research. He provides strategies and a very active and supportive framework to achieve a healthy balance of creativity with risk, independence with collaboration. His extensive enrichment program both challenges and supports his students to become leaders in their field and future leaders of research.  Paul was the sole recipient of the 2009 Award for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision at UQ.

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Professor Zhiguo Yuan

Professor Yuan is a control engineer and Deputy Director of the Advanced Water Management Centre. Since 1998, he has supervised 19 research higher degree students to completion at UQ and is currently supervising another eight.  Zhiguo recently received an Awards for Excellence in RHD Supervision in 2010.

His core set of skills include mathematical modelling including both process and metabolic modelling, process optimisation, and project leadership. He has won nearly $20m in competitive research funding since 2001 including 12 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery and Linkage grants with a total value of over $13m. He has published over 250 papers to date including over 140 fully refereed journal papers/book chapters. His h-index is 22 at at April, 23, 2010, with a total citation of 1482.

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