Contact the Graduate School
We're here to support you with your higher degree by research (HDR).
General enquiries
Phone: +61 7 3346 0503 (Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm AEST)
Email: graduateschool@uq.edu.au
For guidance and support please refer to the HDR Support Map
Location
Level 6, John Hines Building (62)
The University of Queensland
St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia
We are open for visits Monday to Friday 9.00am-4.00pm AEST
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.
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
| School | Director of Higher Degree Research | General enquiries | HDR student representatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Jaya Seneviratne jaya.seneviratne@uq.edu.au | hdr.dentistry@enquire.uq.edu.au | Enmao Xiang | |
Professor Jenny Fleming Professor Piers Dawes | hdr.shrs@enquire.uq.edu.au | Nayomi Ranathunga | |
| Dr Michalis Stylianou m.stylianou@uq.edu.au | hdr.hmns@enquire.uq.edu.au | Zoe Bauer Rohan Irving Callum Davies Heidi Meyer | |
| Dr Maree Petersen m.petersen@uq.edu.au | hdr.nmsw@enquire.uq.edu.au | Dimple Bharwani Sarah Walker | |
| Associate Professor Peter Moyle p.moyle@uq.edu.au | hdr.pharmacy@enquire.uq.edu.au | Liam Kreuger Belinda Moore (QAEHS) | |
Associate Professor Melissa Day | hdr.psychology@enquire.uq.edu.au |
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| Professor Thomas Burne t.burne@uq.edu.au | hdr.qbi@enquire.uq.edu.au | Bradley Connor Elise Kellett | |
| School of Biomedical Sciences | Associate Professor Taylor Dick t.dick@uq.edu.au | Shoshana Chandra Sarah Wilkey Benjamin Quick | |
| Child Health Research Centre | Dr Kelvin Tuong z.tuong@uq.edu.au | ||
| Centre for Health Services Research | Professor Jason Pole dhdr_chsr@uq.edu.au | ||
| School of Public Health | Dr Megan Ferguson megan.ferguson@uq.edu.au | ||
| Poche Centre for Indigenous Health | Dr Megan Ferguson megan.ferguson@uq.edu.au | ||
| Centre for Clinical Research | Associate Professor Amy McCart Reed amy.reed@uq.edu.au | ||
| QIMR Berghofer | Associate Professor Amy McCart Reed amy.reed@uq.edu.au | ||
| Frazer Institute | Professor Nikolas Haass n.haass1@uq.edu.au | Wendy Kao | |
| MRI-UQ and Mater Clinical Unit | Associate Professor Paul Dawson paul.dawson@mater.uq.edu.au | ||
| UQ Medical School and Clinical Units | Associate Professor Bernadette Richards bernadette.richards@uq.edu.au |
Engineering and technology
| School | Director of Higher Degree Research | General enquiries | HDR student representatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Sebastien Darchen s.darchen@uq.edu.au | hdr.adp@enquire.uq.edu.au | Lu Jin | |
| Professor Bronwyn Laycock b.laycock@uq.edu.au | hdr.chemeng@enquire.uq.edu.au | Sergio Garcia Joya | |
| Dr Jiwon Kim jiwon.kim@uq.edu.au | hdr.civileng@enquire.uq.edu.au |
Reza Abbasi | |
| Professor Shane Culpepper s.culpepper@uq.edu.au | hdr.eecs@enquire.uq.edu.au | Brendan Edmonds | |
| Dr David Gildfind d.gildfind@uq.edu.au | hdr.mechmining@enquire.uq.edu.au | Matthew Uren | |
| Associate Professor Idriss Blakey i.blakey@uq.edu.au | hdr.aibn@enquire.uq.edu.au | Raluca Ghebosu | |
| Dr Dion Weatherley d.weatherley@uq.edu.au | hdr.smi@enquire.uq.edu.au | Consuelo Garcia Zavala |
Science
| School | Director of Higher Degree Research | General enquiries | HDR student representatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Ammar Abdul Aziz a.abdulaziz@uq.edu.au | hdr.agfs@enquire.uq.edu.au | Kusumitha Shrinivasan (St Lucia) Mokaddes Ahmed Dipu (Gatton) | |
| Dr Evelyne Deplazes e.deplazes@uq.edu.au | hdr.scmb@enquire.uq.edu.au | Lauren Baade | |
| Dr Kelly Johnstone k.johnstone2@uq.edu.au | hdr.senv@enquire.uq.edu.au | Meikun Zhou Samantha Howitt | |
| Associate Professor Holger Baumgardt h.baumgardt@uq.edu.au | hdr.smp@enquire.uq.edu.au | Nicholas Zaunders | |
| Dr Gry Boe-Hansen g.boehansen@uq.edu.au | hdr.vet@enquire.uq.edu.au | Tasneem Imam | |
| Associate Professor Daniel Cozzolino d.cozzolino@uq.edu.au | hdr.qaafi@enquire.uq.edu.au | Abedin Abdallah | |
| Professor Matt Sweet m.sweet@imb.uq.edu.au | hdr.imb@enquire.uq.edu.au | Marise van der Spuy |
Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Business
| School | Director of Higher Degree Research | General enquiries | HDR student representatives |
|---|---|---|---|
Professor Stan Karanasios | Edidiong James (QUEX) | ||
Dr Eric Eisenstat | Nicolas Umashev | ||
Dr Joseph Lelliott | Rose Foster | ||
| Associate Professor Stephen Carleton s.carleton@uq.edu.au | hdr.commarts@enquire.uq.edu.au | Bianca Millroy | |
| Associate Professor Shiralee Poed s.poed@uq.edu.au | hdr.education@enquire.uq.edu.au | Ann Nguyen | |
| Associate Professor Patrick Jory p.jory@uq.edu.au | hdr.hapi@enquire.uq.edu.au | Shannon Ross | |
| Dr Rennie Lee rennie.lee@uq.edu.au | hdr.issr@enquire.uq.edu.au | Sophie Austerberry Elizabeth Hitches | |
| Dr Kayoko Hashimoto k.hashimoto@uq.edu.au | hdr.languagesandcultures@enquire.uq.edu.au | Aisha Aslam Fran Spinelli | |
| School of Music | Dr Graeme Morton g.morton@uq.edu.au | hdr.music@enquire.uq.edu.au | Sarah Maher Yujie Wang |
| School of Political Science and International Studies | Associate Professor Sarah Percy s.percy@uq.edu.au | hdr.polsis@enquire.uq.edu.au | John Fowler Elisabeth Austrheim |
| School of Social Science | Dr Kim de Rijke k.derijke@uq.edu.au | hdr.socialscience@enquire.uq.edu.au | Anne Dighton |
Below you will find contact information for our key operational teams. Each team is responsible for different aspects of the HDR journey.
General enquiries
+61 7 3346 0503
Graduate Research Coordinator Team - Health
Graduate Research Coordinator Team - Health (HMBS)
Sally Goodwin (Team Leader) Louise Beardmore 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. | 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 School of Public Health (SPH) - hdr.sph@enquire.uq.edu.au School of Biomedical Sciences (SBMS) - hdr.sbms@enquire.uq.edu.au Medical School - hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au Child Health Research Centre (CHRC) - hdr.chrc@enquire.uq.edu.au Frazer Institute - hdr.fi@enquire.uq.edu.au UQ Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR) - hdr.uqccr@enquire.uq.edu.au QIMR Berghofer (QIMRB) - hdr.uqccr@enquire.uq.edu.au Mater Research Institute-UQ (MRI-UQ) - hdr.mri@enquire.uq.edu.au Centre for Health - hdr.chsr@enquire.uq.edu.au Poche Centre for Indigenous Health - hdr.sph@enquire.uq.edu.au |
Graduate Research Coordinator Team - Engineering & Technology
Graduate Research Coordinator Team - Engineering & Technology (EAIT, AIBN, SMI)
Penny Storey (Team Leader) Nicholas Archer 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. | 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 |
Graduate Research Coordinator Team - Science
HDR Liaison Team - Science (Science, QAAFI, IMB)
Amanda Carozzi (Team Leader) Kaitlin Blockley 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. | 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 |
Graduate Research Coordinator Team - Humanities, Arts, Social Science & Business
Graduate Research Coordinator Team - Humanities, Arts, Social Science & Business (HASS, BEL, ISSR)
Alison Pike (Team Leader) Frances Black 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. | 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 |
Admissions, Scholarships and Partnerships Team
Email: graduateschool@uq.edu.au
| Leanne Brennan - Senior Manager, Graduate Research Policy and Administration Shradha Dwivedi - Team Leader, Admissions and Scholarships |
| Senior Admissions Officers |
|---|
| Jo Wong Natalie Cowley Lucy Breingan Kasia Lorenc Christie Viggers |
| Admissions Officers |
| Pla Ngamyunyong Susan Ben Dekhil William Cheng Chris Ende Eloise Thomson |
| Partnerships |
| Chris Gibbons - Senior Coordinator, HDR Partnerships Amanda Lee - Senior HDR Partnerships Officers Diogo De Sousa Quilice Dias - HDR Partnerships Officer |
HDR Experience Team
The Graduate School's HDR Experience 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, and orientation.
| Staff member | Position |
|---|---|
| Angie Kahler | Senior Coordinator, Career Development |
| Margaret Giebels | Career Development Officer |
| Nathaly Quinteor | Industry Placements Coordinator |
| Laura Campbell | Industry Placements Officer |
| Samantha Smith | Candidate Experience Coordinator |
| Mary Waria | Graduate Research Officer (Indigenous Research Development) |
+61 7 3346 0503
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.
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
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
Contact the Executive Coordinator in the first instance if you would like an appointment with a member of the Graduate School's Executive.
Executive Coordinator
Danielle Lefebvre
+61 7 3346 0503
exec.assist@gradschool.uq.edu.au
Dean
Professor Virginia Slaughter
+61 7 3346 0503
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
Professor 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, Reform Project (Interim)
Strategic Projects
Senior Manager, Business Improvement
Sam Ferguson
+61 7 3346 0514
graduateschool@uq.edu.au
Service Improvement Officer
Kathryn O'Halloran
+61 7 3346 0503
graduateschool@uq.edu.au
Enquiries Officers
Kate Belladonna
Simone Magnabosco
+61 7 3346 0503
graduateschool@uq.edu.au