Congratulations to the finalists of the 2024 Curtin University Research & Engagement Awards.

These awards celebrate outstanding research contributions across various disciplines and recognise academics and researchers who have significantly raised the University’s profile in the media.

Awards for Research Excellence

People Category:

  • Professor Penelope Hasking
  • Professor Marylène Gagné
  • Professor Oliver Rackham
  • Associate Professor Hannah Moore

People (Early Career) Category:

  • Dr Shelley Walker
  • Dr Adam Crowe
  • Dr Francesca Perugia

Planet Category:

  • Professor Ricardo Mancera
  • Professor Zongping Shao
  • Professor Jun Li

Planet (Early Career) Category:

  • Dr Brenton von Takach
  • Dr Md. Redowan Mahmud
  • Dr Haoran Zuo
  • Dr Yijun Zhong

Partnership Category:

  • Associate Professor Atiq Zaman
  • Associate Professor Vinicius Cavalheri
  • Professor Ben Mullins and the Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring project team

Partnership (Early Career) Category:

  • Dr Cass Lynch
  • Dr Cheryl Yam

Awards for Media Engagement

Most Prolific Commentator for the Faculty of Health Sciences:

  • Professor Jaya Dantas
  • Dr Nicole Lee
  • Dr Renee Carey
  • Professor Donna Chung

Most Prolific Commentator for the Faculty of Science and Engineering:

  • PhD student Adele Pentland
  • Professor Chris Kirkland
  • PhD student Anthony Clarke
  • Dr Ben Phillips

Most Prolific Commentator for the Faculty of Business and Law:

  • Associate Professor Htwe Htwe Thein
  • John Curtin Distinguished Professor Alan Duncan
  • Professor Julia Richardson
  • Associate Professor Elizabeth Jackson

Most Prolific Commentator for the Faculty of Humanities:

  • John Curtin Distinguished Professor Peter Newman
  • Professor Tama Leaver
  • Professor Dora Marinova
  • Associate Professor Alexey Muraviev

Winners will be announced at an award ceremony on campus on Thursday, 14 November. Awards winners will also be announced for the following categories:

  • Researcher of the Year
  • Early Career Researcher of the Year
  • Most Prolific Commentator for each faculty
  • Highest Contribution to The Conversation
  • Highest readership of an article on The Conversation
  • Highest Contribution to the Australia Science Media Centre
  • Media Collaboration Champion
  • 9News Best New Media Talent