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My name is Hao Tran, and I am a Teaching Associate in Applied Linguistics at the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. I joined the University of Queensland in early 2019, and I am currently coordinating Academic English and Thesis Writing for International Students (WRIT6001), Introduction to Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLAT7001) in the Applied Linguistics Program, and Second Language Learning (SLAT2001) in the English as an International Language (EIL) major. In addition to these courses, I have extensive teaching experience in other Applied Linguistics subjects, including Teaching Languages in a Global Context (SLAT7826), Second Language Acquisition (SLAT7805), Second Language Writing (SLAT7827), and Classroom Second Language Processes: Theory, Research and Practice (SLAT7807).

I currently serve as the Review Editor for the Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL) (since 2024), and I have been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) since 2021.

Regarding my academic background, I hold a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Griffith University (2019) and a Master of Applied Linguistics (TESOL) (Advanced) from the University of Queensland (2013). During my time at UQ, I’ve received the Tutor Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) in 2024 and was also shortlisted for the UQ Tutor Award for Excellence in Teaching in the same year.

Before joining UQ as an ongoing Teaching Associate, I also worked as a casual unit coordinator at the University of New England for Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (LING561) and Applied Linguistics Research Practice (LING567), and as a sessional at Griffith University (2016-2017). I also and served as International Student Officer for Griffith University Postgraduate Student Association (GUPSA) during this time.

I am originally from Vietnam, where I completed my Bachelor’s degree in English Language Education at Vinh University and became a tenured English lecturer here. At Vinh University, in addition to my lecturing role in the English Language Pedagogy major in the Department of Foreign Languages, I also served as Convenor for the Joint Program for International Students (including students from Laos and Thailand, 2011-2012), and as Head of the Department Youth Union (2010-2011). As a BA student at Vinh University, I received the Golden Prize at the Vietnam National Teaching Pedagogy Contest (2008) and was named one of the Vietnamese Talents in 2009. I was the top student in the Faculty and among the top students across the university for four consecutive years, and received numerous university and provincial awards for academic excellence and social contributions (e.g., leading volunteering, social programs).

Funding/ Award:

I’ve received School of Languages and Cultures Grant for developing EAP teaching and learning materials in conducting the project:

Students’ self-regulation of machine learning and generative AI tools for English for Academic Purposes

Supervision:

I am available for MA thesis supervision. My current research interests include:

• Teacher education including teacher agency, teacher identity, and teacher professional development
• Student engagement and Teacher engagement
• EAP-related teaching and learning, including CALL integration and MT/GenAI-assisted learning
• Language policy and planning
• Vietnamese heritage language

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.

Mike is a Research Fellow in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Evidence Synthesis with the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. Currently Mike works on large, administravely linked datasets and works with statistics in clinical trials. Mike's background was firstly in the UK military, with a subsequent career in the fitness industry - being named the global top fitness instructor in 2015, and European top fitness educator in 2018. Mike then continued his exercise career through academia, completing his PhD in Sport and Exercise Sciences in 2022, and working with the Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, and the Cambridge Vision and Eye Research Institute post-PhD. Mike's currnet research interests span the umbrella of mental health and statistics - in particular phsyical acitivty and sendentary behaviour in people with severe mental illness, intergenerational child maltreatment, and statistical considerations in complex clinical trails.

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. 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.

Dr Ben Tscharke is an analytical chemist with a keen interest in quantifying analytes in environmental samples. Ben is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland research institute, Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), joining in February 2017 after graduating his PhD from the University of South Australia the previous year. His key focus at QAEHS involves the wastewater based epidemiological approach to determine community consumption and exposure to a range of illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals and personal care products. He leads the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission's National Wastewater Drug Monitoring program at UQ, which collaborates with the University of South Australia (https://www.acic.gov.au/publications/intelligence-products/national-wastewater-drug-monitoring-program-report).