Faculty of Science

We foster frontier research in Bayesian methodology and computation, and the application of these approaches to real world problems.

The Statistical and Genomic Epidemiology Laboratory (SGEL) studies the role of genetics in the development and mechanism of human traits, with particular emphasis on migraine, and the specific goal of identifying genetic risk factors and detecting common genetic links with other disorders, in particular depression, endometriosis and epilepsy.

Mechanical meta-materials, also known as architectured or architected materials, are an emerging class of materials in which mechanical properties can be tailored by altering their internal architectures. Analogous to these materials, the same concept has been used to modify devices and surfaces, leading to mechanical meta-devices and mechanical meta-surfaces. For example, robotic pick-and-place devices can be architectured to tune their shape and stiffness in situ so they can interact with objects with various shapes and hardnesses. Or surfaces of biomedical implants can be nano-architectured (nano-structured) to lyse the bacteria cells, a strategy pioneered in nature, for example, in insect wings. This website showcases our research in new classes of mechanical meta-materials, -devices, and -surfaces. For design, we use analytical and finite element models. We develop novel manufacturing techniques for fabrication, including ceramic 3D/4D printing. And we use state-of-the-art characterisation techniques, such as mechanical testing under in-situ stereo-imaging and in-stu computed tomography, to understand the architecture-property relationships, which can then be used for optimisation.

Research website for CAB Bioprocessing Group

The More-than-Human Futures research group is a Tier 3 group in the Creative Industries Faculty. Vision: We will forge a transdisciplinary collective of Creative Industries Faculty academics and partners to lead a proactive, creative response to the unfolding planetary ecocide. As ‘change agents’ our vision is to achieve socio-ecological justice by seeking to identify and co-create inclusive pathways for all Australians to embrace more-than-human futures grounded in Indigenous teachings of caring for Country.

The Genomics Research Centre undertakes research on the genetic basis of disease