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We offer a diverse range of postgraduate research projects that come with living stipend scholarships.
Scholarship-funded research projects
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Interactions of organic components in process water with gold
Investigate how organic components in process water adsorb on gold surfaces and then interact with collectors used in gold flotation and lixiviants used in gold leaching.
- Supervisor
- Professor Yongjun Peng
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Investigating novel factors that can inhibit the formation of stroke-prone vascular malformations
This project will investigate novel factors that can dampen progression of stroke-inducing vascular malformations. We will combine in vivo live imaging in zebrafish with human 3D micro-vessels on a chip.
- Supervisor
- Dr Anne Lagendijk
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences
Materials design for electrochemical CO2 capture
To design and test new advanced materials that can capture carbon dioxide using electrochemical means.
- Supervisor
- Dr Mike Tebyetekerwa
- Location
- UQ St Lucia Campus
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences
On Transferability of Machine Learning Models
This project aims to improve safety, transferability, and robustness in deep learning models. This project will be part the Data Science Research Group at the University of Queensland located in Brisbane.
- Supervisor
- Dr Mahsa Baktashmotlagh
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Providing evidence to guide public health messages during bushfire smoke events
Explore environmental, occupational and household exposure measurements before, during, and after bushfire smoke events.
- Supervisor
- Dr Dwan Vilcins
- Location
- Child Health Research Centre/ South Brisbane
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences, Health sciences
RECARD: REducing hospital re-admission for high-risk CARDiology patients
Work with a team to develop and validate a risk prediction tool for 30-day medication-related hospital readmissions, to help clinicians identify high-risk patients.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Michael Barras
- Location
- Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Safe geological storage of carbon dioxide to reach net zero
Build up an understanding of how aquifer hydro geochemistry may change if stored carbon dioxide leaks. This will enable monitoring, mitigation, and protection of Great Artesian Basin aquifers.
- Supervisor
- Dr Julie Pearce
- Location
- UQ St Lucia Campus
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Earth sciences, Environmental sciences
Structural basis of signalling in innate immunity pathways
TIR (Toll/interleukin-1 receptor) domains in Toll-like receptors and related pathways initiate cytoplasmic signaling after the receptor is activated. The project will study assemblies formed by TIR domains.
- Supervisor
- Professor Bostjan Kobe
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences
Structure and tectonics of the Marlborough and Rockhampton ultramafic massifs
Unravel the origin of ultramafic rocks. Through detailed mapping and cutting-edge analytical techniques, the project will test whether these rocks are relics of an ancient ocean.
- Supervisor
- Professor Gideon Rosenbaum
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Earth sciences
Taming the chaos in next-generation lasers
Decipher the transient spatio-temporal dynamics of lasers that form the technological backbone of telecommunications, self-driving cars, precision manufacturing and consumer electronics.
- Supervisor
- Dr Martin Ploschner
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences