Due to the impact of COVID-19, the Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Awards will be held virtually this year on Tuesday, September 15.

“These annual awards celebrate research quality and the achievements of some of our best researchers,’’ said Professor Mario Pinto, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research).

“This year for the first time a research engagement category has been included in the awards, reflecting the University’s commitment to working with internal and external partners and adding to human knowledge and understanding.”

2020 nominees are:

Excellence in Research Leadership
Professor Susan Dennison — Griffith Criminology Institute
Professor Anneke Fitzgerald — Dept of Business Strategy and Innovation
Professor Sue Berners-Price — Institute for Glycomics
Professor Yongsheng Gao — School of Engineering and Built Environment

Excellence in an Early Career Researcher
Dr Keiran Hardy — Griffith Criminology Institute
Dr Timo Dietrich — Dept of Marketing and Social Marketing @ Griffith
Dr Md Farhadul Islam — Institute for Glycomics
Dr Hoang-Phuong Phan — Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre
Dr David Saxby — School of Allied Health Sciences/Menzies Health Institute Queensland

Excellence of a Mid-Career Researcher
Associate Professor Dawn Adams — Griffith Institute for Educational Research
Associate Professor Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore — Griffith Institute for Tourism
Dr Manisha Pandey — Institute for Glycomics
Dr Christopher Brown — Australian Rivers Institute
Associate Professor Lauren Ball — School of Allied Health Sciences/Menzies Health Institute Queensland

Excellence in Research Supervision
Professor Sarah Baker — Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research
Dr Benjamin Liu — Dept of Accounting, Finance and Economics
Professor Mark von Itzstein — Institute for Glycomics
Professor Rod Connolly — Australian Rivers Institute
Associate Professor Kyra Hamilton — School of Applied Psychology

Excellence of a Research Group or Team

Popular Music Heritage Team led by Professor Sarah Baker — Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research
Dr Lauren Istvandity — Queensland Conservatorium Research
Dr Raphael Nowak — Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research
Dr Zelamarie Cantillon — Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research

Systems Modelling Group Team led by Dr Oz Sahin — Cities Research Institute
Professor Rodney Stewart — School of Engineering and Built Environment
Professor Brendan Mackey — School of Engineering and Built Environment
Dr Eudoardo Bertone — School of Engineering and Built Environment
Dr Emilya Suprun — School of Engineering and Built Environment
Mr Henky Salim
Mr Stefan MacAskill

GCORE Team led by Professor David Lloyd and Professor Randy Bindra
Dr David Saxby — School of Allied Health Sciences
Dr Laura Diamond — School of Allied Health Sciences
Dr Claudio Pizzolato — Centre for Musculoskeletal Research
Dr Chris Carty — School of Allied Health Sciences
Professor Rod Barrett — School of Allied Health Sciences
Dr Matthew Bourne — School of Allied Health Sciences
Dr Michael Simmonds — School of Allied Health Sciences
Professor Geoff Tansley — School of Engineering and Built Environment
Dr Sam Canning — Queensland College of Art

Research Engagement/Industry
Professor Ross Homel — School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Dr Joan Carlini – Dept of Marketing
Professor Michael Good — Institute for Glycomics
Dr Maria Fernanda Adame Vivanco — Australian Rivers Institute
Dr Michael Simmonds — School of Allied Health Sciences/Menzies Health Institute Queensland