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Professor Ian Hunter is currently pursuing two research themes, one concerns the history of early modern political and philosophical thought, and the other concerns the history of theory in the modern humanities academy.

Ian Hunter is a distinguished international scholar working on the history of early modern political and philosophical thought, and on the emergence of theory in the 1960s humanities academy. His Rival Enlightenments appeared in 2001 and his most recent monograph is The Secularisation of the Confessional State: The Political Thought of Christian Thomasius (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007). In collaboration with Thomas Ahnert (Edinburgh) and Frank Grunert (Halle), he completed the first English translation of Thomasius’s works: Christian Thomasius: Essays on Church, State, and Politics (Liberty Fund, 2007). He has recently edited and introduced two volumes for the German edition of Thomasius's Selected Works.

Recently published articles include ‘Kant’s Religion and Prussian Religious Policy’, Modern Intellectual History, vol. 2, 2005, 1-27; ‘The History of Theory’, Critical Inquiry, vol. 33, 2006, 78-112; ‘The Time of Theory: The Return of Metaphysics to the Anglo-American Humanities Academy’, Journal of Postcolonial Studies, vol. 10, 2007, 5-22; and 'A Jus Gentium for America. The Rules of War and the Rule of Law in the Revolutionary United States', Journal of the History of International Law 14, 2012, pp. 173-206. Recent book chapters include 'Natural Law as Political Philosophy', in Desmond Clarke and Catherine Wilson (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy in Early Modern Europe, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 475-99; and 'Kant’s Political Thought in the Prussian Enlightenment', in Elizabeth Ellis (ed), Kant’s Political Theory: Interpretations and Applications, Pittsburg: Penn State Press, 2012, pp. 170-207.

He is currently working on the theme of the persona of the philosopher, and the intellectual history of 1960s humanities theory.

Professor Suzanne Hurter is the Energi Simulation Industrial Chair in (Unconventional) Onshore Gas Reservoir Modelling. Based at The University of Queensland Centre for Coal Seam Gas (UQ-CCSG), Professor Hurter leads a landmark geoscience and reservoir modelling research program focused on the unconventional onshore gas industry.

Professor Hurter joined UQ-CCSG after a distinguished career in the oil and gas industry in various roles in Shell (Netherlands), Schlumberger (Netherlands and Australia), QGC (BG‐Group) and Arrow Energy (Shell‐PetroChina). Previously she had worked in academia in Germany (Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam and the Leibnitz Institute of Applied Geophysics in Hannover) and Brazil (University of Sao Paulo). She joined UQ in 2015 and was appointed as the Energi Simulation Industrial Research Chair in (Unconventional) Onshore Gas Reservoir Modelling in 2017.

Professor Hurter’s research interests and activities include hydrocarbon maturation and thermal evolution of sedimentary basins, carbon sequestration, coupled modelling of flow, heat in porous and fractured media and using numerical modelling to evaluate and improve onshore gas production.

Associate Professor Richard Hutch is an Honorary Associate Professor and Reader in Religion and Psychological Studies in the School of Historical and Philosopical Inquiry. His research interests include psychology of religion, sport and spirituality, self-narrations and life-writing, and death and dying.

His current research projects include:

• The American Civil Rights Movement: A Personal Narrative
• Sport, Spirituality and Productive Ageing
• History and Phenomenology of Religion

TO NOTE: Richard Hutch presented the keynote address at a symposium on the American Civil Rights Movement held at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in the United States on the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, 9 April 1865. It was also the 50th anniversary of the "Summer Community Organization and Political Education" project (SCOPE), which was sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), founded and led by Martin Luther King, Jr. Richard volunteered for the SCOPE project in rural counties in Alabama and Louisiana in the summer of 1965. The project spearheaded a massive voter registration drive throughout the South after "Bloody Sunday," the violent racial conflict that occurred at the beginning of the Selma to Montgomery march on March 7th that year. Through the efforts of SCOPE volunteers and others, who often faced life-threatening incidents of racial violence (as Richard himself did), the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was finally passed by the American Congress and signed by the President in August. The keynote address at Gettysburg College presented Richard's experiences in the South during his harrowing time there. He was honoured by his alma mater on the occasion with the establishment of an archive in his name in the Musselman Library at Gettysburg College, including the journal he kept during his summer in the South and other unique materials from the Civil Rights Movement. It can be noted at the town of Gettysburg was the site where the Civil War "Battle of Gettysburg" took place in July, 1863. Northern Union troops pushed the Southern Confederate troops from their so-called "high-water mark" back south across the Mason-Dixon Line (which separated "slave" states from "free" states, and was drawn on maps just beyond the southern border of the state of Pennsylvania near Gettysburg). The battle represented the beginning of the end of the Civil War, with the final defeat of the Confederacy by Abraham Lincoln's Union Army two years later on 9 April, 1865 at 3:15 in the afternoon, when church bells rang out throughout the North.

Associate Professor Hutch was the Director of Studies for the Faculty of Arts (2001-05) and Head of the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics (2005-08) at the University of Queensland. Before taking up his appointment at UQ in 1978, he was Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Southern Illinois University in the United States (1974-78). He graduated from Gettysburg College (BA, 1967), Yale University (BD, 1970) and the University of Chicago (MA, 1971; PhD, 1974).

Dr Daniel Liang-Dar Hwang is a genetic epidemiologist and statistical geneticist by training. His research interests include sensory nutrition, causal modelling, and personalized nutrition. Dr Hwang applies statistical models to big data to understand genetic and environmental factors contributing to individual differences in taste and olfactory perception and their relationship with dietary behaviour and chronic conditions (See his research in The Conversation and InSight+). He develops methods for increasing statistical power for gene discovery, estimating intergenerational causal relationships, and personalized intervention. He also works with clinicians to investigate impaired chemosensory perception in cancer patients and COVID-19.

Daniel has a B.Sc from the National Taiwan University, majoring in Biochemical Science and Technology, and an M.Biotech from the University of Pennsylvania. Following graduation, he worked as a research technician in Danielle Reed's lab at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, where he first developed a keen interest in genetics and chemosensory perception. Later, he was awarded scholarships to complete an M.Sc in Nutrition at the University of Washington, under the supervision of Glen Duncan, and a PhD in Genetic Epidemiology at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, under the supervision of Nicholas Martin and Margaret Wright. He then joined David Evans's group as a postdoc at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (now the Frazer Institute). Dr Hwang is an ARC DECRA Fellow at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience. He is also an Affiliated Scientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center.

Dr Hwang has published more than 60 peer-reviewed publications. His work has been cited in international health policy guidelines and a WHO report on the intervention for childhood obesity, as well as in a global patent for personalized wine selection. He is on the editorial boards of BMC Medicine and Twin Research and Human Genetics. Dr Hwang is a Leadership Team member of the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research, a global initiative to understand the relationship between smell loss and COVID-19 and foster the advancement of chemosensory science. He currently leads an international collaborative project investigating the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations on long-COVID symptoms. Dr Hwang is a member of the National Committee for Nutrition of the Australian Academy of Science. He contributes to the implementation of the decadal plan for the science of nutrition in Australia.

Dr Dominic Hyde’s research interests include: philosophical logic, formal logic and metaphysics.

Dr Hyde holds a PhD from the Australian National University and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy.

He studied mathematics and philosophy at the University of Western Australia before moving to the Research School of Social Sciences at The Australian National University to work on his doctorate with the late Richard Sylvan (formerly Richard Routley). After teaching Philosophy there for a few years, Dr Hyde moved to the Philosophy Department at the University of Queensland in 1997 where he currently teaches introductory philosophy, logic and critical reasoning.

Mel’s research uses social and health psychology theories to understand altruistic behaviour such as donating substances of human origin (e.g., organs/tissue, blood, breast milk). Mel has worked in research roles for over a decade in academic and non-profit organisations and has undertaken competitive university and industry-based research fellowships which focused on mitigating social or health problems. Mel is particularly interested in applied research that contributes to solving real world problems. She has over 100 peer-reviewed publications including many focused on blood donation, milk donation, organ donation and communicating donation wishes as well as volunteering, other health behaviours that have been published in Health Psychology, Transfusion, Transfusion Medicine Reviews, Progress in Transplantation, Non-profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Psycho-Oncology, and Accident Analysis and Prevention.

Dr. David Hyland-Wood is a multi-disciplinary engineer based in Brisbane, Australia. He is currently inventing next generation blockchain solutions for enterprise use and space exploration within the PegaSys division of ConsenSys. In 2018, he led the acquisition of pioneering space technology company Planetary Resources for ConsenSys, and led the creation of the first international blockchain standard, the Enterprise Ethereum Client Specification by the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. David serves as Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at The University of Queensland. He advises several Australian space startup companies in Queensland and New South Wales.

Jayden is an environmental engineer and scientist focusing on the assessment and management of impacts from human activities on biodiversity and ecosystems. His postdoctoral research, as part of an Australian Research Council Discovery Project, informs ecologically responsible mining of critical energy transition minerals. Currently, his work involves modelling global mineral supply to meet future demand for decarbonisation, aiming to inform decisions that mitigate the impacts of mining on biodiversity and ecosystem services.

His PhD investigated the potential impacts of the nascent deep-sea mining industry on remote and data-limited ecosystems in the Pacific. In collaboration with a CSIRO-led consortium, he developed an integrated ecosystem assessment and adaptive management framework. Jayden has broad interests in ecosystem modelling, environmental impact assessment, environmental management, and conservation decision making.

am a chemical engineer at The University of Queensland specialising in electrochemical engineering, carbon dioxide conversion and transport phenomena. My research combines experimental investigation, electrochemical diagnostics and computer modelling to understand how materials and operating conditions influence the performance of technologies that use electricity to drive chemical reactions.

My current work focuses on CO2 electrolysis, which converts carbon dioxide into useful chemical products. I investigate gas diffusion electrodes and membrane electrode assemblies, examining how chemical reactions, water distribution and the movement of gases and ions interact to determine efficiency and operational stability.

I use electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to probe processes inside operating devices, alongside multiphysics modelling to explain experimental observations and evaluate potential improvements. A central theme of my work is connecting behaviour at electrode surfaces with the performance of the complete reactor. My broader interests include electrocatalysis, electrochemical reaction engineering, reactor design and reliable methods for assessing emerging technologies.

I hold a PhD in Chemical Engineering from The University of Queensland. Alongside my research, I contribute to chemical engineering teaching and student supervision, supporting the development of practical skills in experimentation, modelling and engineering analysis.

Dr Mohammad Zafar Imam is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Integrated Preclinical Drug Development (CIPDD) which is a University of Queensland (UQ) Tier 2 Research Infrastructure Centre located in the School of Biomedical Sciences. His specialisation includes development of rodent disease models using different surgical techniques, behavioural pharmacological readouts, and toxicity study to facilitate new drug development process. He has published 31 articles in high impact journals and 1 book chapter.