Victoria Fellows from 1998

2011

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Mr Liang Chen	To collaborate with leading scientists about technology to improve the quality of internet transmissions.
Dr Mandy de Souza	To continue research into new surface finishes for the next generation of environmentally friendly cars.
Dr Darren Hutchinson	To undertake specialist training with the aim of establishing a world-class Foetal Cardiology Unit in Victoria providing counselling, diagnosis and training.
Dr Brett Paterson	To be trained in the use of copper-64 radiotracers and to test a suite of tools he has developed for use in detecting early stage cancer.
Ms Jaclyn Pearson	To investigate the interaction between E.coli bacteria and human cells.
Dr Jean-Pierre Veder	To investigate environmentally friendly solvents for use in aluminium production.

2010

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Suzanne Ftouni	To test Optalert’s use in the detection and prevention of drowsy drivers.
Dr Matthew Hill	To further research materials to store carbon dioxide safely and efficiently.
Dr Baohua Jia	To further develop solar cells that can cheaply and efficiently convert solar energy into electricity.
Dr Michelle Ma	To continue testing molecular compounds developed for use in detecting early stage cancer.
Denise Miles	To continue investigating the cause of testis cancer, the incidence of which has doubled worldwide since 1982.
Dr Sant-Rayn Pasricha	To work with the World Health Organisation on global policy development for iron deficiency anaemia which affects 1 billion people worldwide.

2009

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Dr Ming Chen	To the USA to develop his research into printable solar cells.
Dr Chi Pok Cheung	To the USA and China to visit leading fire research laboratories to learn more about fire safety design and how to contain the spread of bushfires.
Dr Joanne Devlin	To the United Kingdom to research new vaccines to prevent and control herpes viruses in animals.
Dr Sally Gras	To industrial and research centres in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Europe to take a new look at cheese.
Dr Julianne Halley	To the USA and the United Kingdom to further her research into stem cell behaviour.
Dr Martin Leahy	To the USA and the United Kingdom to learn more about safe carbon capture and storage in a bid to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

2008

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Dr David Forrester	Improving the sustainability, productivity and value of Victorian Eucalyptus plantations.
Dr Amy Richards	The role of fat crystalline structure on rancidity of foods.
Dr Ian Majewski	Applying next-generation sequencing technology in cancer research.
Dr Adrian Orifici	Advancing frontiers in aerospace structures.
Dr Steven Pas	New imaging modality based on the measurement of positron annihilation processes with position sensitivity.
Dr Zhejun Pan	CO2 sequestration in coal and enhanced coalbed methane recovery

2007

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Dr Bryony Coleman	To develop techniques to restore the function of the auditory nerve which transmits sound information to the brain
Mr Luke Connal	To develop methods for improving magnetic nanoparticles to enhance medical procedures such as magnetic resonance imaging.
Mr Simon Craig	To visit North America to observe the way liquid fertilisers are handled on farms to improve adoption in Victoria.
Mr Hussein Jama	To visit South Africa and Norway to improve understanding of how tubular steel beams and columns respond to extreme loads such as those caused by bomb blasts or gas vapour or dust explosions.
Ms Erinna Lee	To learn new techniques and ideas for manipulating peptides in USA.
Mr Andrew Walter	To investigate the electronic and magnetic properties of nanometre thin metallic films to see if they are suitable for data storage applications, at advanced scientific institutes in Germany, UK and France.

2006

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Dr Bryan Fry	Investigating the therapeutic potential of bioactive natural products
Mr Hadi Lioe	Investigating the Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometer
Mr Tabbara Mohammad	Investigating the use of networked control systems in the automotive industry
Dr Paul Stoddart	Investigating laser based methods to measure chemical concentrations
Ms Fleur Tynan	Investigating advanced cellular imaging techniques
Ms Nicole van der Weerden	Investigating the activity of NaD1, a plant antimicrobial protein

2005

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Ms Flame Burgmann	To visit laboratories in the US and at the University of Oxford to use specialist microscopes to study the nanostructure and behaviour of thin films under a load
Ms Thanh Chau	To Bristol University to develop expertise in the use of a novel silicon oil emulsion system to advance her work on stabilisers and Innovative emulsion technology.
Dr Erika Cretney	To visit the USA to study the role of TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand, a cell-surface protein) in suppressing the growth and spread of tumours
Dr Whitney Macdonald	To visit the Howard Hughes Medical Center in Colorado to undertake training in a novel new technique focusing on T-cell mediated rejection of organ transplants
Ms Hayley Newton	To investigate the function of three genes thought to be involved in mechanisms used by bacteria to cause Legionnaire’s disease
Mr John Papandriopoulos	To view US test bed facilities, learn new techniques and set up new international research collaborations for Wireless Sensor Networks

2004

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Mr Daniel Scott	To follow up on work investigating relaxin antagonists with international collaborators and leading researchers at Stanford University in USA
Ms Tamara Boyd	To visit key overseas regions and practitioners of groundwater trading models to learn how to best develop Victoria’s groundwater market
Dr Serryn Eagleson	To meet and address international experts in boundary design, statistical analysis and sustainable development in Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Japan to improving Melbourne’s boundary design
Mr Richard Barber	To visit leading research and commercial organisations in Germany, the United States, Singapore and Canada, in microfabrication using synchrotron radiation; identify the commercial implications for the micronanotechnology field and for Victoria.
Mr Micah Atkin	Visit overseas micro-technology manufacturing facilities and research organisations to learn about commercial-scale micro-technology manufacturing best practice.
Dr Flora Wong	Spatially Revolved Spectroscopy to measure brain tissue oxygen index in low birth weight babies.

2003

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Mr Dan Billing	Sports engineering.
Ms Sandra Haukka	Linking research training and innovation.
Ms Tanya Medley	Cardiovascular disease research.
Dr Arnan Mitchell	Photonics research.
Ms Tam Vuong	Safe use of medicines.
Dr Bartek Wydrowski	Internet performance technology.

2002

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Ms Tracey Bessell	Cost-effectiveness of medicines
Ms Danielle Forster	Hearing aid innovations
Dr Minh Nguyen	Advanced composite materials
Mrs Rachael Prince	Modelling discoloured drinking water
Dr Gary Rosengarten	Micro and nanotechnology
Dr Cindy Yap	Blood clot formation

2001

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Mr Wayne Burton	Canola oilseeds breeding
Dr Phillip Crothers	Robotic manufacturing systems
Dr Paul Cullen	Leptospirosis vaccine components
Dr Suhasini Kulkarni	Blood clot formation
Dr Fiona Sofra	Mining waste disposal
Dr Wenyi Wang	Helicopter gearbox fault diagnosis

2000

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Dr Johanna Barry	Cross-linguistic speech acquisition
Dr Leonid Churilov	Business systems and operations research
Dr Christopher Fluke	Virtual reality technology
Dr Michael Halford	Growth factor research
Ms Agnes Ho	Membrane technology
Dr Anthony Ladson	Environmental adaptive management

1999

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Dr Katrina Allen	Liver cell transplantation
Dr Fraser Cameron	Mobile telecommunications
Dr Paul Dietze	Heroin overdose prevention
Ms Sacha Dopheide	Blood clot formation
Ms Liza Maimone	Greenhouse gas policy
Dr Colin Nexhip	Metal smelting chemistry

1998

Fellowship winners	Research areas
Ms Angela Corrie	Grapevine pest Phylloxera
Mr Mitchell Lennard	Mobile satellite communications
Dr Cait MacPhee	Molecular mechanisms of protein misfolding
Mr Mitchell Shaw	3D virtual environments
Dr Joseph Sofra	Alternative smelting technologies
Dr Ross Waller	Chloroplast function in malarial parasite

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