CURRENT American SCholars TO Australia

Fulbright Flinders University Distinguished Chair in American Political Science

Scholar	Professor Howard Schweber
Field of Study	Political Science
Home institution	University of Winconsin-Madison
Dates	5 months from January 2012
Host Institution	Flinders University
Fulbright Research	Research the ways in which foundational concepts of representative government have shaped the development of Australian constitutional and political culture.

Senior Scholars

Scholar	Professor Timothy Bralower
Field of Study	Earth Science
Home institution	Pennsylvania State University
Dates	July 2011, 12 months
Host Institution	UNSW
Fulbright Research	To set up a joint U.S.-Australian project to will address ocean acidification and the larger issue of climate change.

Scholar	Professor Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman
Field of Study	Medical Science
Home institution	UC-San Francisco
Dates	April 2012, 6 months
Host Institution	UTS
Fulbright Research	Testing an online management intervention for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung diseases in Australia.

Scholar	Dr Nicole Carter
Field of Study	Engineering
Home institution	Congressional Research Service
Dates	August 2011, 5 months
Host Institution	ANU
Fulbright Research	Research into the role of government policies in shaping the energy sector's water use in Australia.

Scholar	Professor Thomas Hangartner
Field of Study	Engineering
Home institution	Wright State University
Dates	April 2012, 6 months
Host Institution	The University of Melbourne
Fulbright Research	Development and implemention of an accurate computer model of bone to evaluate the effect of aromatase inhibitors on bone strength in individual patients.

Scholar	Mr Curt Tofteland
Field of Study	Theater
Home institution	Shakespeare Behind Bars
Dates	August 2011, 5 months
Host Institution	The University of Queensland
Fulbright Research	Researching the impact that art, theatre, and the works of William Shakespeare have on changing the behaviour of convicted criminals.

Postgraduate Scholars

Scholar	Mr Marvin Alfaro
Scholarship	CSIRO Postgraduate Scholarship
Field of Study	Meterology and mathematics
Education	University of Miami
Dates	July 2011, 12 months
Host Institution	UNSW and CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship
Fulbright Research	Studying the impacts and implications of a particular ocean boundary within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the Antarctic Polar Front, on global climate change.

Scholar	Mr Nicholas Apollo
Field of Study	Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry
Education	University of Pittsburgh
Dates	September 2011, 12 months
Host Institution	Bionic Vision Australia
Fulbright Research	Improving quality of life for the blind community, through bionic eye implants and addressing accessibility issues, with Bionic Vision Australia.

Scholar	Mr Stephen Aro
Field of Study	Chemistry
Education	Carnegie Mellon University
Dates	August 2011, 12 months
Host Institution	University of Western Australia
Fulbright Research	Evaluation of silica-coated iron oxide particles as MRI contrast agents to increase the uses of MRI.

Scholar	Ms Emily Baldock
Scholarship	Fulbright ANU College of Business and Economics Scholarship
Field of Study	Accounting and International Business
Education	University of Louisville
Dates	February 2011, 12 months
Host Institution	ANU College of Business and Economics
Fulbright Research	To undertake a comparative analysis of accounting and auditing standards used in Australia and the United States to detect and prevent fraud in each country’s public companies.

Scholar	Ms Margit Bowler
Field of Study	Linguistics
Education	Reed College
Dates	July 2011, 12 months
Host Institution	ANU
Fulbright Research	Research the syntax and semantics of the Australian Indigenous language Warlpiri, with respect to quantifers, which are words such as "each"and "all".

Scholar	Ms Jennifer DeBerardinis
Field of Study	Biology, Philosophy, Smith College
Education	Smith College
Dates	July 2011, 12 months
Host Institution	The Universities of Sydney and Melbourne
Fulbright Research	Research in philosophy of science and dialetheism, which suggests contradictions can be true.

Scholar	Ms Kerry Drury
Field of Study	Biology, Biochemistry, Premed
Education	College of the Holy Cross
Dates	July 2011, 12 months
Host Institution	Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne
Fulbright Research	Research the role of specific cell adhesion molecules in cancer cell proliferation, in order to begin to develop novel treatments and techniques to combat the disease.

Scholar	Ms Molly Gabbard
Field of Study	Fine Arts
Education	Indiana University
Dates	February 2012, 12 months
Host Institution	Gray Street Workshop
Fulbright Research	Undertake research into the use of animals in Australian Indigenous art, endangered Australian wildlife, and study woodcarving with internationally renowned jeweller Catherine Truman, co-founder and current partner at Gray Street.

Scholar	Mr Jonathan Gelber
Field of Study	Biology, Molecular Biolody
Education	Pomona College
Dates	September 2011, 12 months
Host Institution	UNSW and Sydney Institute of Marine Science
Fulbright Research	Research on the pathogenic biofilm of Vibrio cholerae, to assess what factors drive the Vc biofilm’s virulence and its resistance to immune systems.

Scholar	Mr Matthew Hoffman
Scholarship	2011 Fulbright U.S. Alumni Scholar
Field of Study	Mechanical Engineering
Education	Georgia Institute of Technology
Dates	October 2011, 12 months
Host Institution	UNSW
Fulbright Research	Conducting research on a novel type of solar energy collector.

Scholar	Ms Kristen Lear
Field of Study	Zoology
Education	Ohio Wesleyan University
Dates	August 2011, 12 months
Host Institution	University of Melbourne
Fulbright Research	Study population and breeding of the Southern Bent-wing Bat through the development of an automated counting system to monitor the population at Naracoorte Caves National Park.

Scholar	Mr Steven Lombardo
Field of Study	Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Education	University of Toledo
Dates	August 2011
Host Institution	University of Sydney and Black Dog Institute
Fulbright Research	Evaluation of novel flavonoids for the treatment of anxiety, and promotion of mental illness as a health issue.