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Dr Nones research program is focused in using genomics to better understand the molecular aspects of cancer development and response to treatment. Her work encompassed a series of cancer types including oesophageal, pancreatic, breast and lung cancers. Cancer genomics is impacting patient care through precision medicine. Her work is contributing to two areas: i) our understanding of tumour development and progression by identifying new genes and/or mechanisms that drive cancer progression or response to treatment; and ii) investigating steps to improve the translation of genomics into patient care to improve outcomes for cancer patients.

Dr Northwood is a clinical academic psychiatrist, with combined clinical, research and teaching experience.

She graduated with an MBBS and PhD from the University of Queensland and has completed specialist training in psychiatry at Metro South Health, while continuing to engage in research with a goal to improve the physical and mental health outcomes in consumers with serious mental illness. Dr Northwood received the binational Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Early Career Psychiatrist award in 2024.

She has a particular interest in treatment-refractory schizophrenia and psychopharmacology. Dr Northwood’s research skills include advanced bioinformatics with experience in complex analysis of large data sets. She has authored a number of papers, with a h-index of 14 (as of 2024), and has been Chief Investigator on several grants, funded through Metro South Health, UQ and NHMRC.

Nutritional Biochemistry, grazing and intensive production of cattle, sheep, goats.

My passion for agriculture and animal science comes from growing up amongst relatives in country Victoria, from Yea in the north, Korumburra in Gippsland and Heywood in the Western District. My career in agricultural science began at Melbourne University in 1960, with a defining year (1961) at Dookie Agricultural College, and subsequently with studies at The University of Sydney (1964-1969), University of New England (1970-72) and since 1973 at The University of Queensland. Promoted to Associate Professor in 1984, appointed Head of School of Agriculture in 1993 and the Head of School of Land and Food (1998-1999). Promotion to Professor was denied in 1997 and again in 2000. Retired from the University in 2006, but have maintained academic and research activity by managing ACIAR and other grants in Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. Publications since retirement have included books on family history, goat production in Vietnam and other biographies. Latest publications were on goat nutrition in 2022, in collaboration with Dr Simon Quigley's team at UQ, This year, 2023, celebrates 50 years of service to the University of Queensland.

Dr James Novak is an industrial design and advanced manufacturing specialist. He has worked in numerous industry roles whilst maintaining an active research and education profile with The University of Queensland. This has included being the Senior Research Fellow of the CranioFacial program at the Herston Biofabrication Institute, the largest advanced manufacturing facility inside an Australian hospital; Design Manager at performance carbon fibre catamaran manufacturer Cure Marine; Group Product & Marketing Manager for M-Holdings, an innovative collection of brands specialising in lighting and EV infrastructure products; and Assistant Editor of the Computer-Aided Design and Applications journal. He has previously completed postdoctoral research at Deakin University's School of Engineering, and the University of Technology Sydney's School of Design.

Dr Novak has a particular interest in 3D printing and is an author of the book 3D Printing for Product Designers: Innovative Strategies Using Additive Manufacturing. His high profile research has won awards like the Dick Aubin Distinguished Paper Award at RAPID in 2015, North America’s largest annual additive manufacturing conference and expo. It was also influential during the COVID-19 pandemic, informing the World Health Organization guidelines for 3D printed medical devices. His well known 3D printed bicycle frame has been exhibited globally, including at the Red Dot Design Museum in Germany.

Dr Asep specialises in the design and development of advanced inorganic materials with porous architectures, specifically tailored for energy and environmental applications.

Dr Asep's research focus lies in the development of novel mesoporous inorganic materials with enhanced functionality through a simplified wet-chemical synthesis process. His work is motivated by the unique properties exhibited by the porous materials, such as their ultra-high surface area and abundance of active sites. These properties provide ample space for interaction with environment, making them highly valuable in various applications, including energy storage and conversion, sensing, and bio-related applications. He is particularly interested in the rational design and construction of inorganic mesoporous materials through self-assembly processes, utilizing template-assisted approaches in both chemical and electrochemical methods.

Dr. Asep earned his Bachelor's degree from Padjadjaran University, Indonesia, in 2014. He then joined the Department of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Waseda University, Japan, as a Master's student in 2016, completing his degree in 2018. In 2019, he conducted research as a research assistant at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. Dr. Asep received his PhD from the University of Queensland in 2024 and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology (AIBN). As an early career researcher, Dr. Asep has established a strong track record, with over 600 citations from his research articles published in prestigious, high-impact journals. His work reflects both the quality and impact of his contributions to the field.

Susan Nunan is a Clinical Academic and Course Coordinator for the Master of Nursing Studies (Pre-Registration) Program in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work (NMSW), and joined the School in 2010. Susan is currently the Course Coordinator for NURS7124 Clinical Practice 1 and NURS7125 Older Adults' Health (Semester One) and NURS7130 Professional Practice and NURS7131 Clinical Practice 4 (Semester Two).

Susan has extensive clinical nursing experience in General Medical, Coronary Care and Surgical Units in major hospitals in Brisbane and Sydney, as well as in QLD and NSW rural hospitals where she has also facilitated undergraduate nursing students. In addition, her clinical experience includes; Community Nursing, Gerontological Nursing and Dementia Care in both city and rural settings in QLD and NSW. Susan is a Registered Nurse Division 1 with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, and is a member of the Australian College of Nursing and the Australian Association of Gerontology. Susan has a PhD in Nursing, a Masters of Health Professional Education (Nursing major), a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Practice (Wound Management), a Bachelor of Arts, Research Master of Arts, and has undertaken post-graduate course studies in Mental Health topics.

Susan’s current research interests include falls risk assessment and management, and she has recently completed her PhD within the UQ, School of NMSW, with thesis entitled:Evaluating the validity, reliability and feasibility of a falls risk assessment tool recommended for use in Australian residential aged care facilities. A mixed methods study.

Other areas of research interest for Susan are in Healthy Ageing, Dementia Care and Older Adults' Health.

From the politics of climate change to defending democracy, Professor Daniel Nyberg is seeking to understand how corporations, governments, and citizens negotiate different priorities when facing key challenges of our time.

This qualitative researcher takes an interdisciplinary approach to his work across two main areas:

1. climate change, where he interrogates the links between climate change and corporate capitalism, and
2. defending democracy, where he seeks to untangle the relationships between industry and government.

“These are some of the biggest threats facing humankind,” he affirms.

“How could you not be interested?”

Climate Change

Professor Nyberg’s interest in climate change came from a growing sense of urgency. As public interest in green products grew, corporations were beginning to address climate change internally, through the design and delivery of green products and services. At the same time, the climate emergency led to attempts to contain or regulate polluting industries, for example through carbon offsets and other measures.

“It’s important to understand what corporations are doing in order to mitigate and/or minimise the effects of climate change,” Professor Nyberg explains.

“We also need to have knowledge about what they’re doing so we can regulate their activities.”

Working alongside Professor Christopher Wright from the University of Sydney's Business School, and Dr Vanessa Bowden from the University of Newcastle's School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, this ground-breaking research has been published in a number of leading international journals. The three colleagues collaborated on the book, Organising Responses to Climate Change: The Politics of Mitigation, Adaptation and Suffering (2022, Cambridge University Press), building on the success of Professor Nyberg and Professor Wright's book, Climate Change, Capitalism, and Corporations: Processes of Creative Self-Destruction (2015, Cambridge University Press), which attracted wide attention across both the social and natural sciences.

Defending Democracy

Building on this work, Professor Nyberg has developed a strong interest in corporate political activity, both in how public policy is interpreted and implemented in practice, as well as in how corporations seek to influence public policy. This shift from the narrow focus on corporate outcomes to the broader understanding of democratic processes, is particularly relevant in the fraught debates around climate policy.

“I’m currently exploring how corporations influence democracy,” he states.

“The clearest example is the Labor Government’s super profit tax proposal of 2010, which the mining industry vehemently opposed. Even though it spent $22 million doing so, calculations by the Australian Financial Review suggest it saved $10 billion by agreeing to a truce with then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard. So, you can see it’s often much easier and cheaper for corporations to deal with public policies than it is for them to deal with their processes.”

Dr. Eric O.Ansah is a hydrometallurgist with geochemistry expertise focused on developing sustainable solutions for enhanced metal extraction and improved mine closure outcomes. His research integrates innovative technologies to advance eco-efficient mineral processing and mine waste repurposing.With extensive expertise in geochemistry, hydrometallurgy, and heap leaching, Eric has a proven track record in technology development. As part of BHP’s Think & Act Differently (TAD) Essential Minerals Cohort, he pioneered protonated brine lixiviant technology for copper heap leaching, stemming from his PhD research at the University of Melbourne on coupled chalcopyrite dissolution and reprecipitation. This work has driven advancements in sustainable metal extraction.

Eric’s research and projects encompass:

• Metals: Copper, gold,zinc, cobalt, uranium, rare earth elements (REE) etc.
• Applications: Metallurgical research, plant operations, and translating laboratory innovations into industrial applications.
• Focus: Sustainable heap and in-situ leaching, mine waste management through reuse and repurposing, and mineral carbonation for environmental benefits.

His interdisciplinary approach bridges research and industry, delivering solutions that balance economic and environmental goals. Eric collaborates globally to innovate mineral processing technologies, ensuring efficient resource recovery and responsible mine closure.

Liam O’Brien is a tumor immunologist whose primary focus is the development of new messenger (m)RNA-based immunotherapies applicable to various cancer types. The goal of this work is to develop a new therapy which increases the frequency and length of patient remissions, occurring within Associate Professor Seth Cheetham's laboratory at the Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN).

Liam has expertise utilizing various preclinical models, multi-color flow cytometry for the functional characterization of tumor-infiltrating immune cells, and has developed in vivo systems to assess immunotherapy efficacy along with T cell exhaustion, proliferation, and killing capacity. He has hands-on experience with development of next-generation humanized NSG models and a wide breadth of in vitro immunological assays.

Dr Kieran O'Brien is a Siemens Healthcare Adjunct Research Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Imaging. He completed his Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering (Honours, 2005) and PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Auckland in 2009. After being awarded his PhD Kieran worked in Postdoctoral positions at the University of Auckland and the University of Geneva Centre d'Imagerie BioMédicale before joining Siemens as a Senior Scientist in 2013.

His research interests are include improving RF pulses at high field (≥3T) to overcome imaging inhomogeneity and B1 limitations for Neuro, MSK and Cardiac applications; bi-exponential diffusion imaging; and, phase imaging for quantitative susceptibility mapping and measuring motion.