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The Cookson Scholars Conference 2023
What is the Cookson Scholars Conference?
The Cookson Scholars joint PhD program is part of an international research partnership between the University of Melbourne and the University of Manchester. The first conference will be held virtually from Wednesday 8-Thursday 9 February 2023. Graduate Researchers in the Joint PhD program represent a diverse range of faculties from across the two institutions. For this conference they will deliver their research findings to-date in concise, accessible presentations.
Wednesday 8 February 2023
18:30 AEDT/ 7:30 GMT - Day 1 Opening address
Dr Kevin Li, Chair Cookson Scholars Conference 2023 Organising Comittee, will introduce the first conference for the Joint PhD program
Professor Justin Zobel, Pro Vice-Chancellor Graduate & International Research, UoM, will deliver the opening address.
18:45 AEDT/ 7:45 GMT Graduate Researcher Presentations
Each presentation will be 10 minutes long followed by an additional 5 minutes for Q&A.
Making up the Global City
Graduate Researcher: Caitlin Morrissey
Supervisors: Prof Michele Acuto and Prof Kevin Ward
Food (in) security in Small Island States: A study of the Maldives
Graduate Researcher: Anaa Hassan
Supervisors: Dr Celia McMichael and Prof Uma Kothari
Evolution and the fight against drug resistant bacteria
Graduate Researcher: Jake Soley
Supervisors: Prof Ben Howden and Dr Mato Lagator
Resident meibomian gland orifice immune cells (MOICs) and the effects of benzalkonium chloride (BAK) in mice
Graduate Researcher: Ching Yi Wu
Supervisors: A/Prof Laura Downie and Dr Carole MaldonadoCodina
Functional Genomics in Primary Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Graduate Researcher: Oliver Sinclair
Supervisors: Prof Mark Dawson and Prof Tim Somervaille
Digital therapeutic alliance in the context of fully automated mental health apps
Graduate Researcher: Fang Tong
Supervisors: Prof Reeva Lederman and Prof Katherine Berry
Nanoscale quantum doping: Towards Qubit Engineering on Demand
Graduate Researcher: Ravi Acharya
Supervisors: Prof David Jamieson and Prof Richard Curry
Fishing for proteins to find answers for new tuberculosis treatments
Graduate Researcher: Hannah Ryan
Supervisors: Prof Craig Hutton and Prof David Leys
Listening difficulties in children
Graduate Researchers: Xuehan Zhou and Alisha Gudkar
Supervisors: A/Prof Dani Tomlin and Dr Antje Heinrich
UNESCO and the international travel of cultural policies
Graduate Researcher: Thuy Tran
Supervisors: Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer and Dr Abigail Gilmore
21:15 AEDT/ 10:15 GMT - Day 1 Concluding Remarks
Dr Kevin Li will conclude day one of the conference
Thursday 9 February 2023
18:30 AEDT/ 7:30 GMT - Day 2 Opening address
Prof Michael Taylor, Academic Lead (Manchester), Cookson Scholars IRTG will introduce Day 2 of the conference
Prof Melissa Westwood, Associate Vice-President for Research, The University of Manchester will delivery the opening address
18:45 AEDT/ 7:45 GMT Graduate Researcher Presentations
Each presentation will be 10 minutes long followed by an additional 5 minutes for Q&A.
Understanding Collaborative Water Governance in Urbanising China: Case Study of Baiyangdian Lake
Graduate Researcher: Mengyao Li
Supervisors: Dr Sarah Rogers and Dr Alison Browne
The 4Es of carbon-neutral buildings: A standardised approach. The 4Es of carbon-neutral buildings: A standardised approach.
Graduate Researcher: Judy Too
Supervisors: Dr Felix Hui and Dr Obuks Ejohwomu
Signal Acquisition and Processing from Piezoelectric and Triboelectric Sensors
Graduate Researcher: Ronald Thomas Leon
Supervisors: Prof Amanda Ellis and Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan
Precipitation over the Southern Ocean: new insights from ship-based disdrometer and dual-polarization radar observations
Graduate Researcher: Larry Ger Aragon
Supervisors: Dr Yi Huang and Dr Jonathan Crosier
Visualising splenic immune responses to malaria by high-dimensional imaging mass cytometry
Graduate Researcher: Antonn Cheeseman
Supervisors: Prof William Heath and Dr Kevin Couper
Conceptualising hygienic citizenship in everyday uneven urban contexts
Graduate Researcher: Dongyang Mi
Supervisors: Dr Sarah Rogers and Dr Alison Browne
20:30 AEDT/ 9:30 GMT - Day 2 Concluding Remarks
Dr Suzie Sheehy, Academic Lead (Melbourne), Cookson Scholars IRTG will give her concluding remarks and discuss the future of the Cookson Scholars
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