We're here to support you with your higher degree by research (HDR). 

General enquiries

Phone: +61 7 3346 0503 (9.00am - 4.00pm)
Email: graduateschool@uq.edu.au

Monday to Friday 8.30am-4.30pm AEST

Location

    Level 6, John Hines Building (62)
    The University of Queensland
    St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia

    Student appointments

    The Graduate School offers Progression, Thesis, and HDR Liaison Officer appointments.

    Log in to Student Hub with your student ID and select from the appointment list.

    Book an appointment

    Below you will find contact information for your Director of Higher Degree Research (DHDR). You can contact your DHDR about academic oversight within your enrolling unit.

    Health

    SchoolDirector of Higher Degree ResearchGeneral enquiriesHDR student representatives

    School of Dentistry

    Dr Jaya Seneviratne
    jaya.seneviratne@uq.edu.au
    hdr.dentistry@enquire.uq.edu.auEnmao Xiang

    School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences

    Professor Piers Dawes
    p.dawes@uq.edu.au

    hdr.shrs@enquire.uq.edu.auNayomi Ranathunga

    School of Human Movement & Nutrition Sciences

    Professor Lauren Ball
    lauren.ball@uq.edu.au
    hdr.hmns@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Zoe Bauer

    Rohan Irving

    Callum Davies

    Heidi Meyer

    School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work

    Dr Maree Petersen
    m.petersen@uq.edu.au
    hdr.nmsw@enquire.uq.edu.auDimple Bharwani

    School of Pharmacy

    Associate Professor Peter Moyle
    p.moyle@uq.edu.au
    hdr.pharmacy@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Liam Kreuger

    Belinda Moore (QAEHS)

    School of Psychology

    Associate Professor Ada Kritikos
    a.kritikos@psy.uq.edu.au

    hdr.psychology@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Caitlin McClure-Thomas

    Rong Han

    Alicia Jones

    Ye Zhang

    Queensland Brain Institute

    Professor Thomas Burne
    t.burne@uq.edu.au
    hdr.qbi@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Bradley Connor

    Elise Kellett

    Faculty of Medicine - School of Biomedical SciencesAssociate Professor Michael Piper
    m.piper@uq.edu.au
    hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au 
    Faculty of Medicine - Child Health Research CentreAssociate Professor Graham Leggatt
    g.leggatt@uq.edu.au
    hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au 
    Faculty of Medicine - Centre for Health Services ResearchAssociate Professor Graham Leggatt
    g.leggatt@uq.edu.au
    hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au 
    Faculty of Medicine - School of Public HealthDr Megan Ferguson
    megan.ferguson@uq.edu.au
    hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au 
    Faculty of Medicine - UQ Poche CentreDr Megan Ferguson
    megan.ferguson@uq.edu.au
    hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au 
    Faculty of Medicine - UQCCRAssociate Professor Amy McCart Reed
    amy.reed@uq.edu.au
    hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au 
    Faculty of Medicine - QIMRBAssociate Professor Amy McCart Reed
    amy.reed@uq.edu.au
    hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au 
    Faculty of Medicine - Frazer InstituteProfessor Nikolas Haass
    n.haass1@uq.edu.au
    hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.auWendy Kao
    Faculty of Medicine - MRI-UQ and Mater Clinical UnitAssociate Professor Paul Dawson
    paul.dawson@mater.uq.edu.au
    hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au 
    Faculty of Medicine - UQ Medical School and Clinical UnitsAssociate Professor Deborah Askew
    d.askew@uq.edu.au

    hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au

     

    Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Business

    SchoolDirector of Higher Degree ResearchGeneral enquiriesHDR student representatives

    School of Business

    Professor Peter Popkowski-Leszczyc
    p.popkowski@business.uq.edu.au

    hdr.business@enquire.uq.edu.au

     

    School of Economics

    Associate Professor Lana Friesen
    l.friesen@uq.edu.au

    hdr.economics@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Nicolas Umashev

    School of Law

    Associate Professor Justine Bell-James
    j.bell-james@law.uq.edu.au

    hdr.law@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Rose Foster

    School of Communication and Arts

    Associate Professor Venero Armanno
    v.armanno@uq.edu.au
    hdr.commarts@enquire.uq.edu.auBianca Millroy

    School of Education

    Associate Professor Shiralee Poed
    s.poed@uq.edu.au
    hdr.education@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Antoinette Cole

    Daniel Taylor-Griffiths

    Jonathan Brazil

    School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry

    Associate Professor Joel Katzav
    j.katzav@uq.edu.au
    hdr.hapi@enquire.uq.edu.auShannon Ross

    Institute for Social Science Research

    Dr Rennie Lee
    rennie.lee@uq.edu.au
    hdr.issr@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Iryna Kolesnikova

    Dan Richard Diaz Fernandez

    Josi Tabosa

    Elizabeth Hitches

    School of Languages and Cultures

    Dr Kayoko Hashimoto
    k.hashimoto@uq.edu.au
    hdr.languagesandcultures@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Sonia Broad

    Nicholas Hugman

    School of MusicAssociate Professor Julie Ballantyne
    j.ballantyne@uq.edu.au
    hdr.music@enquire.uq.edu.auSarah Maher
    School of Political Science and International StudiesAssociate Professor Sarah Percy
    s.percy@uq.edu.au
    hdr.polsis@enquire.uq.edu.au

    John Fowler

    Elisabeth Austrheim

    School of Social ScienceDr Kim de Rijke
    k.derijke@uq.edu.au
    hdr.socialscience@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Romy Gray

    Averil Martin

    Below you will find contact information for our key operational teams. Each team is responsible for different aspects of the HDR journey.

    General enquiries

    HDR Liaison Team - Health

    HDR Liaison Team - Health (HABS, MED, QBI)

    Jodie Brennan (Team Leader)

    Charmaine Jensen
    Ligi George
    Louise Beardmore
    Angie Kahler
    Kelsey Park
    Yvette Machulka
    Ollie Sterling

    Mon-Fri 8:30am - 4:30pm

    Phone: +61 7 3443 1167

    When booking an appointment, you can choose an advisor from the dropdown list or a preferred appointment date and time from the calendar.

    Book an appointment

    School of Dentistry - hdr.dentistry@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences - hdr.shrs@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Human Movement & Nutrition Sciences - hdr.hmns@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work - hdr.nmsw@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Pharmacy - hdr.pharmacy@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Psychology - hdr.psychology@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Queensland Brain Institute - hdr.qbi@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Faculty of Medicine - hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au

    HDR Liaison Team - Engineering & Technology

    HDR Liaison Team - Engineering & Technology (EAIT, AIBN, SMI)

    Sally Goodwin (Team Leader) (on leave)
    Angie Kahler (Acting Team Leader)

    Laurie Sendra-Brown
    Tracey Miller
    Sarah Lewis
    Penny Storey
    Rebecca Argent
    Christina Zhou

    Mon-Fri 8:30am - 4:30pm

    Phone: +61 7 3443 1188

    When booking an appointment, you can choose an advisor from the dropdown list or a preferred appointment date and time from the calendar.

    Book an appointment

    School of Architecture, Design and Planning - hdr.adp@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Chemical Engineering - hdr.chemeng@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Civil Engineering - hdr.civileng@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science - hdr.eecs@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering - hdr.mechmining@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology - hdr.aibn@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Sustainable Minerals Institute - hdr.smi@enquire.uq.edu.au

    HDR Liaison Team - Science

    HDR Liaison Team - Science (Science, QAAFI, IMB)

    Amanda Carozzi (Team Leader)

    Churan Dai
    Yuxin Yang
    Lauren Reabel
    Phani Kumari
    Quinn Zhao
    Anne-Marie Paroz

    Mon-Fri 8:30am - 4:30pm

    Phone: +61 7 3443 1175

    When booking an appointment, you can choose an advisor from the dropdown list or a preferred appointment date and time from the calendar.

    Book an appointment

    School of Agriculture & Food Sustainability - hdr.agfs@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences - hdr.scmb@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of the Environment - hdr.senv@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Mathematics & Physics - hdr.smp@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Veterinary Science - hdr.vet@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation - hdr.qaafi@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Institute for Molecular Bioscience - hdr.imb@enquire.uq.edu.au

    HDR Liaison Team - Humanities, Arts, Social Science & Business

    HDR Liaison Team - Humanities, Arts, Social Science & Business (HASS, BEL, ISSR)

    Alison Pike (Team Leader)

    Diana Marsh
    Lindsay Muller
    Alexandra Hutchinson
    Luna Xing
    Alannah Filer

    Mon-Fri 8:30am - 4:30pm

    Phone: +61 7 3443 1192

    When booking an appointment, you can choose an advisor from the dropdown list or a preferred appointment date and time from the calendar.

    Book an appointment

    School of Business - hdr.business@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Economics - hdr.economics@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Law - hdr.law@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Communication and Arts - hdr.commarts@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Education - hdr.education@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry - hdr.hapi@enquire.uq.edu.au

    Institute for Social Science Research - hdr.issr@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Languages  and Cultures - hdr.languagesandcultures@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Music - hdr.music@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Political Science and International Studies - hdr.polsis@enquire.uq.edu.au

    School of Social Science - hdr.socialscience@enquire.uq.edu.au

    HDR Administration Team

    Email: graduateschool@uq.edu.au

    Marly Dein - Team Leader
    Shradha Dwivedi - Team Leader
    Christie Viggers - Senior HAO
    Jo Wong - Senior HAO
    HDR Administration Officers (HAO)

    Kaitlin Blockley
    Lucie Breingan
    Rosie Clarke
    Natalie Cowley
    Alison Cubbin
    Chris Ende
    Mimi Hoang
    Christian Long
    Kasia Lorenc
    Simone Magnabosco
    Marie Morcom
    Pla Ngamyunyong
    Johanna Torres

    Engagement and Development Team

    The Graduate School's Engagement & Development team looks after a wide range of events and activities that enhance the HDR experience at UQ. These include the Career Development Framework (CDF), placements, the 3MT competition, careers advice, and orientation.

    Staff memberPositionWork days
    Anneliese BerglindManager, Engagement & DevelopmentM - F
    Andrew SchnellEngagement & Development Communications CoordinatorM - F
    Margaret GiebelsEngagement & Development OfficerM T W
    Amanda LeeEngagement & Development OfficerM Th F
    Dr Sophie MillerDevelopment CoordinatorM - F
    Nathaly QuinteroHDR Placements CoordinatorM - F
    Dr Rachael PittHDR Careers AdvisorM T W
    Samantha SmithEngagement & Development CoordinatorM - F
    Ashley SmithEngagement OfficerM - F
    Laura CampbellEngagement OfficerM - F

    +61 7 3346 0503

    graduateschool@uq.edu.au

    Indigenous Researcher Development

    Mary Waria
    Administration Officer

    graduateschool@uq.edu.au

    3MT - Three Minute Thesis Competition

    Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) celebrates the exciting research conducted by PhD students around the world. Developed by UQ, the competition cultivates participants’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills.

    3MT@uq.edu.au

    Visit the 3MT website

    Global Change Scholars Program

    The Global Change Scholars Program is an initiative designed to produce research leaders who will possess deep understanding of global trends, the challenges and opportunities they present, and an awareness of how to drive the changes necessary for us to build sustainable futures.

    Dr Skye Doherty, Global Change Scholars Program coordinator
    +61 7 3346 0503

    graduateschool@uq.edu.au

    Learn more about the Global Change Scholars Program

    Wonder of Science

    Wonder of Science Program promotes a STEM culture in Queensland schools. Wonder of Science's Young Science Ambassadors are selected PhD candidates who visit participating schools, working with students on challenging tasks and supporting them in STEM development.

    Kaylene Butler, Program Manager
    +61 7 3443 1195

    k.butler3@uq.edu.au

    Visit the Wonder of Science website

    Contact the Executive Assistant in the first instance if you would like an appointment with a member of the Graduate School's Executive.

    Executive Assistant

    Danielle Lefebvre

    +61 7 3346 0503
     exec.assist@gradschool.uq.edu.au

    Dean

    Professor Virginia SlaughterHeadshot of Prof Virginia Slaughter

    +61 7 3346 0503

    dean@gradschool.uq.edu.au

    Researcher biography

    Virginia Slaughter is Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland, Australia, where she founded the Early Cognitive Development Centre. Her research focuses on social and cognitive development in infants and young children, with particular emphasis on social behaviour in infancy, theory-of-mind development and the acquisition of peer interaction skills. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.

    Deputy Dean (Acting)

    Professor Kim WilkinsPortrait headshot of Kim Wilkins

    +61 7 3443 1176

    deputydean@gradschool.uq.edu.au

    Researcher biography

    Kim Wilkins is a recognised expert on creative practice, popular literature, and the publishing industry. She is the author of more than 30 full-length works of fiction, and her work is translated into more than 20 languages globally. Her scholarly research centres on creative communities, such as writing groups and fan cultures. She is most recently the author of Genre Worlds: Popular Fiction and 21st-Century Book Culture (with Beth Driscoll and Lisa Fletcher), which outlines a new theory for understanding popular fiction through its related industrial, social, and textual pleasures and processes. Kim is also passionate about interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration and methodologies, and has worked with the Commonwealth Department of Defence and with the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) on technology foresight, using skills drawn from science fiction and fantasy writing.

    Deputy Dean (on leave)

    Professor Pierre BenckendorffHeadshot of Prof Pierre Benckendorff

    +61 7 3346 0503

    deputydean@gradschool.uq.edu.au

    Researcher biography

    Professor Benckendorff is an award-winning educator and researcher specialising in tourism, technology, design, higher education and training. He completed both his undergraduate and postgraduate training at James Cook University, where he was awarded a University Medal. He was awarded a national citation for contributions to student learning in 2007.

    Over the last two decades, Pierre has also been actively involved in a number of academic and industry research projects totalling over AUD 1 million in grant funding. He has also worked with state government and tourism operators on a number of regional projects. He has co-authored over 100 publications in leading international journals and is a regular speaker at tourism research conferences. Pierre is on the editorial board of several leading academic journals and is a regular reviewer of papers. He has also co-authored one of the leading textbooks on tourism and information technology. Pierre has a strong track record supervising honours, masters and PhD projects in tourism and education.

    Pierre has held several teaching and learning leadership positions at The University of Queensland and James Cook University in Australia. He is a former Chair of the Queensland Tourism Awards judging panel and a judge for the Australian Tourism Awards. His passion for travel and tourism has taken him to some of the world’s leading theme parks and airports, the major cities of Europe and North America, the African Savannah and the bustling streets of Asia. He has also travelled extensively throughout Australia and New Zealand.

    Director

    Belinda BernBelinda Bern

    +61 7 3346 0503

    directorgs@gradschool.uq.edu.au

    Biography

    Belinda has over 10 years’ experience at UQ and has a background in education and research management. In her role as Director of the Graduate School she oversees and manages the development and delivery of research student services and processes for The University of Queensland.

    Prior to joining the Graduate School, Belinda was the Research Manager for the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology at UQ. Her strong communication and project management skills enabled her to achieve successful outcomes for the Faculty in the areas of research and research training. Previously Belinda has also worked in academic programs management and educational development roles and started her career as a secondary mathematics teacher. She holds a Bachelor of Mathematics, a Graduate Diploma in Education, and a Master of Educational Studies (Leadership).

    In the Graduate School, Belinda is working to further enhance UQ’s reputation for quality and excellence in research training through the development and delivery of key strategic initiatives.

    Deputy Director (HDR Governance)

    Dr Daniel Walker

    +61 7 3346 0503

    deputydirector@gradschool.uq.edu.au

    Senior Manager (HDR Administration)

    Leanne Brennan

    +61 7 3346 0503

    graduateschool@uq.edu.au

    Senior Manager (HDR Development)

    Kate Swanson

    +61 7 3346 0503

    graduateschool@uq.edu.au

    Strategy and Partnerships

    Business Analyst

    Sam Ferguson
    +61 7 3346 0514
    graduateschool@uq.edu.au

    Higher Degree by Research Partnerships Manager

    Leonard Fitzpatrick
    +61 7 3365 3477
    agreements@gradschool.uq.edu.au

    HDR Partnerships Coordinator

    Deborah McDonald
    +61 7 3346 0533
    agreements@gradschool.uq.edu.au