16 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Queensland, Australia

Our prestigious School of Psychology is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow or Research Fellow to undertake research as part of the “Breaking with the past: Responding to the challenge of identity change” project funded by the Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Scheme. Professor Jolanda Jetten is the Chief Investigator. The program of research centres on the argument that collective-level change necessarily involves social identity change. While much psychological research to date has focused on individual-level life changes, the way that change at the group, collective or societal level affects individuals in those entities remains poorly understood. The research aims to advance our understanding of identity change by extending this research to the collective level.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to focus your efforts on developing your expertise and emerging research profile in RNAi, Plant Molecular Biology or related field. At this level it is expected that you will contribute to service and engagement roles and activities. This project is a collaborative research project between UQ and Indian partners to develop an RNA-based biopesticide for sustainable crop protection. This project will focus on protecting from plant pathogens and specific insect pathogens to the crops of interest. 

This is an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to focus their efforts on developing their expertise and emerging research profile at the interface of cell and membrane biology and infection biology. This project is funded for 3 years through a Human Frontiers Science Program and aims at investigating the fundamental differences between insect cell membrane properties and mammalian membranes using models of viral infection. The successful candidate will work closely with international collaborators based in Germany (University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover) and the USA (Harvard Medical School). At this level it is expected that the incumbent will contribute to service and engagement roles and activities.  

This is an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a largely impactful project, The E-DENGUE project, which is funded by the UK Wellcome Trust Fund and being led by the School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine. This positionwill develop a local-level dengue forecasting system in the Mekong Delta Region of Vietnam. The project will involve model development and validation, with heavy input from local stakeholders. The model outputs will be used to develop a planning app for use by local health authorities in Vietnam. The position is based at the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia), with research visits with collaborating researchers at Yale School of Public Health (New Haven, USA). The ideal candidate will have experience in applied statistics, data analytics, and/or infectious disease modelling, with a strong track record of productivity during their PhD. The successful candidate will be supported with a package of 3-month visiting scholarship to work with the team at the Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, United State of America

This is an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Research Officer to focus their efforts on developing their expertise and emerging research profile in their discipline. At this level it is expected that the incumbent will contribute to service and engagement roles and activities. The primary purpose of the role will be to conduct research within the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, focusing on the study of the formability of roll-bonded bi-metallic hybrid plates.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow to join a program of nationally significant research designed to improve mental health services. The Mental Health Services Research Stream at Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, School of Public Health conducts applied research to understand the demand for and use of mental health services, evidence- based mental health service models, and how these findings can be used to improve mental health systems. We work closely with health system partners such as governments, Primary Health Networks, and community organisations to provide evidence and advice to support integrated regional and national mental health service planning. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow will undertake quantitative and mixed methods research on mental health service access and utilisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as part of an MRFF project, analysing large health survey and administrative datasets and coordinating stakeholder consultations. The position will also contribute to research and research translation relating to development and support for the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF) and related national needs-based planning tools for mental health and suicide prevention services. These projects require strong quantitative and writing skills as well as knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural competency and ethics in the context of health services research. This position will be supervised by Dr Sandra Diminic with a formal reporting line to Professor Harvey Whiteford.

The position will undertake primary research on the socio-political, cultural and environmental implications of the expansion of high-value horticulture for the contested regional politics of (a) land and development, (b) labour and livelihoods, and (c) natural resources and environmental governance. The project will analyse how incorporation within agricultural global production networks interacts with diverse drivers of multifunctional landscape change in the north-eastern coastal strip region of Australia (from Coffs Harbour to Cairns), and critically consider how pre-existing regional economic, social and environmental factors influence the form of, and tensions around, the development of high-value horticulture. This will contribute to improving pathways to a more sustainable and equitable future for rural regions within Australia, and elsewhere in the world.

The primary role of the position is to undertake data analysis to assess and understand sustainability of the products/systems. The position is with the Centre for Crop Science of Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI). As a research-focused academic at Level A, you will be supported and guided by more senior research academic staff with the expectation of an increasing degree of autonomy over time and will work as a collaborative team, likely involving different centres of QAAFI and the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.

You will focus your efforts on developing your expertise and emerging research profile in chemistry, materials science or pharmacology. At this level it is expected that you will contribute to service and engagement roles and activities. As a research focused academic at level A, you will be supported and guided by more senior academic research staff with the expectation of an increasing degree of autonomy over time.

The Stow lab at the University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Biology (IMB) is seeking three experienced cell biologists or immunologists to join a multi-disciplinary team of researchers and industry partners to study protein trafficking, receptor signalling and migration of immune cells and epithelial cells in mucosal tissues and in inflammation. Three appointments are available at up to 3 years in contract duration.  This is an exciting opportunity to work with a dynamic team using state-of-the art facilities at IMB and cutting-edge methods for fluorescence microscopy and live cell imaging, coupled with biochemical, molecular biology and cell function assays.  We work with collaborators to study inflammatory disease, inherited diseases, cancer and infection in humans and model organisms. You will lead a grant-funded project within the lab, collaborating with national and international research and industry partners, participating in supervision of research staff and students and attending meetings and conferences for dissemination of findings. Our research uses cultured cells, organoids and model organisms for in vitro and in vivo imaging.  At least one of these appointments will involve working with a team innovating new approaches in fluorescence microscopy and image analysis as part of a national Centre of Excellence. You will have some experience in laboratory research, working with confocal microscopy and with cell cultures or model organisms

This is an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a national and internationally connected research program in quantitative genetics in horticultural crops. The position is funded through a collaboration with Washington State University on the USDA-SCRI project Enabling Genomics-Assisted Specialty Crop Breeding and Research through Advanced Database Resources. The primary goal of this position is to drive the development of multi-environment genomic prediction models to connect historical data collected across a global space through collaboration with project crop scientists. The focus crops will be almond, apple, blueberry and strawberry. The position also offers the opportunity for you to assist with the development of new projects in this space and in other related areas. The role also offers opportunities for co-supervision of higher degree students, and contribution to service and engagement roles to support the university and the profession.

Fundamental challenges in transforming synthetic and energy based materials are increasingly being met using inorganic chemical solutions. This project focuses on C-F bond activation and functionalization using main group organometallic catalysts. The project will involve advanced organometallic syntheses as well as organic synthesis to demonstrate catalyst competency. This is an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to focus their efforts on developing their expertise and emerging research profile in their discipline. At this level it is expected that the incumbent will contribute to service and engagement roles and activities.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Research Fellow to join our world-class School of Pharmacy to undertake research as part of the Safe and Effective Medication Collaborative.