Congratulations to all staff recognised at the 2023 Research and Engagement Awards!

The Awards acknowledge research excellence and outstanding media engagement across different career stages and disciplines.

Read more about the awards and view videos on the Research Award winners here.

John de Laeter Award for Researcher of the Year

• John Curtin Distinguished Professor Sharon Parker in recognition of her outstanding leadership and research in her role as Director of the Centre for Transformative Work Design, based at Curtin’s Future of Work Institute.

Early Career Researcher of the Year

• Dr Zoe Bradfield from the Curtin School of Nursing

Award for Research Excellence – People

• John Curtin Distinguished Professor Chris Reid from the School of Population Health

Award for Research Excellence – People (Early Career)

• Dr Samantha Colledge-Frisby from the National Drug Research Institute

Award for Research Excellence – Planet

• Associate Professor Wensu Chen from the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

Award for Research Excellence – Planet (Early Career)

• Dr Caitlin Maling from the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry

Award for Research Excellence – Partnership

• Dr Julia Easton from the School of Molecular and Life Sciences

Award for Research Excellence – Partnership (Early Career)

• Dr Yongze Song from the School of Design and the Built Environment

Three Rs Animal Ethics Award

• Dr Daniel Brown, Dr Enoch Perimal and Mr Matthew Kenrick from Curtin Medical School

Publications in Nature

• Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker, Dr Arash Bahramian, Tyrone O’Doherty, Dr Paul Hancock and Dr Gemma Anderson from the School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences
• Professor Tim Johnson and Professor Chris Kirkland from the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Professor Morten Allentoft from the School of Molecular and Life Sciences
• Dr Kai Rankenburg from the John de Laeter Centre (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
• John Curtin Distinguished Professor Zongping Shao from the WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering

Publications in Science

• Associate Professor Katarina Miljkovic from the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences
• John Curtin Distinguished Professor Kate Trinajstic and Dr Catherine Boisvert from the School of Molecular and Life Sciences

Publications in Journal of the American Medical Association

• Professor Judith Finn from the Curtin School of Nursing

Publications in The Lancet

• Dr Kefyalew Alene, Dr Berihun Dachew and Associate Professor Delia Hendrie from the Curtin School of Population Health
• Professor Bronwyn Myers-Franchi from the enAble Institute (Faculty of Health Sciences)

Publications in Cambridge University Press

• Associate Professor Sender Dovchin from the School of Education

Most Outstanding Research News Story

• Dr Hugo Olierook, Dr Luc Doucet and Dr Denis Fougerouse from the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences – Argyle study reveals crucial third clue to finding new diamond deposits

Most Prolific Media Commentator by Faculty

• Health Sciences: Professor Stuart Kinner from the School of Population Health
• Science and Engineering: Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker from the School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences
• Business and Law: Associate Professor Hannah McGlade from Curtin Law School
• Humanities: Professor Joe Siracusa, Dean Global Futures

Highest Contribution to The Conversation

• Professor Steven Tingay from the School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Highest readership of an article on The Conversation

• Dr Eleanor Sansom from the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Highest Contribution to the Australian Science Media Centre

• John Curtin Distinguished Professor Peter Newman from the School of Design and the Built Environment

Collaboration Champion

• Associate Professor Htwe Htwe Thein from the School of Management and Marketing
• Associate Professor Liam Wagner from the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

Best New Talent

• Adele Pentland, PhD student from the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences