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Promotion Briefs
Provided by Elizabeth Hutchinson,
Executive Officer, Academic
Promotions Committee, Human
Resources
WINTHROP PROFESSOR
Professor Phil Hancock
Accounting and Finance, UWA
Business School
Professor Hancock is a leader in
accounting education in Australia. His
research interests extend to external
financial reporting, accounting
standards and accounting and
business education. His work has
had a significant impact on
accounting education standards in
Australia. He has made a major
contribution to the UWA Business
School as Associate Dean, Teaching
and Learning.
Professor Anya Waite
School of Environmental Systems
Engineering
Professor Waite is internationally
known for her broad-reaching work
across many areas of biological
oceanography. These include marine
particle dynamics, mapping ocean
food webs, and research identifying
linkages between plankton ecology
and fisheries such as the Western
Rock Lobster. More recent work on
the role of the marine plankton in
supplying nutrition to coral reef
communities has been crucial for
building a new understanding of
Ningaloo reef as an ecosystem. She
currently serves on high profile
boards and panels such as the ASLO
Board of Directors and the SCOR
UNESCO Committee on Oceans in a
High-CO2 World.
WINTHROP RESEARCH
PROFESSOR
Professor Nigel George Laing
Centre for Medical Research
Winthrop Professor Laing’s research
focuses on human genetic diseases.
He is a consultant molecular
geneticist to the PathWest diagnostic
neurogenetic laboratory at Royal
Perth Hospital. His research focuses
particularly on discovering novel
disease genes and developing
therapy for the skeletal muscle actin
diseases, a group of diseases his
laboratory identified. His current
research projects include using next
generation DNA sequencing to
identify novel disease genes and
translational research implementing
the use of next generation DNA
sequencing in molecular diagnostics.
He is Associate Editor of the journal
Neuromuscular Disorders, a Member
of the Executive Board of the World
Muscle Society and co-chair of the
European Neuromuscular Centre
International Consortium on Nemaline
Myopathy and Related Disorders.
He was the Human Genetics Society
of Australasia Sutherland Lecturer
in 2010.
WINTHROP RESEARCH
PROFESSOR
Research Professor Eugene Ivanov
School of Physics
Professor Eugene Ivanov is a world
leading researcher and expert in
precision measurements in several
scientific areas, with particular
reference to low noise oscillators. He
is also involved in optical frequency
synthesis and gravitational wave
detectors.
Professor Ivanov has been awarded
the Cady Award and Best Paper
Award from IEEE, the world’s largest
scientific professional society, and in
21/05/12 4:28 PM
2010 the Joseph F Keithley Award for
Advances in Measurement Science
from the American Physical Society.
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Professor Peter Pivonka
Engineering Computational Biology
Group, School of Computer Science
and Software Engineering
Professor Pivonka has made
substantial contributions to the field of
porous materials and biomechanics
and this is recognised by regular
invitations to attend both national and
international conferences. He has
collaborated with leading bone
biologists in Australia and overseas
and has ongoing collaborations with
leading scientists in multi-scale
modelling and mathematical
modelling of bone regulation. The
major area of his current research is
to understand bone tissue regulation
in health and disease with emphasis
on bone remodelling and patientspecific
modelling.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Associate Professor Andrea
Quagliola
School of Architecture, Landscape
and Visual Arts
Associate Professor Quagliola is
engaged in practice-based research,
carried out through his collaborative
design practice MORQ. His research
has resulted in substantial peer
acknowledgement and significant
achievements over the years,
including national and international
awards and publications of a very
high standard which has in turn
enhanced the visibility and reputation
of the School. He has also been
invited to present work at international
architecture forums and has had
inclusions in prestigious exhibitions.
Associate Professor Zarrin
Siddiqui
Education Centre, Faculty of
Medicine, Dentistry and Health
Sciences
Before migrating to Australia and
joining UWA in 2005, Associate
Professor Siddiqui was an
established medical educator with
the World Health Organisation
Collaborating Centre for the
Educational Development of
Health Professionals in EMRO
Region, Karachi.
Associate Professor Siddiqui is still
engaged with many institutions
overseas, contributing to institutions
supporting migrant families. She was
recently elected Senior Vice president
of Ethnic Communities Council of
WA. As well as teaching and
supervising postgraduate students in
health professions education, she has
assisted the Faculty in the
development of assessment policy
and with the redevelopment of the
new postgraduate courses. In 2009
her contribution was recognised by a
Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award
for Postgraduate Coursework.
RESEARCH GRANTS
Grants awarded between
14/05/2012 and 26/05/2012
CSIRO EX MEAT AND LIVESTOCK
AUSTRALIA
Associate Professor Megan Ryan,
Plant Biology (School of):
‘Phosphorus-efficient pasture
systems’— $371,472 (2012-15)
CANCER COUNCIL OF
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Dr David Joseph, Winthrop
Professor Christobel Saunders,
Tammy Corica, Surgery (School of):
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