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Learn from insights, steal some strategies and discover different career paths that HDR candidates and graduates have followed. Important aspects of resourcefulness include being able to draw from knowledge and experiences, learn from others, be brave enough to ask for help & generous enough to provide it. The ResourcefulHDR podcast has been created for Researchers and prospective employers to show the value of a Higher Degree Research (HDR - PhD and M.Research) education - providing differe ...
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Dr. Catherine Fargher is an AWGIE award-winning scriptwriter, leader and creative focused on combining storyworlds, and characters with interactivity. Catherine is passionate about harnessing the power of storytelling to deliver educational content, including STEM, English, and more, through innovative methodologies and interactive media. Catherine…
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Kim is a professional archivist and historian and is the Head of Historical Services for Westpac Group. She contributed to the book produced for the Bank’s 200th Anniversary, and also arranged for the listing of the Bank’s earliest records – dating from 1816 – on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. Kim’s 25-year career has been spent principally…
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Malene Ahern is a physiotherapist with 20 years of experience in clinical practice working with clients neurological, orthopaedic and geriatric rehabilitation. She graduated from the University of Sydney (Bachelor of Applied Science, Physiotherapy Honours) and has also completed a Graduate Diploma in Information Technology at the University of Tech…
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Dr Melanie Zeppel is a Data Scientist and Researcher. Melanie's multi-disciplinary research spans experimental design and modelling impacts of customer user experience, climate change, as well as genomic medicine, including childhood cancer and other conditions. Melanie was awarded 2019 Scopus Researcher of the year, in sustainability. She has been…
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My guest this month on the ResourcefulHDR podcast is Dr. Alison Rice, Deputy Director of the Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform at CSIRO. I met Alison through the magic of Twitter and she kindly agreed to share her story. After completing a Bachelor of Science with Honours from the University of Adelaide, Alison worked as a Research Assistan…
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My guest on the ResourcefulHDR podcast his month is Dr. Rebecca Gelding. Rebecca recently started a new job as Project Officer (ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Familes over the Life Course) Rebecca speaks about her research, her career choices and how important it is to stay true to herself. Rebecca’s award-winning PhD thesis investigated…
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Kate holds a PhD in dance theatre and disability from Macquarie University titled 'Performances of 'Care': Dance Theatre by and with Australian Artists with Disability'. She teaches across Performance Studies, Cultural Studies and Media Studies at Macquarie University, the University of Sydney and the University of Technology, Sydney. She has held …
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After completing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney in 1992, Daniel worked in a variety of jobs – as a storeman with David Jones and Grace Bros before travelling overseas to the USA and Europe and then around Australia. On returning to Sydney, Daniel took up a job with the NSW Department of Sport & Recreation as a Swimming Teacher which…
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Dr Jacqueline Mackaway is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University (MU). For the past 4 years she has taught a social research unit which requires students to undertake an internship. Previously, she has worked with MQ’s Professional and Community Engagement (PACE) initiative, providing scholarly underpinning for pedagogy i…
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The ResourcefulHDR podcast guest for March is Shivani Sachdev. Shivani was awarded a Master of Research (Biomedical Science) in 2017 from Macquarie University and recently submitted her PhD thesis. Shivani’s research project was entitled “Molecular Pharmacology of Cannabinoids: beyond THC” which she completed in the laboratory under the supervision…
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The latest guest on the ResourcefulHDR podcast is Isaac Roberts who is a Master of Research candidate in Indigenous Studies at Macquarie. Isaac is a proud Aboriginal man with ties along the east coast of Queensland and New South Wales. After losing his hearing to illness in 2013, he studied a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Ancient and Mode…
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The winner of the 2019 Macquarie University 3MT Gillian Smith, PhD candidate in the department of Ancient History, is the latest guest on the ResourcefulHDR podcast. Gillian went on to win the Asia Pacific 3MT Peoples' Choice awared and in this episode she talks about how she decided to enter the competition after a 'pep talk' from her Supervisor, …
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Associate Professor Tracy Rushmer, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Associate Dean (Higher Degree Research), Faculty of Science and Engineering Macquarie University. Tracy's academic background is as an Experimental Petrologist plus Rock Mechanics. She overseas several experimental laboratories which can induce both hydrostatic and d…
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Belinda Fabian is a PhD candidate in the Department of Molecular Sciences at Macquarie University where she’s using cutting edge molecular biology and sequencing techniques to study the genes of beneficial bacteria that colonise plant roots. Belinda is in her 3rdyear and is supervised by Distinguished Professor Ian Paulsen and Dr Sasha Tetu. Prior …
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Florence is the HDR Learning Advisor for Social Science at Macquarie University and earned her PhD in Sociology at the University of New South Wales. She has published on a broad range of topics, including social theory, educational philosophy, the sociology of neuroscience, new materialist feminism and human–animal relations. As an HDR Learning Ad…
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Dr Cameron FerrisChief Operating OfficerInventia Life Science Pty Ltd My guest today on the ResourcefulHDR podcast is Dr. Cameron Ferris who is the Chief Operating Officer at Inventia Life Science, a fast-growing Sydney startup advancing 3D bioprinting technology to revolutionise medical research and regenerative medicine. Cameron completed a PhD i…
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Claire joined the University of South Australia as the Associate Head Graduate Research & Manager Research Training Support in February 2017. This role provides leadership in the development, planning and implementation of initiatives to achieve the University’s strategic research objectives, in the specific area of research education and training.…
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ResourcefulHDR podcast Episode 6: David Evans PhD candidate Ancient History My guest today on the ResourcefulHDR podcast is David Evans. David is located in Brisbane and is a PhD candidate in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University and his thesis is Paul and the Foundation of the Churches. Prior to enrolling in a PhD, David comple…
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Luke Mills is a PhD candidate at Macquarie University in Cognitive Science with a strong background in using data to gain novel insights into people and their behaviour. Luke’s PhD topic is Investigating the Role of Attention in Reading and he is currently part of the IMNIS Mentor program for PhD candidates in STEM Starting out in libraries with a …
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Dr Karina Luzia is a social geographer, academic developer, researcher and higher education project manager. She came to Macquarie University in 2005 for a 6-month part-time contract role in the Faculty of Science in the Department of Human Geography. Years later, she is still at Macquarie, currently based in the Learning Innovation Hub, after work…
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Wasin Praditsilp is a PhD candidate in International Communication at Macquarie University. Prior to enrolling in PhD Wasin completed an M.A. Communication Arts & Innovation (Hons) Innovative Communication for Development at the National Institute of development Administration in Thailand and a B.A. Communication Arts (1st Class Hons, Gold medal) P…
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The Slow Academic, Dr Agnes Bosanquet with Sally Purcell Agnes shares her own experiences as a PhD candidate and her career journey since then - the highs and lows. Agnes Bosanquet is Associate Dean (Curriculum Quality) in Human Sciences at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Her focus is qualitative research in critical university studies a…
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PVC HDR Training & Partnerships, Prof. Nick Mansfield with Sally Purcell Prof Nick Mansfield talks about the changes in the research landscape and the value of PhDs in the 21st Century. As the Dean HDR, Nick is the senior academic responsible for research training across all Faculties and departments, including the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Maste…
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