Student completions and early-career researcher recruitment

ACEMS welcomed 14 new postdoctoral researchers to the Centre during 2019: Matthew Adams (UQ), Toktam Babaei (QUT), Laura Boyle (UoA), Peter Braunsteins (UQ), Stephen Crotty (UoA), Doan Khue Dung Dang (UTS), Qibin Duan (QUT), Megan Farquhar (QUT), Liam Hodgkinson (UQ), Clare Anne McGrory (QUT), Pablo Montero Manso (MU), Aminath Shausan (QUT), Chris van der Heide (UQ) and Na Wang (QUT).

In total, the Centre had 72 early-career researchers – members who are within five years of PhD completion – across both the Research Fellow and Associate Investigator membership categories.

ACEMS members recruited a total of 62 students to the Centre, including 35 PhD students, 12 Masters by research students, 10 Masters by coursework students and five Honours students. This brought total student enrolments to 192 for 2019: 136 PhD students, 35 Masters by research students, 15 Masters by coursework students and six Honours students. Centre researchers also supervised 34 vacation research students, bringing the total number of students involved in the Centre to 226. This includes several students who chose to continue their graduate studies with ACEMS after completing their Masters program.

ACEMS celebrated the successful completion of 40 student members, including 22 PhD students, six Masters by research students, seven Masters by coursework students and five Honours students. The Centre wishes these students all the very best with their future endeavours.