The Cookson Scholars Conference 2023

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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.

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Wednesday 8 February 2023

  • 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.

  • Graduate Researcher: Caitlin Morrissey

    Supervisors: Prof Michele Acuto and Prof Kevin Ward

  • Graduate Researcher: Anaa Hassan

    Supervisors: Dr Celia McMichael and Prof Uma Kothari

  • Graduate Researcher: Jake Soley

    Supervisors: Prof Ben Howden and Dr Mato Lagator

  • Graduate Researcher: Ching Yi Wu

    Supervisors: A/Prof Laura Downie and Dr Carole MaldonadoCodina

  • Graduate Researcher: Oliver Sinclair

    Supervisors: Prof Mark Dawson and Prof Tim Somervaille

  • Graduate Researcher: Fang Tong

    Supervisors: Prof Reeva Lederman and Prof Katherine Berry

  • Graduate Researcher: Ravi Acharya

    Supervisors: Prof David Jamieson and Prof Richard Curry

  • Graduate Researcher: Hannah Ryan

    Supervisors: Prof Craig Hutton and Prof David Leys

  • Graduate Researchers: Xuehan Zhou and Alisha Gudkar

    Supervisors: A/Prof Dani Tomlin and Dr Antje Heinrich

  • Graduate Researcher: Thuy Tran

    Supervisors: Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer and Dr Abigail Gilmore

  • Dr Kevin Li will conclude day one of the conference

Thursday 9 February 2023

  • 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

  • Graduate Researcher: Mengyao Li

    Supervisors: Dr Sarah Rogers and Dr Alison Browne

  • Graduate Researcher: Judy Too

    Supervisors: Dr Felix Hui and Dr Obuks Ejohwomu

  • Graduate Researcher: Ronald Thomas Leon

    Supervisors: Prof Amanda Ellis and Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan

  • Graduate Researcher: Larry Ger Aragon

    Supervisors: Dr Yi Huang and Dr Jonathan Crosier

  • Graduate Researcher: Antonn Cheeseman

    Supervisors: Prof William Heath and Dr Kevin Couper

  • Graduate Researcher: Dongyang Mi

    Supervisors: Dr Sarah Rogers and Dr Alison Browne

  • Dr Suzie Sheehy, Academic Lead (Melbourne), Cookson Scholars IRTG will give her concluding remarks and discuss the future of the Cookson Scholars.

First published on 21 December 2022.

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