Prospective students/postdocs
Interested in student projects? Contact me directly to see what's available.
Projects available include
Enabling time-resolved room-temperature serial microcrystallography at the Australian Synchrotron (for macromolecules and for hybrid materials like MOFs) upcoming beamline MX3. This project gives you the opportunity to get $9000 scholarship top-up if you apply by April 15th 2024 and are awarded this AINSE Postgrad Reseach Award: https://www.ainse.edu.au/postgraduate/
Making molecular movies of the dynamics of disulfide bond-forming enzyme A, an important new drug target for bacteria that could help fight antibiotic resistance. This is in collaboration with Prof. Begoña Heras at La Trobe University.
Radiation damage in room temperature microcrystallography (at XFELs and synchrotrons)
Advanced simulations of a new Compact XFEL and experimental development of serial microcrystallography with this world-first lab-scale XFEL (currently under construction).
Australian students
PhD students: If you have an Australia Postgraduate Award, I have multiple projects for you to choose from. These can include physics, biochemistry, chemistry, experimental work in the lab and at international X-ray free-electron laser facilities and 4th generation synchrotrons, exchange programs to visit someone in my very broad international collaboration network (all over the US, Germany, Sweden, New Zealand, Spain). Contact me for opportunities!
Swinburne University Postgraduate Research Awards
In 2024, Swinburne Research Scholarships are open for application during two scholarship rounds (for domestica and international students):
Round 1 closes Friday 17 May 2024, 5pm AEST for a late 2024 start. Outcomes announced 2nd July. Domestic students must enrol by 31st Oct 2024. International students must enrol by 31st Jan 2025.
Round 2 closes Friday 25 October 2024, 5pm AEDT for an early 2025 start. Outcomes announced 4th Dec 2024. Domestic students must enrol by 28th Feb 2025. International students must enrol by 30th May 2025.
How to apply and more info: https://www.swinburne.edu.au/study/options/scholarships/510/swinburne-research-stipend-scholarships/
USA and Australia exchange:
Funds scholarship for Masters and PhD students from USA studying in Australia, and from Australia studying in USA:
https://americanaustralian.org/scholarships/education-fund/specialty-field-scholarships/
Germany:
The DAAD program has some support for Austarlian students doing some research in Germany temporarily : https://www.daad-australia.org/en/find-funding/scholarships/
Also, through collaboration with La Trobe reearchers, we have some PhD scholarships available through a EuXFEL & La Trobe joint PhD program, which include some time working at the European XFEL or Center for Free-Electron Laser Science. These can be focused on X-ray physics, engineering, or biochem. Email me to find out more.