UQ's Excellence awardees 2016

Staff who have contributed to The University of Queensland’s vision of excellence have been celebrated and awarded at the 2016 UQ Awards for Excellence.

10 June 2016
Andrew Barnes is a UQ PhD student, Rhodes Scholar, and the founder and CEO of GO1.

Young entrepreneur and University of Queensland Business School PhD student Andrew Barnes is reaching international audiences with his company, thanks to start-up funding program Y Combinator.

11 May 2016
Zachary Fook in Birdsville, where the Simpsons Desert Challenge begins.

University of Queensland Business School alumnus and budding young entrepreneur Zachary Fook today starts a 250km trek across the Simpson Desert to raise funds for Youngcare.

29 April 2016
Sea slug chromodoris annae. Pic: Deb Aston

Brightly coloured sea slugs are slurping deadly chemicals and stockpiling the most toxic compounds for use on their enemies.

20 January 2016
UQ's MBA has again been ranked the best in the Asia Pacific by The Economist.

For the fourth consecutive year, The Economist has ranked The University of Queensland Business School’s Master of Business Administration Program number one in the Asia-Pacific region.

16 October 2015
UQ Business School Dean Professor Andrew Griffiths.

The University of Queensland Business School’s MBA program has topped the Australian Financial Review BOSS MBA survey for the second consecutive time.

11 September 2015
James Kaluschke (left) with Adecco chief executive officer Neil Jones.

University of Queensland Business School student James Kaluschke has surpassed 582 applicants to become the Adecco Australia and New Zealand “CEO for One Month”.

10 August 2015
Companies need to both try to prevent further climate change, and adapt to change.

Companies are failing to develop the resilience they will need to cope with climate change, say two business experts from The University of Queensland. Dr Martina...

2 March 2015
Looking underneath the wavefunction — represented by the Greek letter “psi” — in the search for quantum reality. (Image: Benjamin Duffus and Martin Ringbauer)

Schrödinger’s cat highlights a long-standing dilemma in quantum mechanics: is the cat really alive and dead, or is the weirdness just in our head?

9 February 2015

Something strange is happening within the world-famous pitch drop experiment with the latest drop forming much faster than the last couple of drops. There have been nine drops so far and all attention is now on trying to observe the tenth,...

10 November 2014
UQ’s Associate Professor Charles Claudianos is leading a study that will help unravel the genetic basis of autism.

University of Queensland researchers have led a study that will help unravel the genetic mystery of autism and, for the first time, help diagnose children under two years of age with the disorder.

5 June 2014

On 24 April the ninth drop in the University of Queensland’s famous Pitch Drop Experiment separated during an operation to replace the beaker containing the previous eight drops.

24 April 2014
Three webcams were trained on the experiment 24/7.

As Cyclone Ita hit northern Australia last weekend, a much slower collision occurred in the world’s longest-running lab project, The University of Queensland’s Pitch Drop Experiment.

17 April 2014
Heisenberg’s uncertainty limits how sharp measurements can be performed on quantum systems. UQ researchers have now performed joint measurements of single photons, challenging the limits of quantum theory. (Photo credit: Martin Ringbauer)

A team of physicists is challenging the very limits of Heisenberg’s famous uncertainty principle by measuring quantum particles with unprecedented accuracy.

5 February 2014
University of Queensland Emeritus Professor Curt Wentrup this week received recognition for scientific excellence from the Australian Academy of Science.

The Australian Academy of Science has lauded University of Queensland Emeritus Professor Curt Wentrup for his outstanding contributions to chemical research.

22 January 2014

The University of Queensland is offering people around the world the chance to add their name to the world’s longest running laboratory experiment, the Pitch Drop.

18 October 2013
Professor Maree Smith . . . has two game-changing pain therapies close to being available on the global market

A vaccine against cervical cancer, a global parenting program, new forms of pain relief, better yielding crops and improved medical imaging are some of many high-impact outcomes of University of Queensland research.

19 September 2013

A University of Queensland (UQ) physicist has been able to clarify the limits imposed by the famous uncertainty principle of quantum theory.

8 April 2013
Professor Andrew White, Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj, Professor Max Lu, Professor David Craik and Professor Matthew Brown

The University of Queensland’s place as a global research leader has been highlighted with today’s announcement that five UQ scientists are among 20 new Australian Academy of Science Fellows for 2013.

27 March 2013

Professor Andrew White of The University of Queensland's School of Mathematics and Physics joined the University in 1999, establishing the Quantum Technology Laboratory.

27 March 2013