The Federation Fellowships

Profession Anton Middelberg
Profession Anton Middelberg

The University of Queensland attracted the largest share by a single institution of the prestigious 2003 Federation Fellowships further enhancing the international standing of the University.

The University of Queensland gained six of the 24 Federation Fellowships awarded in 2003, including one to a researcher who will return to Australia.

UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay said this was an "exceptional" result and spoke volumes for the quality and international standing of UQ research.

PROFESSOR PERRY BARTLETT, from the School of Biomedical Sciences is engaged in groundbreaking work investigating the mechanisms that control the production of brain cells.

Professor Bartlett's research looks at how a normal brain makes new nerve cells that influence learning and memory and whether those cells can be harnessed to repair parts of a brain damaged by stroke, accidents, Alzheimer's Disease or Multiple Sclerosis.

The implications of this research are far-reaching. Professor Bartlett aims to extend his discoveries to develop a new generation of therapies that treat such problems by stimulating new brain cell growth.

  • Professor Perry Bartlett www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/researcher/bartlettpf.html

    PROFESSOR KEVIN BURRAGE, from the Advanced Computational  Modelling Centre, will combine the modelling power of computers with the ever-evolving world of genes and cell biology.

    With the mapping of the human genome complete, the hard work of finding out what it means continues. Professor Burrage's work explores how the genetic components interact by modelling cell behaviour through simulation.
  • Professor Kevin Burrage www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/researcher/burragek.html

    PROFESSOR MAX LU, from UQ's Nanomaterials Centre, is delving into the world of better power sources not only for our growing transport needs, but also for the massive mobile technology market.

    By focusing on the amazing science of nanotechnology, Professor Lu is working on advanced fuel cells such as low temperature, proton-conducting membrane fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells that hold the promise of revolutionary clean energy sources for the future.

    Professor Lu's project aims to develop a new class of materials with high proton conductivity, low gas permeability and good thermal stability for application to advanced fuel cells.

  • Professor Max Lu www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/researcher/lug.html

    • PROFESSOR ANTON MIDDELBERG, who comes to UQ from the University of Cambridge, is drawing heavily on nanotechnology and biology to produce products set to revolutionise our lives.

    Designer emulsions and self-assembling particles inspired by viruses are two such products that form the focus for Professor Middelberg's research program, and are among those that could have huge commercial spin-offs.

    The Australian food industry stands to benefit from improvements in emulsion-based products in the dairy industry and products based on wheat-derived proteins.

  • Professor Anton Middelberg www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/researcher/middelbergapj.html

    PROFESSOR GERARD MILBURN, Australian Research Council (ARC) Federation Fellow, from the School of Physical Sciences, will formulate principles for emerging quantum nanotechnologies. The main applications to be investigated include quantum control, quantum communication and quantum information processing.
  • Professor Gerard Milburn www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/researcher/milburngj.html

    PROFESSOR JOHN QUIGGIN, from the School of Economics and School of Political Science and International Studies, is focusing on the pressing issue of sustaining Australia's most important water system, the Murray-Darling.

    Spanning five states and territories, the Murray-Darling basin is a complex social and technological system. Professor Quiggin's work is concerned with the allocation and management of land, water and environmental resources.

    Professor Quiggin's project will analyse and suggest policies for reforming property rights, institutions and land and water management in the Murray?Darling system, helping to solve the emerging crisis in the huge river network.

    Professor Quiggin was also recently chosen as only the second Australian elected a Fellow of the prestigious American Agricultural Economics Association.

    The ARC Federation Fellowships are part of the government's $3 billion Backing Australia's Ability innovation action plan. They are designed to attract and retain Australia's leading researchers and encourage international researchers to Australia. The Federation Fellows are regarded as among the best in the world in their fields.

    Each Fellow will receive an indexed annual salary of more than $230,000, making the Fellowships the most valuable publicly-funded support offered in Australia.
  • Professor John Quiggin www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/researcher/quigginjc.html

     

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