I am more than glad to supervise projects for master students and PhD students. Please simply contact me with details of your academic record and your general research interests. Please note that I currently do not have personal funding for PhD students or postdocs. If you are interested in applying for one of the competitive internal or external scholarships or grant schemes please drop me line. A sketch of potential projects can be found here.
The School of Mathematics and Statistics also has a Visiting Scholar program aimed at established scientists (post-PhD) that provides funding for visits of one or two months. This will usually have to go hand in hand with delivering a short series of lectures in your area of expertise. If that's something you may be interested in please let me know.
Please find below how to join the group as a Master Student | PhD Student | Postdoc | Visitor
Start your MSc Course in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne.
Write me an email or talk to me in person at the beginning of or during your first semester of study to discuss possible projects. Please consider attaching a recent statement of results or transcript so that I get an idea about your academic background and interests.
Contact me by email (Thomas.Quella@unimelb.edu.au) to ensure suitability and alignment of interest. Please include:
a brief statement of motivation (in the email or separately as a pdf),
your CV (pdf),
your relevant transcripts or statements of results (pdf),
your research thesis (pdf, if applicable),
links to publications and preprints (if applicable), preferably in the CV
Once we reached an agreement:
Apply for PhD admission at the University of Melbourne [Link]
The application is free of charge and relatively little hassle but you should make sure to have good results in an English test, preferably IELTS.
In the past few years there were usually two or three rounds of applications per year, the most important deadline being at the beginning of October, with a subsequent one in at the beginning of February.
If possible try to meet the October deadline. If you are not successful in the first round, your application will still be considered in the second.
Every applicant will be considered for PhD Scholarships automatically. These Scholarships include:
100% fee remission (you don't need to pay any fees).
Living allowance of currently (2024) AU$37,000 per year without any duties beyond your research.
If desired, there may be an opportunity to earn extra income teaching practice classes.
A PhD at the University of Melbourne typically lasts 3-4 years.
I currently do not have personal funding for a postdoc. And if there is funding, you will see the position being advertized through the standard channels.
The University of Melbourne offers a small number of highly competitive McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowships you may be eligible for.
It is always possible to join my group if you bring your own funding, e.g. in connection with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Postdoctoral Fellowship (European Union), JSPS Overseas Research Fellowships (Japan), the NSTC Dragon Gate Program (Taiwan), a Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship (Germany) or a DAAD Scholarship (Germany).
The Australian Research Council (ARC) offers individual fellowships such as the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) or the Future Fellowship. This would allow you to fund your own independent research group for three and four years, respectively.
The School of Mathematics and Statistics also has a Visiting Scholar program aimed at established scientists (post-PhD) that provides funding for visits of between one and two months. This will usually have to go hand in hand with delivering a short series of lectures in your area of expertise. If that's something you may be interested in, e.g. in connection with a sabbatical, please let me know. Internal applications are due about a year in advance, currently in either July or November.
Tyler Franke (MSc 2023), now PhD student at the University of Hamburg with Ingo Runkel [Google Scholar Profile]
Yuhan Gai (MSc 2023), now PhD student at the University of Oxford with Sakura Schäfer-Nameki [Orcid Profile]
Brae Vaughan-Hankinson (MSc 2023), now PhD student at the University of Melbourne [Orcid Profile]
Michael Law (VS 2020/2021), now PhD student at MIT [GitHub Profile]
Saleh Naghdi (VS 2020/2021), now PhD student at Caltech [LinkedIn Profile]
Lexin Ding (VS 2017/2018), now PhD student at LMU Munich [Google Scholar Profile]
Dr. Roberto Bondesan (Postdoc), moved on to Oxford University, now Senior Lecturer in Quantum Computing at Imperial College London [Google Scholar Profile]
Dr. Jochen Peschutter (PhD 2016), then Junior Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group
Dr. Kasper Duivenvoorden (PhD 2013), moved on to RWTH Aachen, then Design Engineer at ASML [Google Scholar Profile]
Dr. Peter Rønne (Postdoc), moved on to University of Luxembourg, now Research Scientist at SnT, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg [Homepage]
Dr. Nezhla Aghaei (MSc 2012), moved on to DESY Hamburg for a PhD, now postdoc at University of Geneva and University of Southern Denmark [Google Scholar Profile]