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Carolyn is a theoretical physicist studying quantum information and quantum foundations. She grew up in central Queensland and holds bachelor’s degrees in physics (UQ) and applied linguistics (Griffith University). She completed her PhD in physics at the University of Queensland.

Her research is focused on physics at the interface between quantum mechanics, general relativity and thermodynamics, quantum machine learning, and the applications of both to quantum information theory and quantum computing. She is also broadly interested in artificial intelligence, and cross-disciplinary research combining physics and linguistics.

Carolyn was a Deborah Jin Research Fellow with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) from 2022 to 2025.

​Dr James Wood's research focuses primarily on the design and synthesis of organic ligands to complex inorganic radioisotopes for radiopharmaceutical applications. His work spans across the design and synthesis of these ligands, through to radiolabelling of these compounds and assessing them within animal models. He is particularly interested in applications of these ligands that grant greater flexability or utility to diagnostic and therapeutic platforms.

James works within the ARC Research Hub for Advanced Manufacture of Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals at the Centre for Advanced Imaging, working with industry partners to excelerate the production of novel radiopharmaceuticals.

James Woodforde is a lecturer in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at The University of Queensland. His research centres on physical activity in children and young people, with a specific focus on the school setting. James’s PhD research examined physical activity in the before-school segment, drawing on a variety of data sources and engaging with school stakeholders to develop a comprehensive understanding of physical activity patterns and influences during this time of day.

Will is a University of Queensland teaching and research academic and recent ARC DECRA holder (DE190101182). His research aims to bridge scales for remotely sensing dynamic vegetation productivity and health. Will was the Principal Investigator of the CSIRO/TERN-OzFlux Tumbarumba tall forest research site from 2016-2025. Now in its 25th year it is one of Australia’s longest continuously running flux tower sites and rated equal second globally for verification of environmental satellite products [1]. Previously Will held the position of Research Scientist at CSIRO, after commencing as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in 2015.

Will has experience with a range of passive and active remote sensing technologies including combining LiDAR, optical- and thermal-imagery for estimating vegetation structure and function. His current research focuses on scaling observations of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) from leaf to canopy scales at flux tower sites. He is based in the Earth Observation Research Centre at UQ.

Please also feel free to get in touch with Will to discuss potential collaborations.

[1] Camacho, F., Román, M.O., Nickeson, J., Göttsche, F.-M., Ducanson, L., Sanchez-Azofeifa, G.A., Woodgate, W., Karan, M., Descalzo, L.d.l.M., & Monzo, C.D. (2018). Proposition of CEOS LPV Super Sites for Validation of Biophysical Satellite Products. Paper presented at the ESA LPVE - Land Product Validation and Evolution 2018, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10375.50087

Dr Woodruff is a Professor of Pharmacology who leads a research team aiming to find new therapeutic treatments for neurodegenerative disorders. Current therapies for these diseases are vastly inadequate, and so new research is needed to identify novel targets to slow or halt their progression. Prof Woodruff’s specific research revolves around the innate immune system in the brain, and the role of neuroinflammation in propagating disease. A key focus of his current work is testing new drugs developed at the University of Queensland in models of motor neuron disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Huntington’s disease, and Parkinson's disease, as well as maintaining an active interest in acute inflammatory disorders including sepsis and ischemia-reperfusion injuries. Using a series of potent and orally active complement C5a and NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors developed at UQ, Prof Woodruff's team has demonstrated the therapeutic potential of targeting innate immune-mediated neuroinflammation to reduce neuronal cell death in animal models of these neurodegenerative diseases. His team has recently shown that in addition to their roles in neurodegeneration, innate immune factors also play essential roles in stem and neuronal cell development during embryogenesis, revealing the widespread physiological and pathological roles of this evolutionarily ancient immune system.

Associate Professor Carl Woods is a theoretical skill acquisition scientist, studying human-environment interactions at the intersection of sport science, ecological psychology and social anthropology. In addition to his appointment at the University of Queensland, he is the Learning Design Lead at the Queensland Academy of Sport, and Learning Design National Discipline Lead for Australian Athletics.

Carl has a unique blend of theoretical and applied experiences, having held research leadership positions within the Institute for Health and Sport at Victoria University, while coordinating coaching science, skill acquisition, and innovation within the Australian Football League.

Given these diverse experiences, his research spans three major themes: 1) theoretical advancements to the field of sport science; 2) exploring ways of fostering human-environment interactions through the promotion of ecologically literate behaviour; 3) addressing practical challenges in sport related to performance preparation, practice task design, and coach education.

Dr Lee Woods is an internationally recognised leader in digital health workforce capability and education. She is Senior Research Fellow and Lead of the Workforce & Education Team at the Queensland Digital Health Centre (QDHeC), University of Queensland. Her academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Nursing (2005), Graduate Certificates in Clinical Nursing (2009) and Research (2019), First Class Honours (2015), and a PhD (2019). She also completed a four-year Fellowship by Training with the Australasian Institute of Digital Health (2021) and advanced co-design and design thinking training through the University of Sydney and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (2016–2017).

Dr Woods has an H-index of 17, more than 790 citations, and has secured over AUD$2.9M in research funding. She leads an interdisciplinary team of 4 researchers and 6 doctoral students, with supervision completions including 1 PhD, 2 Masters, and 1 Honours. She served as Guest Editor for the Australian Journal of Rural Health special issue on digital interventions (2024).

Her leadership includes major projects such as the Queensland Health digital maturity assessment, which informed the refresh of Queensland’s state-wide digital health strategy Digital Health 2031 and measured 165 health services representing 56,000 consumers. She also helped lead the Embedding Digital Health Education into Health Degrees initiative, a global first in establishing a nationally agreed core curriculum for pre-registration health degrees. Dr Woods co-authored two national workforce strategies and co-developed Australia’s first health workforce fellowship program in digital health.

She is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health, was the Chair of the National Digital Health Early to Mid Career Conference (2024) and holds advisory roles in digital health education and research across Australia. Her contributions have been recognised through awards for industry engagement, service, and diversity, and she was selected to meet with Ministers of Parliament in Canberra (2023). Internationally, Dr Woods represents Australia on the International Medical Informatics Association Nursing Informatics Society and leads an AU–UK partnership to develop an AI literacy career framework for healthcare workers. She will deliver a keynote at the Perioperative Nurses International Conference (2026).

Sandy is a social researcher and communication management specialist. Her research interests are centred on subnational governance of industrial development – mining, oil and gas extraction, power generation (including renewables) and ancillary infrastructure such as pipelines and transmission lines. She is interested in the interface between governance actors (Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, proponents and governments) at local, regional and state/provincial levels and how they seek to enhance the benefits from industrial development and avoid or mitigate its adverse impacts.

Much of her research has been focused on the social risks associated with mine project development, mine closure and the transition of mining regions to post-mining alternatives.

Sandy has extensive experience working across the mineral resources sector – on site, in a corporate environment, in government, consulting, not-for-profit and research. She brings practical industry knowledge to her applied research projects and enjoys working in interdisciplinary teams.

Sandy joined CSRM in 2019 after completing her PhD at the centre. Her doctoral research examined how coal mining project teams in Australia construct and assess social risk.

Mechanisms of drug-induced liver damage.

Liver disease has long been associated with the abuse and clinical use of drugs. My research interests focus on ethanol, perhaps the most commonly abused drug, and the widely used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS). Both NSAIDS and ethanol are widely tolerated but induce liver disease in a small number of individuals.

Research projects listed below investigate immunological and genetic phenomena associated with drug-induced liver disease.

• Does ethanol alter hepatic gene expression to cause liver damage?
• Is protein modification by ethanol metabolites involved in the aetiology of alcoholic tissue injury?
• Are proteins modified by reactive molecules formed during ethanol metabolism viable biomarkers of ethanol intake?

I am an interaction designer.

I have an interest in design research and methods and their application to the design of technology. I believe that co-design/participatory design and human-centered design are critical approaches to ensuring that technology will truly serve the people who will be using or impacted by that technology.

A significant proportion of my work involves working with people living with dementia and post-stroke aphasia. Much of this work focuses on accessibility, usability and acceptability with the aim of creating technological solutions that are not only functional but also recognise and respond to people's intrinsic needs and experiences. A key aspect of my recent work is exploring acceptability and its ties to the Social Self-Determination model of people's needs. Through this I am looking at User Experience through a different lens, seeking to develop an understanding of how this model of people's needs can support a meaningful and impactful experience.

My interests extend across design theory and practice, human-computer interaction and user experience, and the application of the theory of these domains into practical and novel contexts. When designing technology that is to be used in everyday or applied contexts, I believe it is important to think beyond the technology itself. Therefore, in my research so far, I have worked in multidisciplinary teams crossing speech pathology, occupational therapy, computer science, and psychology. I am also committed to ensuring that technology and the process of designing technology is ethical.

Helen has over 30 years’ experience as a clinician (orthoptist) and an innovative educator. She was the Academic Lead Assessment in the Academy for Medical Education from mid 2017 to March 2024. Helen’s expertise has been built on a career spanning clinical practice in rural and urban settings fuelling a passion for learning from her early mentor, the late Prof Fred Hollows. Her career in higher education has spanned several roles including lecturing and reforming the orthoptics curriculum, leading elearning projects across five health facilities at the University of Sydney before moving to lead academic development at Charles Darwin University. She has worked in three medical schools (University of Sydney, Flinders University and the University of Queensland) inspiring educators to enhance clinical skills teaching, developing clinical supervisors in Northern Australia and most recently leading assessment design for the new Doctor of Medicine program at University of Queensland. She has received multiple teaching and learning awards at University of Sydney (2003, 2004), Flinders University (2016) and the Australian Awards for University Teaching: Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2017).

Naomi Wray is the Michael Davys Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford. She holds an appointment at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) within the University of Queensland. She joined UQ Queensland Brain Institute in 2011 moving to the IMB in 2015. She was Head of the Centre for Population & Disease Genomics within IMB 2018-2023. Her Oxford appointment started in 2023.

Her research focuses on development and application of quantitative genetics and genomics methodologies across complex diseases, disorders and traits, but particularly psychiatric-related traits.

She is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Leadership Fellow, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science. In 2020 she was awarded the NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Award for Leadership in Basic Science and the 2021 International Society of Psychiatric Genetics Ming Tsuang Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a Clarivate Highly Cited researcher.

She was Director of the Program in Complex Trait Genomics (PCTG) funded as an NHMRC Program Grant 2017-2022. She plays a key role in the International Psychiatric Genomics Consortium and established the sporadic ALS Australia systems genomics consortium (SALSA) funded by the MND Research Australia IceBucket Challenge and FightMND. She is a co-investigator on the Australian Genetics of Depression Study (AGDS) and is currently launching the AGDS-Cello project focussed on establishing a cell line resource from participants with a detailed history of anti-depressant use and response measures. She is part of an NHMRC Synergy (2023-2027) "Rhythms and blues: Personalising care for body clock dysfunction in mood disorders".

She is secretary of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, and is on the editorial advisory boards of JAMA Psychiatry, Neuron, Royal Society Open and Research Directions: Depression.

Barry Wright (BA History, University of Toronto, LLB Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, LLM London School of Economics, University of London, PhD York University) is Professor Emeritus of Law and History at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, where he has been a faculty member for over thirty-five years and at various times served as Director of Criminology, Director of Kroeger College, and an Associate Dean. He has been a frequent visiting scholar at UQ Law and a visiting fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.

Professor Wright has published widely on colonial legal history in Canada and Australia and broader rule of law controversies in the nineteenth-century British Empire with a research focus on the influence of utilitarianism on the modernisation of colonial governance and criminal law reform (notably criminal law codification from Thomas Macaulay’s Benthamite India penal code and its colonial adaptations elsewhere, to the James Fitzjames Stephen-influenced Canadian (1892), New Zealand (1893), and Queensland (1899) criminal codes). Political trials and national security measures in Canadian history is another major area of research, including his scholarship and contributions to and lead editorship of the five-volume Canadian State Trials series. His current research compares the 1946 Canadian Royal Commission on Espionage (Gouzenko affair) and the 1954-5 Australian Royal Commission on Espionage (Petrov affair), and examines international pressures, rule of law issues raised, and the impact of the commissions on domestic security in Canada and Australia.

Publications

Articles (peer reviewed)

• "Gouzenko, Petrov, and the Canadian and Australian Espionage Commissions: The Rule of Law and the Neo-colonial development of Cold War Security States" (2025) vol.36 (3) King's Law Journal, 425.
• “Macaulay’s India Penal Code and Codification in the Nineteenth Century British Empire” (2012) 2 (1) Journal of Commonwealth Criminal Law, 25.
• “Criminal Law Codification and Imperial Projects: The Self-governing Jurisdiction Codes of the 1890’s” (2008) 12 Legal History, 19.
• “Self-Governing Codifications of English Criminal Law and Empire: The Queensland and Canadian Examples” (2007) 26 University of Queensland Law Journal, 39.
• “Migration, Radicalism and State Security: Legislative Initiatives in the Canadas and the United States c.1794-1804” (2002) 16 Studies in American Political Development, 48.
• "Quiescent Leviathan? Citizenship and National Security Measures in Late Modernity" (1998) 25 Journal of Law and Society, 213.
• "Sedition in Upper Canada: Contested Legality" (1992) 29 Labour/LeTravail, 7 (Ontario Historical Association Riddell Award for best article).
• "Criminal Proceedings and the Transformative Potential of Law: Taking Historical Experiences Seriously" (1991) 3 Journal of Human Justice, 7.
• "The Ideological Dimensions of Law in Upper Canada: The Treason Proceedings of 1838" (1989) 10 Criminal Justice History: An International Annual, 131.
• "Ned Slinker and England's Order" (1986) 24 Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 699.
• "Towards New Canadian Legal History" (1984) 22 Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 349.

Edited Books (peer reviewed)

• Canadian State Trials Volume Five: World War, Cold War, and Challenges to Sovereignty, 1939-1990 (co-edited with Susan Binnie and Eric Tucker) Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2022.
• Canadian State Trials Volume Four: Security, Dissent and the Limits of Toleration in War and Peace, 1914-1939 (co-edited with Eric Tucker and Susan Binnie) Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015.
• Codification, Macaulay and the Indian Penal Code: The Legacies and Modern Challenges of Criminal Law Reform (co-edited with Wing-Cheong Chan and Stanley Yeo) Ashgate UK, 2011.
• Canadian State Trials Volume Three: Political Trials and Security Measures 1840-1914 (coedited with Susan Binnie) Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009.
• Canadian State Trials Volume Two: Rebellion and Invasion in the Canadas, 1837-39 (co-edited with F.M. Greenwood) Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002.
• Canadian State Trials Volume One: Law, Politics and Security Measures, 1608-1837 (co-edited with F.M. Greenwood) Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996.
• Canadian Perspectives on Law and Society: Issues in Legal History (co-edited with W.W. Pue) Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1988.

Chapters in Peer Reviewed Edited Books

• “Introduction: World War, Cold War, and Challenges to Sovereignty” (with Susan Binnie and Eric Tucker) Canadian State Trials Volume 5 (2022), 3.
• “Epilogue: The Canadian State Trials Series in Retrospect” Canadian State Trials Volume 5 (2022), 462.
• “State Trials in Post-revolution British North America” in M. Davis, E. Macleod, and G. Pentland eds., Political Trials in an Age of Revolution: Britain and the North Atlantic, 1793-1848, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, 357.
• “Introduction: War Measures and the Repression of Radicalism” (with Eric Tucker and Susan Binnie) Canadian State Trials Volume 4, 3.
• “Macaulay’s India Law Reforms and Labour in the British Empire” in Shaunnagh Dorsett and John McLaren eds., Legal Histories of the British Empire: Laws, Engagements and Legacies London:Routledge, 2014, 218.
• “Renovate or Rebuild?: Treatises, Digests, and Criminal Law Codification” in A. Fernandez and M. Dubber eds., Law Books in Action: Essays on the Anglo-American Legal Treatise Oxford: Hart, 2012, 181.
• “Revitalising Macaulay’s Indian Penal Code” (co-authored with Stanley Yeo) in Chan, Wright, and Yeo eds., Codification (2011), 3.
• “Macaulay’s Indian Penal Code: Historical Context and Originating Principles” in Chan, Wright, and Yeo eds., Codification (2011), 19.
• “Introduction: From State Trials to National Security Measures” (with Susan Binnie) Canadian State Trials Volume 3 (2009), 3.
• “Summary and Incompetent Justice: An Overview of Legal Responses to the 1885 Crisis” (with Bob Beal) Canadian State Trials Volume 3 (2009), 353.
• “Codification, Public Order, and the Security Provisions of the Canadian Criminal Code, 1892” (with Desmond H. Brown) Canadian State Trials Volume 3 (2009), 516.
• “Libel and the Colonial Administration of Justice in Upper Canada and New South Wales c.1825-30” in H. Foster, B. Berger and A. Buck eds., The Grand Experiment: Law and Legal Culture in British Settler Societies Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 2008, 157.
• “Imaginary Sedition: Law and the Emerging Public Sphere in Upper Canada c.1798-1828” in Logan Atkinson and Diana Majury eds., Law, Mystery, and the Humanities: Collected Essays Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2008, 167-213.
• "Introduction: Rebellion, Invasion and the Crisis of the Colonial State" (co-authored with F.M. Greenwood) in Canadian State Trials Volume 2 (2002), 3.
• "The Toronto Treason Trials, March-May 1838" (co-authored with P. Romney) in Canadian State Trials Volume 2 (2002), 62.
• "The Kingston and London Courts Martial, 1838-9" in Canadian State Trials Volume 2 (2002), 130.
• "The Legal Regulation of Politics: Governance, National Security and the Rule of Law in the Modern State" in M. MacNeil, N. Sargent and P. Swan eds., Law. Regulation and Governance Toronto: Oxford University Press Canada, 2002, 78.
• "Harshness and Forbearance: The Politics of Pardons and the Upper Canadian Rebellion" in C. Strange ed., Mercy and the Modifications of Punishment Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1996, 77.
• "The Gourlay Affair: Seditious Libel and the Sedition Act in Upper Canada, 1818-19" in Canadian State Trials Volume 1 (1996), 487.
• "State Trials, the Rule of Law and Executive Powers in Early Canada" (co-authored with F.M. Greenwood) in Canadian State Trials Volume 1 (1996), 3.
• "State Trials and Security Proceedings in the Upper Canada During the War of 1812" (coauthored with Paul Romney) in Canadian State Trials Volume 1 (1996), 379.
• "Parliamentary Privilege and the Repression of Dissent in the Canadas" (co-authored with F.M. Greenwood) in Canadian State Trials Volume 1 (1996), 409.
• "An Introduction to Canadian Law in History" in Canadian Perspectives on Law and Society (1988), 7.
• "Issues in Criminal Law and Authority: Civil Liberties and Morality" in Canadian Perspectives on Law and Society (1988), 245.

Other Scholarly Publications

Books

• Looking at Law: Canada's Legal System 7th. ed. (co-authored with Vincent Kazmierski, Betina Kuzmarov and Rebecca Bromwich) Toronto: LexisNexis, 2019 (I was co-author with the late Patrick Fitzgerald of the 5th and 6th editions of this book).

Reviews

• William Twining, The Great Juristic Bazaar: Jurists’ Texts and Lawyers’ Stories (2002) in (2004) 42 Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 533.
• G.B. Baker and J. Phillips eds., Essays in the History of Canadian Law Vol.VIII (1999) in (2001) 39 Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 249.
• David Kairys, ed., The Politics of Law: A Progressivist Critique 3rd ed., (1998) in (1999) 29 Canadian Review of American Studies, 149.
• F.M. Sniderman, J.F. Fletcher, P.H. Russell, P.E. Tetlock, The Clash of Rights: Liberty, Equality and Legitimacy in Pluralist Democracy (1996) in (1998) 35 Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 426.
• J.S. Cockburn and T.A. Green eds., Twelve Good Men and True: The Criminal Trial Jury in England, 1200-1800 (1988) in (1995) 10 Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 266.
• K. Cope, Criteria of Certainty: Truth and Judgement in the English Enlightenment (1990) in (1995) 10 Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 272.
• C. Wilton ed., Essays in the History of Canadian Law Vol. IV: Beyond the Law, Lawyers and Business in Canada 1830-1930 (1990) in (1992) 21 Canadian Business Law Journal, 146.
• P.C. Stenning, Appearing for the Crown: A Legal and Historical Review of Prosecutorial Authority in Canada (1986); and the Law Reform Commission of Canada, Private Prosecutions (1986) in (1988) 67 Canadian Bar Review, 152.

Olivia is a Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics and Director of Teaching and Learning at the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland.​

Her work sits at the intersection of nutrition science, Indigenous food systems, the microbiome and interprofessional practice, with a focus on nutritional resilience, food sovereignty and personalised nutrition. She leads a coherent program of research examining how dietary patterns and food environments shape microbiome resilience and health outcomes, and how this knowledge can be translated into culturally safe practice, education and policy.​

This program integrates culinary nutrition, chronic disease prevention, Indigenous bush‑food and food sovereignty projects, and AI‑enabled analysis to improve the lived experience of patients, students and communities. Olivia has published widely in nutrition science and dietetics and works in partnership with First Nations communities, industry and government to advance understanding of how food systems can support health, equity and cultural continuity.​

As a recognised leader in teaching and learning innovation, Olivia plays a central role in shaping the next generation of dietitians and health professionals. She integrates AI, cultural safety, Indigenous methodologies and inclusive design into her teaching to strengthen student confidence, belonging and leadership, intentionally bridging education, research and community engagement so that evidence supports community‑led solutions and real‑world impact across health systems and society.