Contact the Graduate Research 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: graduateresearchschool@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
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. Your Graduate Research Coordinator (GRC) can help with most other enquiries.
Health
| School | Director of Higher Degree Research | Graduate Research Coordinator General GRC enquiries StudentHub link | HDR student representatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Jaya Seneviratne jaya.seneviratne@uq.edu.au | Ligi George | Saraswat Basu | |
Professor Jenny Fleming Professor Piers Dawes | Saffron Riyat | Vacant | |
| Dr Michalis Stylianou hmns.hdrdirector@uq.edu.au | Viviane Silva | Zoe Bauer Rohan Irving Callum Davies Heidi Meyer | |
Dr Jacqueline Jauncey-Cooke | Viviane Silva | Dimple Bharwani Wewen Xu | |
| Associate Professor Peter Moyle p.moyle@uq.edu.au | Sharon Smith hdr.pharmacy@enquire.uq.edu.au StudentHub | Abdulfattah Al-Kadash (Pharmacy) Rango Feng (Pharmacy) Lily Pan (QAEHS) Marta Lopez Martinez (QAEHS) | |
Associate Professor Melissa Day | Yvette Machulka |
Catherine Mann Yan Yee Lee | |
| Professor Thomas Burne | Louise Beardmore |
| |
| School of Biomedical Sciences | Associate Professor Richard Clark richard.clark@uq.edu.au | Louise Beardmore | Cooper Atterton Liam Griffiths Sarah Wilkey |
| Child Health Research Centre | Dr Kelvin Tuong z.tuong@uq.edu.au | ||
| School of Public Health | Dr Greg Mielke g.ivenmielke@uq.edu.au | Ligi George | Germaine Lai |
| Poche Centre for Indigenous Health | Dr Greg Mielke g.ivenmielke@uq.edu.au | Ligi George | Germaine Lai |
| QIMR Berghofer | Associate Professor Amy McCart Reed amy.reed@uq.edu.au | Kelsey Park | Agnes Carolin Thomas Kennedy Emily Vivian Bianca Naumann Nitsan Rotenberg |
| Frazer Institute | Professor Nikolas Haass Amy McCart Reed | Dutton Park candidates: Johanna Torres Dutton Park StudentHub Herston candidates: Kelsey Park Herston StudentHub | Wendy Kao |
| MRI-UQ and Mater Clinical Unit | Dr Kylie Alexander | Johanna Torres | Anastasia Gandini Jintao Guo Halimat Atanda Saee Zambre Max Thompson Alicja Andraszek Megan Weller |
| UQ Medical School and Clinical Units | Associate Professor Bernadette Richards Professor Jason Pole | Lindsay Muller | Vacant |
Engineering and technology
| School | Director of Higher Degree Research | Graduate Research Coordinator General GRC enquiries StudentHub link | HDR student representatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Sebastien Darchen s.darchen@uq.edu.au | Prascilla Prasad | Lu Jin | |
| Professor Bronwyn Laycock b.laycock@uq.edu.au | Tracey Miller | Sergio Garcia Joya | |
| Dr Jiwon Kim jiwon.kim@uq.edu.au | Christina Zhou |
Rongshu Gao | |
| Professor Shane Culpepper s.culpepper@uq.edu.au | Zoe Hellinikakis Nicholas Archer StudentHub (Zoe) Student Hub (Nicholas) | Brendan Edmonds | |
| Associate Professor David Gildfind d.gildfind@uq.edu.au | Sarah Lewis | James Orman Imogen Berridge | |
| Associate Professor Idriss Blakey i.blakey@uq.edu.au | Kasia Lorenc StudentHub | Raluca Ghebosu | |
| Dr Dion Weatherley d.weatherley@uq.edu.au | Dr Esther Fan StudentHub | Consuelo Garcia Zavala |
Science
| School | Director of Higher Degree Research | Graduate Research Coordinator General GRC enquiries StudentHub | HDR student representatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Risti Permani r.permani@uq.edu.au | Lauren Reabel | Kusumitha Shrinivasan (St Lucia) Mokaddes Ahmed Dipu (Gatton) | |
| Dr Evelyne Deplazes e.deplazes@uq.edu.au | Edith Kichamu | Lauren Baade | |
| Dr Kelly Johnstone k.johnstone2@uq.edu.au | Yuxin Yang | Meikun Zhou Samantha Howitt | |
| Associate Professor Holger Baumgardt h.baumgardt@uq.edu.au | Phani Kukmari Paritala | Nicholas Zaunders | |
| Dr Gry Boe-Hansen g.boehansen@uq.edu.au | Lauren Reabel | Tasneem Imam | |
| Associate Professor Daniel Cozzolino d.cozzolino@uq.edu.au | Abedin Abdallah | ||
| Professor Irina Vetter i.vetter@imb.uq.edu.au | Churan Dai | Marise van der Spuy |
Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Business
| School | Director of Higher Degree Research | Graduate Research Coordinator General GRC enquiries StudentHub link | HDR student representatives |
|---|---|---|---|
Professor Stan Karanasios | Christine Danga | Asha Worsteling | |
Dr Eric Eisenstat | Luna Xing | Imesha Waidyarathne | |
Dr Joseph Lelliott | Luna Xing | Simon Miller | |
| Associate Professor Stephen Carleton s.carleton@uq.edu.au | Frances Black | Bianca Millroy | |
| Associate Professor Shiralee Poed s.poed@uq.edu.au | Diana Marsh | Divya Khetarpal Thi Hong Dung Phan | |
| Associate Professor Patrick Jory p.jory@uq.edu.au | Alannah Filer | Paige Maguire | |
| Dr Rennie Lee rennie.lee@uq.edu.au | Laurie Sendra-Brown | Sophie Austerberry Elizabeth Hitches | |
| Dr Kayoko Hashimoto k.hashimoto@uq.edu.au | Diana Marsh | Aisha Aslam Chilmeg Eden | |
| School of Music | Dr Graeme Morton g.morton@uq.edu.au | Frances Black | Sarah Maher Yujie Wang |
| School of Political Science and International Studies | Associate Professor Heloise Weber h.weber@uq.edu.au | Alannah Filer | Aaron Magunna |
| School of Social Science | Associate Professor Alison Crowther a.crowther@uq.edu.au | Laurie Sendra-Brown | 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 to the GRS
+61 7 3346 0503
Graduate Research Coordinator Team - Health
Graduate Research Coordinator Team - Health (HMBS)
Sally Goodwin (Team Leader) Louise Beardmore Mon-Fri 9am – 4pm 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)
Penny Storey (Team Leader) Nicholas Archer Mon-Fri 9am – 4pm 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
Graduate Research Coordinator team - Science (Science, QAAFI, IMB)
Amanda Carozzi (Team Leader) Kaitlin Blockley Mon-Fri 9am – 4pm Phone: +61 7 3446 0503 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 9am – 4pm 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 HDR admissions:
HMBS: GRS-hdradmissions-hmbs@uq.edu.au
Science: GRS-hdradmissions-science@uq.edu.au
EngTech: GRS-hdradmissions-eait@uq.edu.au
HASS-BEL: GRS-hdradmissions-hassbel@uq.edu.au
| Leanne Brennan - Senior Manager, Graduate Research Policy and Administration Shradha Dwivedi - Team Leader, Admissions and Scholarships |
| Senior Admissions Officers |
|---|
Lucy Breingan HJ Cho Natalie Cowley |
| Admissions Officers |
Susan Ben Dekhil Shu Chen William Cheng Peggy Liew Eloise Thomson Cassie Zhang |
| 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 Research 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 |
|---|---|
| Simon Kolanowski | Senior Manager, HDR Experience |
| Angie Kahler | Senior Coordinator, Career Development (0.5FTE) |
| Sophie Miller | Senior Coordinator, Career Development (0.6FTE) |
| Margaret Giebels | Career Development Officer |
| Tran Ky Loc (Loc) Nguyen | Industry Placements Coordinator |
| Laura Campbell | Industry Placements Officer |
| Caroline O'Farrell | Senior Coordinator, Candidate Experience |
| Kaitlin Blockley | Coordinator, Candidate Experience |
| Selina Blyton | Learning Designer |
| Mary Waria | Graduate Research Coordinator (Indigenous Researcher Development) (0.5 FTE) |
+61 7 3346 0503
graduateresearchschool@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.
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 Research School's Executive.
Executive Coordinator
Danielle Lefebvre
+61 7 3346 0503
grs-execassist@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
graduateresearchschool@uq.edu.au
Service Improvement Officer
Kathryn O'Halloran
+61 7 3346 0503
graduateresearchschool@uq.edu.au
Enquiries Officers
Vanessa Tsui
Cecilia Gomez Inclan
Jonathan Guthmann
Claire McAuliffe
Jessica Goodman
+61 7 3346 0503
graduateresearchschool@uq.edu.au