CURRENT AUSTRALIAN SCHOLARS

Senior Scholars

Scholar	Associate Professor Graham Edgar
Scholarship	Fulbright Tasmania Scholarship
Field of Study	Zoology
Education	University of Tasmania
Host Institution	Conservation International, Centre for Applied Biodiversity Science
Research Focus	The effectivenss of marine protected areas as a tool for biodiversity conservation.

Scholar	Professor Carolyn Evans
Field of Study	Law
Education	Melbourne Law School
Host Institution	Emory University
Research Focus	The role of consent in limiting religious freedom

Scholar	Professor Yogesan Kanagasingam
Field of Study	Medical Informatics/Opthalmology
Education	University of Oslo
Host Institution	Stanford University
Research Focus	Development and validation of a new "non-invasive"imaging system for telemedicine based screening of new babies for sight threatening conditions such as Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP).

Scholar	Professor Robert Park
Field of Study	Plant Pathology
Education	University of Sydney
Host Institution	Cereal Disease Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, St Paul
Research Focus	The genetic basis of resistance to fungal rust pathogens in wheat.

Professional Scholars

Scholar	Dr James Curran
Scholarship	Fulbright Professional Australia-U.S. Alliance Studies Scholarship sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Field of Study	History
Education	University of Sydney
Host Institution	Georgetown University
Research Focus	The history of Australian-American relations, 1969-1983.

Scholar	Mr Simon Gamble
Scholarship	Fulbright Tasmania Scholarship
Field of Study	Renewable energy
Education	University of Adelaide, University of Tasmania
Host Institution	National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Research Focus	Renewable energy technology

Scholar	Associate Professor Mary Haines
Field of Study	Epidemiology and Public Health
Education	University of Sydney, University College London
Host Institution	Veterans Health Administration
Research Focus	Evaluation of healthcare reforms

Scholar	Mr Mark Harris
Field of Study	Fulbright Professional Scholar in Vocational Education and Training (VET) sponsored by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Education	Southbank Institute of TAFE, University of Southern Queensland, and Griffith University
Host Institution	State University of New York
Research Focus	Improving VET workforce development.

Scholar	Associate Professor Steven Lapidge
Scholarship	Fulbright Professional Business/Industry (Coral Sea) Scholar
Field of Study	Zoology
Education	Flinders University, University of Sydney, University of South Australia
Host Institution	Department of Agriculture
Research Focus	Development of sodium nitrite, a food preservative, as a humane vertebrate pesticide for feral pigs and other species.

Scholar-in-Residence

Scholar	Dr Hilary Hughes
Field of Study	Education
Education	Queensland University of Technology, University of Sheffield and University of Birmingham
Host Institution	University of Colorado Denver
Research Focus	Developing an inclusive informed learning approach for student academic success in culturally diverse contexts .

Postdoctoral Scholars

Scholar	Dr Elgene Lim
Scholarship	Fulbright Victoria Scholar
Field of Study	Medicine
Education	The University of Melbourne, Royal Australiasian College of Physicians
Host Institution	Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard University
Research Focus	Research into novel ways to treat breast cancer.

Scholar	Dr Shevarl MacNamara
Scholarship	Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar
Field of Study	Mathematics
Education	University of Queensland
Host Institution	MIT
Research Focus	The application of mathematical and computational principles to biology.

Postgraduate Scholars

Scholar	Ms Tammy Russell (formerly Broom)
Scholarship	Fulbright Indigenous Scholar sponsored by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Field of Study	Human Geography
Education	Macquarie University
Host Institution	University of Arizona
Research Focus	Economic development for Indigenous communities

Scholar	Dr James Chong
Scholarship	Postgraduate
Field of Study	Medicine
Education	University of Sydney
Host Institution	University of Washington, Seattle
Research Focus	New therapies for heart failure

Scholar	Ms Krista Clews De Castella
Field of Study	Psychology
Education	ANU
Host Institution	Stanford University
Research Focus	Exploring fear of failure, underachievement and student disengagement

Scholar	Mr Craig Costello
Scholarship	Fulbright Postgraduate Scholar in Technology and Communications sponsored by Telstra
Field of Study	Mathematics
Education	Qld University of Technology
Host Institution	University of California, Irvine
Research Focus	Security on computer and telecommunications devices

Scholar	Ms Sarah Holland-Batt
Scholarship	Fulbright Postgraduate Alumni (WG Walker) Scholar
Field of Study	Creative writing
Education	University of Queensland
Host Institution	New York University
Research Focus	Dantes Inferno

Scholar	Ms Elizabeth Jens
Scholarship	Fulbright Postgraduate Scholar in Science and Engineering sponsored by BHP Billiton
Field of Study	Engineering
Education	University of Melbourne
Host Institution	Stanford University
Research Focus	Aeronautical and astronautical engineering

Scholar	Dr Cameron Keating
Scholarship	Postgraduate
Field of Study	Medicine
Education	University of Melbourne
Host Institution	Harvard Medical School
Research Focus	Nerve regeneration and repair

Scholar	Mr Steven Kenway
Scholarship	Fulbright Queensland Scholar
Field of Study	Natural Resource Management
Education	University of Queensland
Host Institution	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratries
Research Focus	Linkages between water use, energy and greenhouse gases

Scholar	Ms Angela Langdon
Field of Study	Maths/Neuroscience
Education	UNSW
Host Institution	New York University
Research Focus	Developing a model of the brain that can give insight into brain function.

Scholar	Mr Matthew Lee
Scholarship	Fulbright Postgraduate Alumni (WG Walker) Scholar
Field of Study	Law
Education	University of Adelaide
Host Institution	Harvard Law School
Research Focus	Examining American approaches to water law and natural resources regulation to consider how Australian disputes might be more effectively addressed and resolved.

Scholar	Ms Kathryn Napier
Scholarship	Fulbright Western Australia Scholar
Field of Study	Biomedical Science
Education	Murdoch University
Host Institution	University of Wyoming
Research Focus	The nutritional importance of mistletoes to bird communities in Western Australia.

Scholar	Mr Sam Nester
Scholarship	Posgraduate Scholar
Field of Study	Music
Education	Edith Cowan University
Host Institution	Manhattan School of Music
Research Focus	Masters in Trumpet

Scholar	Mr Lewis Tunstall
Scholarship	Fulbright South Australia Scholar
Field of Study	Physics
Education	University of Adelaide
Host Institution	University of California Berkeley
Research Focus	Research aiming to solve one of the unresolved issues in relation to the standard model of particle physics.