Please quote the allocation reference number 2013063 & 2013064 on your application form.

Project Name: Time Series Analysis of Financial Data including Nonlinear Dynamical Analysis

This project is in conjunction with a major, multi-disciplinary ARC Linkage Project involving physics, mathematics, and financial data analysis. It is located in applied finance with support from mathematics and physics at Macquarie University. The project will make further contributions in researching time series analysis, including chaos data analysis, of financial data from the Sirca Technology Pty Ltd databases. The project will be independent of major milestones of the ARC Linkage Project in order to allow the candidate to have a self-paced, supported development as a researcher. However, there will be many opportunities for outcomes to be transferred into the major aims of the linkage project, with a beneficial increase in the impact of the PhD research and track record of the incumbent. The multi-disciplinary environment of the project will be an excellent one in which a PhD candidate will be exposed to the functioning of such a team while being able to focus on a largely independent project. An excellent candidate will be able to build the research track record for a broad range of professional futures. Applicants will require the an excellent honours degree, or equivalent, in applied finance, actuarial studies or mathematics.

The living allowance (stipend) in 2013 for full-time MQRES holders is $24,653 tax exempt. A one-off top-up of $10,000 (tax exempt) is also payable in the first year of the PhD project. This is a contribution by the industry partner.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Professor Piet de Jong, email: piet.dejong@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 (0)2 9850 8944

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2013063 & 2013064 on your application.

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Cognitive Science or the Department of Psychology.

Please quote 2013092 and the allocation reference number on your application.

This position is associated with a successful ARC Discovery Project grant DP130100756 awarded to John Sutton (Cognitive Science) and Doris McIlwain (Psychology) entitled ‘Mindful Bodies in Action: a philosophical study of skilled movement’. A number of potential PhD research topics are available within this project, depending on the experience, skills, and interests of the best applicant.

Skilled experts in sport or dance, or in complex interactions like psychotherapy, perform extraordinarily subtle actions in perfect time, with exquisite control, and display resilient coping under pressure: their mindful bodies blend cognition and emotion in action. This project integrates disconnected research on skilled movement in a new account of embodied intelligence. Our mixed-method studies of real-world experts in domains such as sport, dance, performance, music, and psychotherapy address both subjective experience and psychological mechanisms.

Component strands of this project draw on philosophy of mind and action, personality psychology, cognitive anthropology, sport science, and cognitive neuroscience. Applicants should have either a first-class Honours or a Masters degree or equivalent in philosophy, psychology, anthropology, sport and exercise science, human movement, cognitive science, or a related discipline; and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Cognitive Science at Macquarie University is a vibrant, research-focussed department that offers its many doctoral and postdoctoral researchers a world-class intellectual environment. The Department is home to the ARC Centre of Excellence for Cognition and its Disorders. This project is also associated with the interdisciplinary Centre for Elite Performance, Expertise, and Training CEPET. Funding for PhD students to present at conferences and/or to visit laboratories overseas during their candidature is available.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, contact John Sutton or Doris McIlwain for further information: john.sutton@mq.edu.au , doris.mcilwain@mq.edu.au, Phone: 61 2 9850 4132

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote 2013092 and the allocation reference number on your application.

Please quote the '2012145 40K Foundation' on your application.

• Receive a PhD from a top Australian University
• Make a difference to rural education in India

Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) is excited to offer a scholarship for a domestic or international candidate to undertake a PhD in Education. The scholarship is offered to evaluate complementary programs for Primary School Education offered by the 40K Foundation Australia in the Bangalore region. The successful applicant will research, design and implement qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods to measure both education and social impact outcomes for the 40K projects around Bangalore.

The scholarship offers full tuition and a stipend (living allowance) for 3.5 years. The current stipend value is AU$24,653, indexed annually. The successful candidate will conduct field work in India and spend at least one year in Australia.

Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:

• be eligible for entry to a PhD program in Education at Macquarie University
• be willing to locate to Bangalore to conduct the research, and be prepared to spend at least one year of study in Australia.
• be able to speak fluent English as well as one of the local languages, Tamil or Kannada.

We are seeking someone who is proactive, mature, independent and able to work with minimal supervision on the ground.

We are interested in someone who is committed to rural education and who has experience working in rural settings.

To apply, in the first instance, please contact Ms Robyn Bishop, Higher Degree Research Manager, Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia email: Robyn.Bishop@mq.edu.au or phone: +61 2 9850 8749, Facsimile + 612 9850 9390

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the '2012145 40K Foundation' on your application.

A full-time PhD (MQRES) Scholarship for either a domestic or international student, is available in the Australian School of Advanced Medicine to investigate the genetics, biology, and the host response to malarial infection in the Malaria Host Response and Genetics Group.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012173 on your application form.

The PhD scholarship is available to investigate the genetics, biology, and the host response to malarial infection in the Malaria Host Response and Genetics Group. The successful candidate will join an established and internationally recognized research team funded by the NHMRC and ARC. The project will utilise state-of-the-art genetic and molecular biology technologies to study mechanisms of host resistance against malarial infection. Malaria remains a major global health problem and difficult to control with the spread of drug-resistance parasites. The results of this project will make valuable contributions to understanding host protective mechanisms that naturally control an infection, and potentially lead to the development of novel anti-malarial agents.

The successful candidate should have (or be about to attain) research qualifications equivalent to an Australian undergraduate degree with first class honours in mammalian genetics, molecular biology, parasitology or a related medical research discipline. They must be able to work within a team and should have high level written and oral communication skills. Experience in genetic, molecular and cell biology analytical techniques is desirable, as is experience and an interest in mammalian genetics, immunology or haematology.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, submit a cover letter detailing relevant experience, a CV and an academic transcript to Associate Professor Brendan McMorran at Brendan.mcmorran@mq.edu.au or phone: (+61 2) 02 9812 3564.

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012173 on your application form.

Two full-time PhD (MQRES) Scholarships are available in the Department of Cognitive Science associated with ARC Future Fellowship FT120100830.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2012197 & 2012198 on your application form.

These scholarships are to support two PhD candidates working with Dr Matthew Finkbeiner on exploring the temporal dynamics of basic cognitive processes such as word and object recognition.

The new PhD student(s) will work in the Action & Cognition Laboratory (http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/laboratories/action/), which provides students and researchers with a wide range of state-of-the-art equipment (motion capture, eye-tracking, EEG, TMS, virtual reality). Applicants should have a strong experimental background in visual cognition and those with programming skills (Presentation, Matlab, R) are preferred.

Cognitive Science at Macquarie University is a vibrant, research-only department that offers its many doctoral and postdoctoral researchers a world-class intellectual environment. The Department of Cognitive Science is also home to the ARC Centre of Excellence for Cognition and its Disorders (http://www.ccd.edu.au/).

Funding for PhD students to present at conferences and/or to visit laboratories overseas during their candidature is available.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, contact Dr. Matthew Finkbeiner at matthew.finkbeiner@mq.edu.au or phone: (+61 2) 02 9850 6718.

Lab Website: http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/laboratories/action/ ; Personal Website: http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/~mfinkbei/

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. These scholarships must be taken up by the end of 2012.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2012197 & 2012198 on your application form.

Several full-time domestic and international Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) for are available for suitably qualified prospective PhD candidates in the Australian School of Advanced Medicine (ASAM).

Please quote ‘MND PhD Scholarships’ and the allocation reference number on your application.

You are invited to join a new and dynamic group of researchers focussing upon the study of motor neuron diseases (MND) that is being established within the Australian School of Advanced Medicine. We are bringing together a broad range of expertise in human genetics, molecular and cell biology, biochemistry and zebrafish biology to establish a comprehensive and systematic laboratory-based research program that will lead directly to translational studies in partnership with the existing strength in clinical MND research at Macquarie University Hospital led by Professor Dominic Rowe.

PhD scholarships are available to investigate the genetics, biochemistry and cell biology that causes degeneration of motor neurons, and to utilise the collective expertise of the group to develop novel cross-disciplinary therapeutic approaches for treating MND. The successful candidates will join an established and internationally recognized research group funded by the NHMRC and ARC.

Prof Roger Chung– interests in abnormal protein aggregation and neurotoxicity, and glial contributions to neurodegeneration.

A/Prof Julie Atkin – interests in understanding the biochemical and cellular processes that lead to abnormal protein aggregation in MND

A/Prof Ian Blair – leads genetic studies that identify new MND causing genes, and cell biology studies to identify how mutant genes cause MND

Prof Gilles Guillemin - interests in tryptophan metabolism and its involvements in neuroinflammation, neurotoxicity and neuroprotection.

Dr Nicholas Cole – is using transgenic zebrafish to investigate how MND causing genes impair the function of motor neurons

Candidates should have (or be about to attain) research qualifications equivalent to an Australian undergraduate degree with first class honours in mammalian genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry or a related medical research discipline. They must be able to work within a team and should have high-level written and oral communication skills. Experience in a combination of genetic, molecular and cell biology analytical techniques is desirable.

Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about the University’s scholarship rating guidelines.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, submit a cover letter detailing relevant experience, a CV and an academic transcript to Professor Roger Chung at Roger.Chung@mq.edu.au

Following a pre-selection process, prospective candidates will then be selected for submission of a full scholarship application to the University, subject to Faculty approval.

Interested applicants should first contact Professor Roger Chung for further information, on email: Roger.Chung@mq.edu.au Phone +61 2 9850 2724

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. The Australian School of Advanced Medicine provides an additional stipend top-up.

Selected applicants need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote ‘MND PhD Scholarships’ and the allocation reference number on your application.

JRE Grant - Engineering Cadetships

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr announced the JRE Grant – Engineering Cadetships on 9 December 2011.

The JRE Grant - Engineering Cadetships will enable Higher Education Providers (HEP) to support the research training costs associated with higher degree by research students undertaking a cadetship in relevant areas of engineering or science. Cadetships will involve a combination of formal research training with the HEP and concurrent employment with a business to carry out R&D activities.

Macquarie University has been successful in securing 5 grant awards valued at $5,000 per annum currently enrolled MQ HDR candidates to supplement the research training costs for each domestic student participating in the program. This funding enables the HEP to customise the student’s research training experience to enhance their career prospects as well as to increase overall collaboration between universities and industry to strengthen R&D outcomes.

Interested applications should submit an 'Expression of Interest' (EOI) addressed to the HDR Scholarships Manager, HDRO, Macquarie University, NSW 2209, or by email at: hdrschol@mq.edu.au

EOI's should contain information about the proposed cadetship and industry partner along with information about current enrolment and how this research training opportunity fits in their research and/or research career path, and how this might enhance future research collaboration with the industry or business partner.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2012067 on your application form.

Overall Project Area: Climate change biology

This ARC Discovery project tests whether increased metabolic activity is a consequence of genetic adaptation that can protect marine organisms from the effects of climate change. Climate change is increasing the acidity and temperature of the world’s oceans. Many species will have to adapt to these conditions in order to survive. We know that such adaptation is possible, but we still do not know which genes provide heritable protection against the effects of climate change. That knowledge will help us to predict which species will be more tolerant of climate change in the future.

The current project will fill this crucial gap by studying a unique population of oysters that already shows signs of climate change adaptation and increased metabolism. The successful MQRES applicant will assist postdoctoral researchers with breeding oysters for climate change tolerance, and will test the physiological and genetic properties of those selected oysters. To undertake their research project, the candidate should have existing skills in invertebrate biology (particularly oysters), molecular biology (particularly gene expression analysis), and biochemistry.

The successful candidate will work in the laboratory of Professor David Raftos at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Chowder Bay, Sydney. Their project will be conducted in collaboration with researchers from the University of Western Sydney, the NSW Department of Primary Industries, and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Germany).

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact: Professor David Raftos, email: David.Raftos@mq.edu.au Phone: +61 2 9850 8402

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2012067 on your application form..

A full-time PhD (MQRES) scholarship is available for a talented and highly motivated PhD candidate to join Dr Ian Wright’s rapidly-growing plant ecology group http://wrightlab.wordpress.com/ in the Department of Biological Sciences. Our department offers its many doctoral and postdoctoral researchers a vibrant and supportive intellectual environment. It is a leading Australian location for plant ecological and physiological research.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012068 on your application form.

Project Description:

This position is associated with ARC Discovery Project DP 120103284 “Scaling functional traits to whole-plant growth”. In this project we are testing new hypotheses about the interplay of key ecological/ physiological traits and biomass allometry in generating interspecific variation in growth outcomes, across seedlings, saplings and adult plants, from a range of Australian forest types. Growth rates are pivotal in vegetation ecology and a core element of plant ecological strategies. The focus involves native species, their traits and growth rates; it is not an agricultural, horticultural or autoecological project.

Within that framework the precise nature of the PhD project is somewhat open, depending on the research strengths/interests of the successful candidate. For example, the project may eventually involve one or more elements such as field-based ecophysiological studies, glasshouse-based growth experiments, analysing broad-scale environment-growth rate datasets, and modelling/theory of trait - growth relationships. Key collaborators on this project include Drs Allyson Eller and Caroline Lehmann (MQ); Dr Lucas Cernusak (ANU); Dr Ross Peacock (NSW Office of Environment and Heritage).

This scholarship is open to both domestic and (exceptionally qualified) international applicants. A demonstrated ability to conduct independent research (research, data analysis & write-up) is essential. Domestic candidates should have an undergraduate degree with first class honours or equivalent; international applicants should have a Masters degree or equivalent. Experience in leading or coauthoring peer-reviewed publications would be highly regarded.

Even if the PhD project is not primarily field-based, the successful candidate will be expected to energetically contribute to field trips associated with the project, led by other team members.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Dr Ian Wright, email: ian.wright@mq.edu.au

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 p.a. tax exempt for 3.5 years. Students on scholarships are not obliged to contribute to teaching, but may do so to supplement their income, if desired.

Up to AU$20,000 will be available to cover direct research expenses, and there is some additional funding for PhD students to present at conferences or visit laboratories overseas during their candidature.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012068 on your application.

A full time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified and interested candidate to work in the Department of Electronic Engineering with CSIRO MQ Chair in Wireless Communications, Prof Stephen Hanly.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012128 on your application form.

Project Name: Wireless Networks

Project Description:

Demands for capacity in wireless networks are currently exploding due to the proliferation of smart phones and the growing importance of video. Carriers estimate that capacity needs to grow 1000 x over the next five years. Methods to overcome the capacity bottleneck include small cells (pico and femto), WiFi offloading, spectrum sharing, cognitive radio, network MIMO, cooperative networks and network coding. New and exciting areas such as interference alignment are still in their infancy, and proper information-theoretic investigations will reveal novel methods to mitigate interference. These methods require new architectures and new algorithms, both at the network layer and at the PHY-layer. We have projects in all these areas, and encourage applicants with strong CVs.

The applicant must have strong mathematical skills and a background in stochastic modelling, optimization, signal processing or digital communications. It is desirable that the applicant be proficient with Matlab.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Prof Stephen Hanly , email: stephen.hanly@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 4243

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidapture/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012128 on your application.

Two full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) are available for suitably qualified PhD candidates in the Department of Mathematics associated with successful Discovery Project DP130101969.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2013081 & 2013082 on your application form.

Project Description:

A key tension in mathematics is that between algebra and geometry: whilst geometry gives spatial intuition, algebra provides computational tractability. Homotopy theory uses algebra to study that part of geometry known as topology; but over the past 20 years, startling new discoveries have shown that it plays a much broader role, mediating between such disciplines as algebraic geometry, higher category theory, and algebraic K-theory. These recent advances have almost all been cast in the language of category theory, without taking full advantage of its methodology.

The goal of this research program is to further the integration of homotopy theory and category theory through a comprehensive category-theoretic study of homotopy-theoretic notions.

The key aim of the candidate will be to:

   1.apply the techniques of two-dimensional and formal category theory to simplify and unify various aspects of the homotopy-theoretic generalization of category theory, or to

   2.synthesise the many ingenious techniques and constructions developed by homotopy theorists over the past forty years into a category-theoretic framework.

See http://web.science.mq.edu.au/groups/coact/ for information on the research environment for this subject.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Professor Ross Street, email: ross.street@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 8921

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2013081 & 2013082 on your application.

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) is available in the Department of Mathematics for a suitably qualified applicant.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2013063 & 2013064 on your application form.

Project Description:

This project is in conjunction with a major, multi-disciplinary ARC Linkage Project involving mathematics, physics and financial data analysis. It is located in Mathematics with support from the Departments of Physics, and of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies at Macquarie University. A PhD scholarship is available to support a project in the areas of dynamical systems, chaotic data analysis and related inverse problems. The aims are analysis of mathematical models underlying semiconductor laser systems, particularly chaotic laser systems, and the development of robust and reliable methods for analysing associated chaotic time series. Whilst particular systems motivate this study, the methods will make contributions to research on time series of financial data from the Sirca Technology databases, also. The project will be independent of major milestones of the ARC Linkage Project in order to allow the candidate to have a self-paced development as a researcher. However, there will be many opportunities for outcomes to be transferred into the major aims of the linkage project, with a beneficial increase in the impact of the PhD research and track record of the successful applicant. The multi-disciplinary nature of the project provides an excellent opportunity for a PhD candidate to be exposed to a team environment while being able to focus on a largely independent project. An excellent candidate will be able to build the research track record for a broad range of careers in mathematical science, including academia.

The living allowance (stipend) in 2013 for full-time MQRES holders is $24,653 tax exempt. A one-off top-up of $10,000 (tax exempt) is also payable in the first year of the PhD project. This is a contribution by the industry partner.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Professor Paul Smith, email: paul.smith@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 (0)2 9850 8944

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2013063 & 2013064 on your application.

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) is available in the Department of Physics and Astronomy associated with successful AOARD Grant 9201200206 for a suitably qualified applicant.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012177 on your application form.

Project Area: Lasers and Photonics

Project Description:

Synthetic diamond is an outstanding optical material with several properties potentially ideally suited for optical devices that rely on stimulated Raman scattering such as lasers, coherent beam combination and sources for quantum processing. Progress in areas of diamond photonics requires an improved understanding of the Raman gain on the coherence of the exciting radiation. In this project, the gain spectra as a function of pump spectral and polarization properties will be investigated for a continuous-wave diamond Raman laser system. The results will improve our understanding of Raman devices such as high power diamond lasers, tunable narrow-linewidth lasers, beam combiners and low-threshold waveguide lasers. The project will apply the results in one or more of these systems. The candidate should have interests in experimental and theoretical optics. The PhD project, hosted in the MQ Photonics Research Centre and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, will provide expertise in high power Raman lasers, metrology of laser linewidth and spatial coherence, and associated theories.

The PhD project, hosted in the MQ Photonics Research Centre and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, will provide particular expertise in characterizing laser linewidth and spatial coherence, theory of Raman scattering in crystals, and lasers.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Prof. Rich Mildren, email: rich.mildren@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 8965

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012177 on your application.

A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified prospective PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences associated with successful Discovery Project DP130103281.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2013093 on your application form.

Project Description:

Subtle interactions of natural products with proteins inside cells can lead to dramatic effects such as cell death or uncontrolled growth but also important physiological effects that are exploited in pharmacology. The understanding of these mechanisms of action is important for the development of new therapeutic agents from natural products. This ARC funded project is a multidisciplinary effort involving synthetic organic chemistry, molecular biology and proteomics aimed at the development of tools for the rapid isolation of natural product binding proteins.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the synthesis of biotinylated and fluorescently labeled natural products and to assist post-doctoral researchers in using these compounds to isolate and identify protein partners for the natural products.

The scholarship is open to all local and international students with first class Honours or Masters degrees and a track record in synthetic organic chemistry. Applicants must be highly motivated, resourceful, be able to work in a multidisciplinary team and have good communication skills.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Professor Peter Karuso, email: peter.karuso@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 (0)2 9850 8290

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2013093 on your application.

Two full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) are available in the Department of Physics and Astronomy associated with successful ARC FT120100452 for suitably qualified applicants to wotk with A/Prof Orsola De Marco.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2012205 & 2012206 on your application form.

Project Area: Stellar collisions and the transient sky

Project Description:

When stars interact with one another, or with their planetary systems, the course of their evolution is invariably altered and new star species form. Using a suite of hydrodynamic computer simulations we are in the process of studying such interactions. In collaboration with several international institutes we also study the light signal from stellar interactions and mergers so as to model observations from future wide scale, time dependent surveys. There are many possible projects within this area.

Initial inquiries should be directed to A/Prof Orsola De Marco, email: orsola.demarco@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 4241

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. One of these scholarships is available for a suitably qualified international candidate and the other a domestic candidate (or two domestic candidates or if a second international candidate is deemed suitable the second scholarship may cover tuition fees only).

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2012205 & 2012206 on your application.

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) is available in the Department of Physics and Astronomy associated with successful ARC FT120100294 for a suitably qualified applicant to work with Dr Helen Pask.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012207 on your application form.

Project Area: Development and application of cutting-edge THz sources using solid-state laser architectures

Project Description:

Terahertz (THz) radiation has the potential to revolutionise applications in security, medicine and industry. It has however, been referred to as the “Final Frontier” of the electromagnetic spectrum because of the significant challenges associated with its generation and detection.

While THz technology has progressed dramatically in recent years, there is still a lack of robust THz sources which are compact, frequency-tunable and cost-effective. This project aims to develop new, compact, high-efficiency and frequency-tunable THz laser sources by making use of stimulated polariton scattering, a process which uses both second-order and third order non-linearities. The THz source architecture is similar to that of a solid-state Raman laser which itself is built upon cost-effective and proven diode-based pump sources and crystalline materials.

This project will involve exploring methods by which the overall THz output power, extraction efficiency and tuning range can be maximised through the use of different resonator designs, crystals and novel extraction methods which involve the use of photonic crystal structures. Latter stages of the project may also involve investigating the application of the generated THz emission to perform spectroscopy and imaging of concealed materials.

The project will be tailored to suit the interests and strengths of the successful applicant - the project is primarily an experimental one, however there will be also be scope for theoretical or numerical modelling studies.

This project will suit a motivated student interested in optical physics, non-linear optics and laser design.

Australian applicants who can start in 2012 are especially encouraged, however all applicants will be considered.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Dr Helen Pask email: helen.pask@mq.edu.au, or Andrew Lee andrew.lee@mq.edu.au or phone: +61 2 9850 8932

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012207 on your application.

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) is available in the Department of Physics and Astronomy associated with successful ARC FT120100294 for a suitably qualified applicant to work with Dr Helen Pask.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012208 on your application form.

Project Area: Remote sensing of water temperature and salinity profiles using Raman spectroscopy

Project Description:

The project entails the use of Raman spectroscopy for remote sensing of water temperature, salinity and orgainic content as a function of depth, in coastal and inland waterways. Initial experiments will be laboratory-based, with the goal of making field-based measurements in the second year of PhD. There is presently no acceptable method for mapping subsurface temperature profiles, and developing this capability could have very high impact in the fields of environmental science and climate change.

The project will be tailored to suit the interests and strengths of the successful applicant - the project is primarily an experimental one, however there is considerable scope for theoretical or numerical modelling studies, Examples include the modelling of underwater light fields and the analysis of lidar return signals to extract information about temperature, salinity, scattering, constituents.

This project will suit a motivated student interested in optical physics, remote sensing, and Raman spectroscopy. Skills in experimental design, fieldwork, data analysis, statistical methods such as multivariate and regression analysis would be advantageous.

Australian applicants who can start in 2012 are especially encouraged, however all applicants will be considered.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Dr Helen Pask email: helen.pask@mq.edu.au, or phone: +61 2 9850 8932

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012208 on your application.

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Physics and Astronomy associated with successful ARC Discovery Project “Drawing Out Spider Silk Photonics and Technology”.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2013094 on your application form.

Project Description:

This nanotechnology project will research new approaches to using a range of electron microscopies combined with materials processing techniques to make new measurements of the physical characteristics of natural spider silks and related materials. A key focus of the research will be differentiating material components of the nanocomposite and multi-layered silks. The candidate will need to learn and understand the physics of the techniques being used in order to complete the analysis and interpretation aspects of this project. The project involves research collaboration with A/Prof Marion Stevens-Kalceff at UNSW. Additionally, optical microscopies will be used for microscale characterisation of the silks to test key hypotheses.

An excellent candidate will be able to build the research track record for a broad range of professional futures in physical and/or materials science, including academia.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Professor Deb Kane, email: deb.kane@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 8907

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2013094 on your application.

A full time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) - together with a prestigious SIEF John Stocker top-up scholarship - is available for a suitably qualified and interested candidate to work in the Department of Electronic Engineering with CSIRO MQ Chair in Wireless Communications, Prof Stephen Hanly. The project will be co-supervised by Dr. Iain Collings, and Dr. Andrew Zhang, both located at the nearby CSIRO ICT centre.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012126 on your application form.

Project Area: Coordinated Beamforming for metro-area cellular networks with radio backhaul

Project Description:

A looming data crunch, as more and more users upgrade to data hungry mobile smart-phones, is forcing cellular network providers to hunt for smarter ways to utilize existing spectrum. In multi-user MIMO, the base station is equipped with multiple antennas, allowing it to beamform to multiple mobile users simultaneously. Conventionally, the beamforming design is done on a per-cell basis: It is well known that with perfect channel state information at the base station it is possible to design beamforming vectors such that there is no intra-cell interference between users in the cell. On the other hand, much of these benefits are lost in actual cellular systems, as each base station is oblivious to the interference it creates in nearby cells, and intercell interference becomes the bottleneck to system performance.

This project will investigate a new coordinated beamforming architecture in which beamforming becomes a distributed optimization problem across multiple base stations. The base stations are connected via a wireless backhaul network that shares spectrum with the mobile users. The base stations are equipped with an array of antennas, and the users are equipped with directional antennas. The aim is to unlock the spatial degrees of freedom that are provided by multiple antennas at the base station, but which are not fully exploited in conventional multi-user beamforming algorithms.

The applicant must have strong mathematical skills and a background in stochastic modelling, optimization, signal processing or digital communications. It is desirable that the applicant be proficient with Matlab.

The SIEF John Stocker top-up provides an additional stipend of $10,000 pa tax exempt for 3 years, and further funding for operating expenses (such as conference registration and conference travel). This scholarship opportunity is open to both domestic and international students. In the case of an international student, the full international MQRES (which covers tuition) will be offered, together with the SIEF topup

Initial inquiries should be directed to Professor Stephen Hanly email: stephen.hanly@mq.edu.au, or phone: +61 2 9850 4243

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012126 on your application.

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) is available in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences associated with successful Future Fellowship FT120100440 for a suitably qualified applicant.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012195 on your application form.

Project Name: Fingerprinting Environmental Pollution: Geochemical and Isotopic Approaches

Project Description:

A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (in conjunction with the Department of Environment and Geography) to assess environmental pollution in Australia using a range of geochemical and isotopic tools. Outcomes include the development of a better understanding of historic and contemporary pollution events and an evaluation of the risks that that these may pose to the environment and related populations, under the supervision of Dr. Heather Handley and Prof. Mark Taylor.

The project will involve fieldwork in a range of Australian environments and locations and will require in situ and laboratory environmental sampling and geochemical analysis. Fieldwork in remote locations is anticipated to be part of the study. Candidates with an interest in environmental pollution problems with degrees in geology, environmental geology and chemistry are encouraged to apply.

It is expected that the successful candidate will enrol before the end of 2012 or early 2013.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Dr. Heather Handley, email: heather.handley@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 4405

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalent, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information.

Applicants will need to complete a candidapture/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012195 on your application.

A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences associated with successful ARC Future Fellowship submission FT120100440.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012196 on your application form.

Project Description:

This project aims to construct a high-resolution, age-constrained volcanological and geochemical record of one or more East Javanese volcanoes (Kelud/Semeru/Bromo) to elucidate the temporal evolution of East Javanese volcano plumbing systems and advance our understanding of how petrogenesis has developed throughout the island.

The island of Java in Indonesia contains 41 Holocence volcanoes, of which, 22 have had historical eruptions. Recent research has provided exciting new insights into the tectonic development of Java, the nature and influence of the sub-arc crust and the role of the depth to the benioff zone in controlling the geochemical compositions of erupted lavas. However, a complete understanding of the island is restricted by the current limited volcanological and geochemical information available for East Javanese volcanoes.

The candidate will undertake fieldwork in East Java and receive training in advanced volcanological, geochemical and isotopic analytical techniques (e.g., trace element laser ablation ICP-MS and Sr isotope micro-analysis of phenocrysts and Uranium-series isotopic analysis).

This work will also benefit from the collaboration of colleagues at Durham University, UK, Massey University, NZ and the Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France.

In the 2012 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment of research quality within Australia's higher education institutions, Macquarie University gained the highest ranking (5 out of 5) in the disciplines of Earth Science, Geology, Geochemistry and Geophysics.

It is expected that the successful candidate will enrol by mid 2013. Please contact Heather Handley for further information about the position.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Dr. Heather Handley, email: heather.handley@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 4403

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 p.a. tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012196 on your application.

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Physics and Astronomy associated with the ARC Centre of Excellence in Engineered Quantum systems (EQuS).

Please quote the allocation reference number 2013098 on your application form.

Project Description:

There are several models for quantum computation which are equivalent in ability to simulate each other but which differ in how they operate. For example, in the measurement based model one begins with a special resource state (a 2D lattice of entangled spins with one spatial axis representing position on the computational register, the other time) and then performs adaptive single spin measurements on the remaining correlated spins to process a quantum computation.

In this project we will investigate how to prepare and process resource states which are stable ground states of many-body interactions--i.e. computational phases of matter.

The scope of the research covers: identifying good ground codes for quantum memory including symmetry protected topological order in two dimensions, applying renormalization techniques to identify stable computational phases of matter, and analysis of the effect of errors (excitations) in such protocols and how to correct them.

Initial inquiries should be directed to A/Prof Gavin Brennen, email: gavin.brennen@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 4445

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 p.a. tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2013098 on your application.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012127 on your application form.

Project Description:

A full time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified and interested candidate to work on a project in the Department of Electronic Engineering with CSIRO MQ Chair in Wireless Communications, Prof Stephen Hanly.

This project will investigate how to dynamically allocate radio spectrum to a network of unlicenced users (secondary network users) under the constraint that the secondary network provide minimal disturbance to an existing licenced primary network. The unique feature of this project is the access to a very sophisticated, multi-antenna (MIMO) testbed that is being installed on campus, providing internet to real users. This testbed will be the primary network of our system.

The project will design and build a secondary (cognitive) network. A big issue in cognitive radio is to measure the activity of the primary network, and in particular to find the spectral holes. The primary system is a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) system and this creates a new spatial dimension to the problem. A major research challenge will be to design distributed algorithms for coordinating the links of the secondary network when each node in the network senses different ``network interference’’ (due to the spatial MIMO characteristics of the primary), but, at the same time, these measurements are highly correlated across space and frequency. Not only will we devise algorithms and optimize performance using theoretical models, this project will allow us to test these algorithms on a real system. We can measure the impact of our designed secondary system on the primary system. Design constraints will ensure that this impact is very low, but the system will allow us to directly measure the impact on measures such as primary system data rate, outage probabilities etc.

Other Important Information: The applicant must have strong mathematical skills and a background in stochastic modelling, optimization, signal processing or digital communications. It is desirable that the applicant be proficient with Matlab.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Stephen Hanly, email: stephen.hanly@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 4243

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 p.a. tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012127 on your application.

JRE Grant - Engineering Cadetships

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr announced the JRE Grant – Engineering Cadetships on 9 December 2011.

The JRE Grant - Engineering Cadetships will enable Higher Education Providers (HEP) to support the research training costs associated with higher degree by research students undertaking a cadetship in relevant areas of engineering or science. Cadetships will involve a combination of formal research training with the HEP and concurrent employment with a business to carry out R&D activities.

Macquarie University has been successful in secu http://www.ccfs.mq.edu.au/border: none;ring 5 grant awards valued at $5,000 per annum currently enrolled MQ HDR candidates to supplement the research training costr onclick= class=ts for each dome/bstic student participating in the program. This funding enables the HEP to customise the student’s research training experience to enhance their career prospects as well as to increase overall collaboration between universities and industry to strengthen R&D outcomes.

Interested applications should submit an 'Expression of Interest' (EOI) addressed to the HDR Scholarships Manager, HDRO, Macquarie University, NSW 2209, or by email at: hdrschol@mq.edu.au

EOI's should contain information about the proposed cadetship and industry partner along with information about current enrolment and how this research training opportunity fits in their research and/or research career path, and how this might enhance future research collaboration with the industry or business partner.