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Professor Matt Trau is currently a Professor of Chemistry at The University of Queensland (UQ); and is also Senior Group Leader and co-founder of the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. Since graduating from the University of Sydney (BSc Hons I, University Medal) and the University of Melbourne (PhD in Physical Chemistry, 1993), he has held positions in industry and academia across the globe. These include a Fulbright Research Fellowship at Princeton University, USA; and a research scientist at Dow Chemical and ICI Pty Ltd. Professor Trau has been a Visiting Professor at two of the largest Cancer Research Centres in the world: The Dana Farber Cancer Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (2000); and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, Seattle (2008). Professor Trau is internationally recognised for his innovative and cross-disciplinary research at the interface between chemistry, nanotechnology, biology and medicine. He has co-authored more than 290 refereed publications, many of which appear in the highest impact journals in his field, e.g., fifteen Science and Nature family publications. His major awards and honours include an ARC Laureate Fellowship, an ARC Federation Fellowship (amoungst the most prestigious scientific fellowships in Australia), a Fulbright Research Fellowship to the USA; a Queensland Young Tall Poppy Award; a UQ Foundation/Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award; a Paul Harris Fellowship; and a Pink Circle Award for breast cancer research excellence.

Julia is a Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Queensland. She has been researching whiplash and neck pain since 2000 and in 2004 completed her PhD focusing on the necks influence on sensorimotor control. She has continued her research in this area in idiopathic neck pain, headache, the elderly and post concussion. She has over 100 publications in this area, written several book chapters and is one of the authors of the book “Management of neck disorders- an evidenced based approach”. Julia works part-time as a physiotherapist in a private practice managing patients such as those with, whiplash, cervicogenic dizziness and post concussion syndrome and been involved as a clinician on several whiplash RCTs. Julia is also an assessor at the Whiplash Physical Diagnostic Clinic. Julia has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences and workshops in the area of neck pain, whiplash, concussion and dizziness.

Paul Treschman is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences (HMNS). He is currently undertaking his PhD at the University of Queensland (UQ).

His research interests are in formative assessment and feedback in the Physical Education setting. This includes investigating the influence of teachers’ behavaiours on students' motivation, learning and performance.

David Trigger works on the different meanings attributed to land and nature across diverse sectors of society and in different countries. His research encompasses academic studies of how land and sense of place inform the cultural identities of citizens with diverse ancestries. His research is mostly focused on Australian society. In Australian Aboriginal Studies, Professor Trigger has carried out more than 35 years of anthropological study on Indigenous systems of land tenure, including applied research on resource development negotiations and native title claims. In collaboration with colleagues he has in recent years sought understanding of the overlaps and divergences of senses of place among those with Euro-Australian, Asian and Aboriginal ancestries. This work includes projects focused on a comparison of pro-development, environmentalist and Aboriginal perspectives on land and nature. Of particular interest are the issues of ‘nativeness’ and ‘invasiveness’ as understood in both nature and society, with implications for issues of land, cultural identity and environmental management.

A/Professor Tripathi is a Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon in Brisbane and Wide Bay areas. He is an Adjunct Professor at University of Sunshine Coast and Associate Professor at Faculty of Medicine and School of Biomedical Sciences at University of Queensland.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Vascular Surgery, a senior member of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' Academy of Surgical Educators and of the Section of Academic Surgery.

He is a Distinguished Fellow of Society for Vascular Surgery (USA) and of American Venous Forum (AVF). He was conferred with an Honorary Membership of European Venous Forum for his outstanding contribution to art and science of venous surgery in 2018. He is also the 2017 recipient of Asterios Katsamouris Lecture by the European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery. He was inducted into Sigma Xi Honors Research Society in 2017. He frequently lectures to professional societies and leading vascular and Endovascular conferences throughout the world.

Dr Tripathi’s academic recognition includes distinguished visiting Professorships to Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA and Mayo Clinic and Mayo School of Medicine, Rochester, USA, University of Saint Louis, St Louis, USA, Karolinska University Hospitals, Stockholm, Sweden, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Dr. Tripathi is an associate editor of Journal of Endovascular Therapy and sits on the editorial boards of Journal of Vascular Surgery, Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, Vascular, Phlebology, Aorta, International Angiology, Asian Journal of Surgery, Endovascular Today and Vascular Disease Management. He is a distinguished reviewer for European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Journal of Vascular Interventional Radiology.

Peter obtained his medical degree at the Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. He completed his paediatric nephrology fellowship and worked as a paediatric nephrologist at the British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. Peter moved to Brisbane in 2010 and worked as a staff nephrologist at both Royal Children's Hospital and Mater Children's Hospital. He became the Director of Nephrology at Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in November 2014. Peter is currently the Service Group Director of Endocrinology and Nephrology at Queensland Children's Hospital. He is the Director of Queensland Child and Adolescent Renal Service, a state-wide service providing the nephrology care for children with kidney disease, including dialysis, kidney transplant and apheresis service.

Peter also holds a Master of Science degree in Experimental Medicine from the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is an Associate Professor at the School of Medicine, the University of Queensland.

Research Interests

Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract, obstructive nephropathy, biomarkers of chronic kidney disease, renal tumours associated with tuberous sclerosis.

Dr. Stewart Trost is a Professor in the School of Human Movement Studies Department at The University of Queensland. Trost received his PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of South Carolina, Colombia SC, USA. Trost leads the Children’s Physical Activity Research Group (CPARG) at the QLD Centre of Children’s Health Research. CPARG is dedicated to expanding the body of knowledge on physical activity and its promotion in children and adolescents. An overarching aim of CPARG is to enhance the health of young people by generating the knowledge needed to design and implement effective programs to increase physical activity in children with typical development and those with chronic and complex health conditions. His research interests include device-based assessment of physical activity and sedentary behavior, early life prevention of childhood obesity and chronic disease, therapeutic exercise programs for children with chronic health conditions, and the relationships between physical activity and other health behaviors.

Dr Abbie Victoria Trott is a Lecturer in Drama at the University of Queensland, where she also teaches digital media and communication. She is currently working on a book about how theatre for young people makes sense of young people's immersion in digital culture. Her research is broadly interested in examining how audiences make sense of theatre in light of digital culture. Other research interests include the relationships between generative AI, audiences and performers. Teaching theatre and performance at a tertiary level since 2014, she is an experienced stage and production manager across community theatre, circus, and multimedia performance.

Dr Mike Trott is a Research Fellow in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Evidence Synthesis with the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, specialising in lifestyle psychiatry, clinical trials, and advanced statistical methodology.

His current research program addresses three major themes:

• Physical activity and sedentary behaviour – understanding their impact on mental and physical health and developing interventions to reduce cardiometabolic risk.
• Clinical trials methodology – applying Bayesian and frequentist designs, adaptive platforms, and individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis to improve the efficiency and robustness of mental health research.
• Evidence translation – contributing to international guideline development, including forthcoming lifestyle guidelines for schizophrenia, and linking research findings to health service delivery.

He has published extensively in psychiatry, public health, and medical journals, and my work has informed global organisations such as WHO, OECD, and UNESCO.

Matt is completing his PhD in supercritical ethylene injection into supersonic crossflow where he investigated the mixing characteristics of this high pressure, high temperature fueling regime. His current research interests are in supersonic combustion studies, hypersonic boundary layer transition, and advancing the optical diagnostic tools used in hypersonic experimentation.

After ​Dr. Tryggestad obtained his Bachelor's of Science in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Western Illinois, he joined the Plant Performance Laboratory led by Dr. Jitka Kochanek. While studying under Dr. Kochanek, Dr. Tryggestad gained his PhD through his thesis titled, "The optimisation of novel plant promoting compounds and their delivery methods", from The University of Queensland in 2022. Shortly after completion of his PhD, he and Dr. Kochanek partnered with Bulugudu Limited to develop a novel sustainable material for the purposes of increasing chemical delivery effectiveness. Currently, The Plant Performance Laboratory and Bulugudu continue their partnership through the further development and commercilisation of the novel technology platform material within the Advanced Spinifex Biofutures Centre led by Dr. Jan Lauko within the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.

Dr Trzaskowski is Head of Research at Max Kelsen, providing supervision to 10 researchers and machine learning engineers, as well as 3 PhD students and 2 postdocs. He also holds a position of a visiting scientist at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and is an Associate Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Information Resilience (The University of Queensland) as well as the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. He previously held the title of The British Academy Fellow aiming to improve utilisation of polygenic risk prediction in large population samples. He also underwent extensive training in a variety of Artificial Intelligence techniques such as Machine Learning and Multi-Agent Systems, with a specific focus on Agent Based Modelling, at University of Washington, Seattle, as well, as at the Department of Mathematics and Engineering, King's College London.

Dr. Wei-An (Vivien) Tsai graduated with a Bachelor of Science in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, as well as a Master of Science from the Institute of Plant Biology at National Taiwan University in Taiwan. In 2023, she completed her doctoral studies at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland. Her research during PhD studies aimed to uncover the involvement of small RNA in plant-capsicum chlorosis virus pathosystem under climate change scenarios of elevated temperatures. Additionally, she explored the potential of using RNA-based techniques for managing CaCV. Before joining QAAFI, Wei-An worked at the Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, Ministry of Agriculture in Taiwan. During this period, her research interests centred around plant-induced resistance to viruses and the selection and fermentation of antagonistic bacteria. Post-PhD, Wei-An joined the Mitter group as a postdoctoral researcher for the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund project. Her current focus lies in topical applications of dsRNA or other RNA-based techniques for targeting whitefly and whitefly-transmitted viruses including tomato yellow leaf curl virus.