Top [L-R] Associate Professor Brian Atwell, Dr Nicholas Badcock, Associate Professor Andrew Barron, Professor Jennifer Hudson, Professor Nicki Packer and Professor Joseph Pugliese. Bottom [L-R] Professor David Raftos, Professor Wendy Rogers, Professor Mark Taylor, Professor Stefan Trueck, Professor Amanda Barnier and Professor Stephen Foley.
Top [L-R] Associate Professor Brian Atwell, Dr Nicholas Badcock, Associate Professor Andrew Barron, Professor Jennifer Hudson, Professor Nicki Packer and Professor Joseph Pugliese. Bottom [L-R] Professor David Raftos, Professor Wendy Rogers, Professor Mark Taylor, Professor Stefan Trueck, Professor Amanda Barnier and Professor Stephen Foley.

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2015 research awards in focus: Part three

In the lead up to the 2015 Macquarie University Research Excellence Awards, This Week is profiling nominees each week before winners are announced at an Awards Dinner this Wednesday 4 November.

This week, we focus on two award categories: Excellence in Research – Five Future Shaping Research Priorities (Healthy People, Resilient Societies, Prosperous Economies, Secure Planet and Innovative Technologies) and the Jim Piper Award for Excellence in Research Leadership.

Excellence in Research – Five Future Shaping Research Priorities

The awards in this category recognise the creation and application of research outcomes, the discovery of new knowledge or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way to generate new concepts, methodologies and understanding.

There are five awards within this category – see below for our 10 highly commended applicants and their research stories:

 The Jim Piper Award for Excellence in Research Leadership

This award is to recognise, encourage and reward those researchers who are on a path to becoming research leaders at Macquarie.

Below are our two highly commended applicants and their research stories: