Jonah is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at UQ Business School. His research focuses on understanding the systems and interdependencies between support for entrepreneurial activity, social innovation, and social change, asking broadly “how do societies support the organization of entrepreneurship and in turn ensure its positive impact on society?” onah's research includes longitudinal qualitative studies in the contexts of entrepreneurial ecosystems and the governance of entrepreneurial finance, and practice-based studies around entrepreneurial decision making. His most recent work understanding the potential of a responsible entrepreneurship ideology has been published in Academy of Management Review.
Prior to joining UQ, Jonah completed his PhD in Management Studies at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Jonah also holds a Master of Philosophy in Innovation, Strategy and Organisation from the University of Cambridge and undergraduate degrees in Economics (Hons) and Applied Mathematics from the University of Calgary. Jonah has industry experience in financial services as a Product Manager, where he managed technologies for international money movement and personal financial wellness.
Fire Laboratory Manager and Senior Research Technologist
School of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
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Sergio Zarate joined the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland in 2016 and currently serves as the Fire Laboratory Manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a specialization in fire dynamics. Sergio has extensive experience in projects involving fluid mechanics, combustion, and fire dynamics.
He possesses comprehensive expertise in fire science, including heat-transfer analytical methods, experimental techniques, and the design and operation of apparatus to evaluate the burning behavior of various materials. His research interests include:
Fire safety engineering
Development of innovative combustion-based technologies
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
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Dr. Norhasnida Zawawi has been an Honorary Senior Fellow at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) since 2019. She has joined the Australian Native Bee Association (ANBA) subcommittee for the development of native bee honey standard application to Food Standards and Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) since 2020. Currently based in Malaysia, she is a senior lecturer at the Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology (FSTM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and a food and nutritional scientist affiliated with two laboratories, the Laboratory of Functional Carbohydrate and Protein at FSTM and Laboratory of Halal Science at the Halal Products Research Institute, both in UPM. Her administration and research responsibilities include being a member of the Working Group for Kelulut Honey (native bee honey) Standard under the Department of Standards Malaysia, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Malaysia, and Vice President of the Task Group for Stingless Bee Honey Standard elected by Apimondia Asia. Recently, she has been appointed as an Editorial Board Member of the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, one of UPM's publications and have had experiences as reviewer of scientific manuscripts in her field of research for many high-impact factor journals such as Food Research International, Current Research in Food Science, Food Bioscience and Journal of Apicultural Research. Together with QAAFI research team, she has made the discovery of a rare sugar (trehalulose) as the primary sugar available in the native bee honey during her 9 months research attachment in 2018. As the principal investigator for 7 research projects, she was awarded grants from UPM and government ministries amounting to RM906,340.00. Currently, thirty-seven of her research publications are Scopus-indexed with a total of 624 citations, earning her the H-index of 17.
Dr Jian Zeng is a statistical geneticist and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) at the University of Queensland (UQ). He received his PhD in animal breeding and genetics at Iowa State University and joined the Program in Complex Trait Genomics (PCTG) at UQ in 2016. His research focuses on the development and application of innovative statistical methods for estimating the genetic architecture and evolutionary signals in complex traits, identifying genetic variants, genes and other molecular intermediates associated with phenotype variation, and predicting trait phenotypes using genome sequence data. In 2019, he was awarded an NHMRC Investigator Emerging Leadership Grant to develop statistical methods and software tools for best predict an individual’s disease risk using genomic and omics data. He was an invited speaker at the prestigious Gordon Research Conference in 2019.
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
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Dr. Xiangkang Zeng is an ARC DECRA Research Fellow at the UQ Dow Centre within the School of Chemical Engineering at The University of Queensland. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Monash University, Australia, in 2017. Prior to that, he pursued his studies at Jiangnan University in China, attaining a Master's Degree in Fermentation Engineering in 2012 and a Bachelor's Degree in Biological Engineering in 2010. Following his doctoral studies, Dr. Zeng conducted postdoctoral research training at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) from 2017 to 2018. Subsequently, he held the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Monash University, Australia, from November 2018 to July 2022.
Dr. Zeng's current research endeavors center around the development of functional materials for energy and environmental application via redox catalysis. As a testament to his contributions, Dr. Zeng has authored over 50 papers in prestigious journals, including Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Catalysis, Angewandte Chemie, Applied Catalysis B, Water Research, and Green Chemistry.
A/Prof Yao-Zhong Zhang's research interests are in: Algebraic structures, quantum (super)integrable systems, (quasi-)exactly solvable models, supersymmetry, and conformal field theory.
Yao-Zhong Zhang received his PhD from Northwest University, China, in 1988 under the supervision of Prof Bo-Yu Hou. He spent 12 years in Europe, Japan and Australia as Postdoctoral/Research Fellow, before becoming in 2001 a permament staff member as a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics of the University of Queensland. Since 2006, he has been Reader/Associate Professor in the School of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Queensland.
Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Affiliate of Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology (formerly AWMC)
Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
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Dr. Xueqin Zhang is currently a Research Fellow, and an ARC DECRA Fellow at Australian Centre of Water and Environmental Biotechnology (ACWEB, formerly AWMC), and School of Chemical Engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2021 at Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC) and then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at ACWEB till November 2023. His research focuses on the physiology and ecology of novel microorganisms in biogeochemical cycling, bioelectrochemistry in carbon (methane) cycles and environmental bioremediation, and greenhouse gas (bio)conversion for value-adding applications. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles in top-tier journals including Nature Microbiology, Nature Communications, Environmental Science and Technology and Water Research. He acted as a Guest Editor of two journals and has been invited as a reviewer for over 10 journals. He serves on the editorial board of Frontiers of Environmental Science Engineering.
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Lecturer in Advanced Wastewater and Biosolids Treatment (WATR6103)
Jing Zhang is an agricultural economist with a diverse range of expertise in agricultural policy, natural resource management, farming systems, and international trade. She brings advanced skills in statistical, market, and policy analysis, alongside extensive experience and strong networks in the Chinese agricultural sector. Her work spans multidisciplinary projects across Australia, China, Indonesia, and Mongolia, engaging government, industry, and academic partners.
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
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Dr. Zhen Zhang specializes in developing advanced nanotechnology platforms for diagnosing cancers and other pathologies through liquid biopsy. Her research integrates expertise in nanotechnology, bioengineering, and analytical chemistry to create innovative solutions for early detection and disease monitoring. By leveraging cutting-edge techniques such as microfluidics and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), Dr. Zhang's work aims to enhance the sensitivity and specificity of liquid biopsy methods. Her multidisciplinary approach focuses on translating these technologies into clinical applications, advancing precision medicine for cancer and other complex diseases.
