UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award Winners - 2006

The eight recipients of this year’s UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards are exploring the boundaries of knowledge in areas as diverse as breast cancer treatment, the durability of light metals and the ethics of terrorism. The annual award scheme was introduced in 1999 and promotes the work of exceptional early career researchers.

The 2006 winners received a total of $552,000.

UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award Winners - 2006 section

Research Powerhouse - Professor David Siddle, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

UQ is dedicated to providing an environment that allows its staff and students to reach their full potential. Our outstanding success in 2006 is testament to the strength of this commitment and our drive to create new knowledge and to transfer it to Au...

Dr Greg Monteith, School of Pharmacy

Research by a UQ academic could lead to a treatment for breast cancer. Dr Greg Monteith from UQ’s School of Pharmacy received a $67,000 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award for his research on calcium tran...

Dr Joan Leach, School of English, Media Studies and Art History

A UQ academic is studying the growth in professional science communicators specialising in explaining sometimes complicated research to the public. Dr Joan Leach, from UQ’s School of English, Medi...

Dr Darren Trott, School of Veterinary Science

A new UQ study aims to improve understanding of a remarkable organism that is an important cause of diarrhoea in animals and humans. Dr Darren Trott, a lecturer in UQ’s School of Veterinary Scienc...

Dr Alex Bellamy, Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies

Terrorism hasn’t always taken the forms that are manifesting in today’s society. UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award winner Dr Alex Bellamy has won his $75,000 grant to write a book abou...

Dr Mark Schembri, School of Molecular and Microbial Science

Analysing urine is not a glamorous job but UQ’s Dr Mark Schembri is hoping it will lead to better treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs). For the last year, Dr Schembri and his team of scien...

Dr Mingxing Zhang, School of Engineering

Novel surface modification methods being developed by a UQ researcher will result in the replacement of steel parts with lighter metals in future fuel-efficient vehicles, aircraft and spacecraft. Dr Mingxing Zha...

Dr Joe da Costa, School of Engineering

UQ researchers are working on a process that could make the theory of clean coal a reality. Dr Joe da Costa’s research group, from the Division of Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering...

Dr Steve Chenoweth, School of Integrative Biology

A UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award winner is investigating how genetic triggers produce key differences between males and females such as longevity and particular disease rates. Dr Steve Chenoweth,

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