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.

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

School	Director of Higher Degree Research	General enquiries	HDR student representatives
School of Dentistry	Dr Jaya Seneviratne jaya.seneviratne@uq.edu.au	hdr.dentistry@enquire.uq.edu.au	Enmao Xiang
School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences	Professor Piers Dawes p.dawes@uq.edu.au	hdr.shrs@enquire.uq.edu.au	Nayomi 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.au	Dimple Bharwani Sarah Walker
School of Pharmacy	Associate Professor Peter Moyle p.moyle@uq.edu.au	hdr.pharmacy@enquire.uq.edu.au	Liam Kreuger Belinda Moore (QAEHS) Ma. Katreena Danielle Que (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 George Normore Marcello Lepre
Faculty of Medicine - School of Biomedical Sciences	Associate Professor Michael Piper m.piper@uq.edu.au	hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au
Faculty of Medicine - Child Health Research Centre	Associate Professor Graham Leggatt g.leggatt@uq.edu.au	hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au
Faculty of Medicine - Centre for Health Services Research	Associate Professor Graham Leggatt g.leggatt@uq.edu.au	hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au
Faculty of Medicine - School of Public Health	Dr Megan Ferguson megan.ferguson@uq.edu.au	hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au
Faculty of Medicine - UQ Poche Centre	Dr Megan Ferguson megan.ferguson@uq.edu.au	hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au
Faculty of Medicine - UQCCR	Associate Professor Amy McCart Reed amy.reed@uq.edu.au	hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au
Faculty of Medicine - QIMRB	Associate Professor Amy McCart Reed amy.reed@uq.edu.au	hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au
Faculty of Medicine - Frazer Institute	Professor Nikolas Haass n.haass1@uq.edu.au	hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au	Wendy Kao
Faculty of Medicine - MRI-UQ and Mater Clinical Unit	Associate Professor Paul Dawson paul.dawson@mater.uq.edu.au	hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au
Faculty of Medicine - UQ Medical School and Clinical Units	Associate Professor Bernadette Richards bernadette.richards@uq.edu.au	hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au

Engineering and technology

School	Director of Higher Degree Research	General enquiries	HDR student representatives
School of Architecture, Design & Planning	Dr Sebastien Darchen s.darchen@uq.edu.au	hdr.adp@enquire.uq.edu.au	Lu Jin Helen Caswell (Academic Board)
School of Chemical Engineering	Professor Bronwyn Laycock b.laycock@uq.edu.au	hdr.chemeng@enquire.uq.edu.au	Sergio Garcia Joya
School of Civil Engineering	Dr Jiwon Kim jiwon.kim@uq.edu.au	hdr.civileng@enquire.uq.edu.au	Avik Nandy
School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science	Professor Mithulananthan Nadarajah mithulan@itee.uq.edu.au	hdr.eecs@enquire.uq.edu.au	Eric Staykov
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering	Dr Rowan Gollan r.gollan@uq.edu.au	hdr.mechmining@enquire.uq.edu.au	Matthew Uren
Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology	Associate Professor Idriss Blakey i.blakey@uq.edu.au	hdr.aibn@enquire.uq.edu.au	Raluca Ghebosu
Sustainable Minerals Institute	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
School of Agriculture & Food Sustainability	Dr Ammar Abdul Aziz a.abdulaziz@uq.edu.au	hdr.agfs@enquire.uq.edu.au	Kusumitha Shrinivasan (St Lucia) Mokaddes Ahmed Dipu (Gatton)
School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences	Dr Evelyne Deplazes e.deplazes@uq.edu.au	hdr.scmb@enquire.uq.edu.au	Mitchell Sorbello
School of the Environment	Dr Kelly Johnstone k.johnstone2@uq.edu.au	hdr.senv@enquire.uq.edu.au	Meikun Zhou Samantha Howitt
School of Mathematics & Physics	Associate Professor Holger Baumgardt h.baumgardt@uq.edu.au	hdr.smp@enquire.uq.edu.au	Nicholas Zaunders
School of Veterinary Science	Dr Gry Boe-Hansen g.boehansen@uq.edu.au	hdr.vet@enquire.uq.edu.au	Tasneem Imam
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation	Associate Professor Daniel Cozzolino d.cozzolino@uq.edu.au	hdr.qaafi@enquire.uq.edu.au	Abedin Abdallah
Institute for Molecular Bioscience	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
School of Business	Professor Peter Popkowski-Leszczyc p.popkowski@business.uq.edu.au	hdr.business@enquire.uq.edu.au	Edidiong James (QUEX)
School of Economics	Associate Professor Lana Friesen Dr Metin Uyanik soe-hdrcoordinator@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 Stephen Carleton s.carleton@uq.edu.au	hdr.commarts@enquire.uq.edu.au	Bianca Millroy
School of Education	Associate Professor Shiralee Poed s.poed@uq.edu.au	hdr.education@enquire.uq.edu.au	Linh Chu Beatrice Wang Jo Kelly
School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry	Associate Professor Joel Katzav j.katzav@uq.edu.au	hdr.hapi@enquire.uq.edu.au	Shannon 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 Fran Spinelli
School of Music	Associate Professor Julie Ballantyne j.ballantyne@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	Romy Gray

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

graduateschool@uq.edu.au

HDR Liaison Team - Health

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

Jodie Brennan (Team Leader)

Charmaine Jensen
Ligi George
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)

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

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
Luna Xing
Alannah Filer
Nicholas Archer
Alexandra Hutchinson

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

HDR Administration Officers (HAO)
Marly Dein - Team Leader Shradha Dwivedi - Team Leader Christie Viggers - Senior HAO Jo Wong - Senior HAO
Kaitlin Blockley Lucie Breingan Natalie Cowley Alison Cubbin Mimi Hoang Christian Long Kasia Lorenc Simone Magnabosco Prascilla Prasad Pla Ngamyunyong Johanna Torres Christine Danga Kate Belladonna Susan Ben Dekhil

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 member	Position	Work days
Anneliese Berglind	Manager, Engagement & Development	M - F
Andrew Schnell	Engagement & Development Communications Coordinator	M - F
Margaret Giebels	Engagement & Development Officer	M T W
Amanda Lee	Engagement & Development Officer	M Th F
William Richardson-Davis	Development Coordinator	M - F
Nathaly Quintero	HDR Placements Coordinator	M - F
Dr Rachael Pitt	HDR Careers Advisor	M T W
Samantha Smith	Engagement & Development Coordinator	M - F
Laura Campbell	Engagement Officer	M - 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 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

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

Belinda 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.