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Grants Awarded Between 5 November and 29 November 2013 ARC DISCOVERY PROJECTS

Winthrop Professor Lorenzo Faraone, Professor Mariusz Martyniuk, Winthrop Professor Yinong Liu, Professor Adrian Keating, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering:  Silicon-germanium-carbon - a novel opto-mechanic material for optical micro-electromechanical systems'-      $620,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Johannes Lambers, Associate Professor Patrick Finnegan, Doctor Patrick Giavalisco, School of Plant Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology:  'Molecular mechanisms underlying extensive replacement of phospholipids by galactolipids and sulfolipids in Hakea prostrata during leaf development'-         $470,000 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Christopher Power, Dr Alexander Knebe, Professor Geraint Lewis, Dr Aaron Robotham, Dr Danail Obreschkow, Associate Professor Daniel Zucker, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Macquarie University, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Universidad Autonoma De Madrid:  'The Orbits and Interactions of Satellite Galaxies:  A Fundamental Test of Cosmology'-$363,000 (2014-16)

Professor Michael Small, School of Mathematics and Statistics:  'Quantifying complexity and measuring structure within complex systems'-            $270,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor James Whelan, Dr Margaretha van der Merwe, Associate Professor Alisdair Fernie, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology:  'Mitochondrial Retrograde Signalling in Plants - New Models and Analytical Approaches'-      $414,000 (2014-16)

Professor Simone Pettigrew, Professor Robert Newton, Professor Jennifer Warburton, Dr Ben Jackson, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, Edith Cowan University, La Trobe University:'Investigating the health benefits of volunteering by seniors'- $360,000 (2014-15)

Dr Aaron Robotham, Professor Simon Driver, Professor Michael Drinkwater, University of Queensland, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research:'How typical is our Local Galaxy Group?'-        $315,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Cheryl Praeger, Professor Stephen Glasby, Professor Alice Niemeyer, School of Mathematics and Statistics:'Finite linearly representable geometries and symmetry'-        $473,000 (2014-16)

Professor Antonio Cantoni, Dr Yingjie Guo, Professor Defeng Huang, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, CSIRO:  'Signal Processing for Reconfigurable Antennas - a Multidisciplinary Approach for Next Generation Wireless Communications'-   $385,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Stephen Powles, Associate Professor Qin Yu, School of Plant Biology:  'Revealing novel mechanisms conferring evolution of resistance to glufosinate and glyphosate in Eleusine indica'-$359,000 (2014-16

Professor Susan Gourvenec, Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems:  'Mobile foundations:  shifting paradigms in deep sea engineering'- $250,000 (2014-16)

Professor Susana Agusti-Requena, Professor Carlos Duarte Quesada, Dr Jesus Arrieta, School of Plant Biology, Spanish National Research Council:  'Impact of global stressors on the metabolic balance of the coastal Indian Ocean'-$185,000 (2014-16)

Professor Giacinta Parish, Professor Brett Nener, Professor Murray Baker, Dr Matthew Myers, Professor Umesh Mishra, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, CSIRO:  'Transistor-based sensor technology for fast, reliable and accurate in situ monitoring of recycled wastewater'-           $540,000 (2014-16)

Professor Paul Low, Professor Richard Nichols, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Liverpool:  'From the Electronics of Molecules to Molecular Electronics'-$400,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Gregory Ivey, Associate Professor Nicole Jones, Professor Oliver Fringer, Dr Jonathan Nash, Doctor Samuel Kelly, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, iVEC, Oregon State University:  'The role of internal wave-driven near-bed turbulent dynamics in coastal ocean sediment mobilisation'-        $466,600 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Andrew Millar, Dr Shaobai Huang, Dr Adriana Pruzinska, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology:  'Measuring protein turnover in vivo in plant mitochondria and chloroplasts to identify protease targets'-         $678,000 (2014-16)

Romina Palermo, Dr Linda Jeffery, Associate Professor Bradley Duchaine, School of Psychology, Dartmouth College:  'Why does face identification ability improve during childhood?'- $344,000 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Vincent Wallace, Winthrop Professor Alan Harvey, Professor Livia Hool, Dr Peter Siegel, School of Physics, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, California Institute of Technology:  'Modulating neuron activity with terahertz light'-            $427,000 (2014-16)

Dr Amanda Ridley, Doctor Alex Thornton, Doctor Matt Bell, School of Animal Biology, University of Edinburgh, University of Exeter:  'The benefits of sociality:  understanding the relationship between cooperation, cognition and fitness'-       $400,000 (2014-16)

Professor Ryan Lowe, Professor Jan Roelvink, Dr Albertus van Dongeren, School of Earth and Environment, iVEC, Deltares, UNESCO-IHE:  'Wave dynamics in topographically-complex coastal reef systems'-    $360,000 (2014-16)

Dr Wayne Davies, Winthrop Professor David Hunt, Dr Kim Carter, Dr Jan Hemmi, Professor Julian Partridge, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Animal Biology, University of Bristol:  'Transcriptome sequencing and functional characterisation of craniate non-visual sensory systems and their adaptation to diverse light environments'-         $380,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Graeme Martin, Jeremy Smith, Professor Michael Lehman, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Animal Biology, University of Mississippi:  'Brain Regulation of Reproduction:  Challenging the 'KNDy' Hypothesis'-            $390,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Jane Davidson, Professor Adrian North, Associate Professor Katrina McFerran, Professor Raymond MacDonald, School of Music, Curtin University of Technology, University of Melbourne, University of Edinburgh:  'Musical investment:  assessing and enabling musical participation for well-being impact across the lifespan'-            $261,000 (2014-16)

Professor Gordon Royle, School of Mathematics and Statistics:  'Real chromatic roots of graphs and matroids'-          $351,000 (2014-16)

Professor Klaus Regenauer‑Lieb, Dr Ali Karrech, Dr Christoph Schrank, Dr David-Alexandre Boutelier, School of Civil and Resource Engineering, School of Earth and Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Monash University:  'Finite Strain with large rotations:  A new hybrid numerical, experimental approach'-       $177,000 (2014-16)

Professor David Smith, Associate Professor Roger Evans, Associate Professor Bruce Gardiner, Dr James Pearson, Dr Michelle Kett, Faculty of Engineering Computing and Mathematics, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Monash University:  'The comparative physiology of oxygen delivery to the kidney'-  $505,000 (2014-16)

Professor Stephen Hopper, Dr Siegfried Krauss, Dr Ryan Phillips, School of Plant Biology, Australian National University, WA Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority (Kings Park):  'The evolution and conservation consequences of promiscuity in plants pollinated by vertebrates'- $935,000 (2014-16)

Professor Mark Reynolds, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering:  'Automated strategic reasoning'-     $360,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Lorenzo Faraone, Professor Massimo Fischetti, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Texas, Dallas:  'Carrier Mobility Distributions: New Insights into Fundamental Electronic Transport in Advanced Semiconductor Structures'- $475,000 (2014-16)

Professor Colin MacLeod, Dr Andrei Miu, Dr Colette Hirsch, School of Psychology, Kings College London, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania:  'Cognitive mechanisms underlying readiness to acquire elevated anxious temperament'-  $285,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Yinong Liu, Professor Hong Yang, Professor Xiaodong Han, Doctor Yang Ren, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory:  'Elastic Strain Engineered Transforming Metal Matrix-Nanowire Composite'-        $400,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Sergei Kuzenko, Dr Evgeny Buchbinder, Dr Gabriele Tartaglino‑Mazzucchelli, Professor Stefan Theisen, Professor Arkady Tseytlin, School of Physics, Imperial College London, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics:  'Novel Conformal Techniques in Quantum Field Theory, Gravity and Supergravity'-$346,000 (2014-16)

Professor Yuxia Hu, School of Civil and Resource Engineering:  'Building Australia's Offshore Oil and Gas Industry on Solid Foundations:  characterising multilayered soils for offshore foundation design'-           $380,000 (2014-16)

Professor Ryan Lister, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology:  'Unique epigenetic states in plant stem cell niches for safeguarding genome integrity'-           $395,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor David Sampson, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering:  'High-resolution elastography - Using optical micro-imaging of tissue mechanics to identify disease'-       $635,000 (2014-16)

Professor Colin MacLeod, Professor Nazanin Derakhshan, School of Psychology, University of London Birkbeck:  'Attentional bias, attentional control and anxiety vulnerability:  A test of alternative hypotheses concerning their functional relationship'-            $967,572 (2014-16

Dr Steven Smith, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology:  'Understanding the biological functions of the karrikin-responsive signaling system of plants in growth, development and responses to the environment'-      $395,000 (2014-16)

ARC FUTURE FELLOWSHIPS

Winthrop Professor Susan Broomhall, School of Humanities:  'Emotions of Power:  Strategic affection in the correspondence of Catherine de Medici'-          (2013-17)

Associate Professor Christopher Power, School of Physics:  'Monstrous Black Holes, Dead Stars and Accretion-Powered Feedback in Galaxy Formation'-       (2013-17)

Dr Monika Murcha, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology:  'Characterizing the regulators of mitochondrial biogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana'-       (2013-17)

Dr Nicolas Taylor, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology:  'Deciphering the Thermal Acclimation of Mitochondrial Respiration'-          (2013-17)

Dr Simon Farrell, University of Bristol:  'The role of episodic memory in imagining and planning for the future'-      (2013-17)

Dr Shaobai Huang, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology:  'Dissecting novel roles of succinate dehydrogenase in stomatal aperture and root elongation in plants'-      (20130-17)

Dr Killugudi Swaminatha Iyer, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'A multimodal approach to unravel the role of surface properties in nanoparticle-cell interactions using models of medical emergencies'-    (2013-17)

Dr Wen Lei, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering:  'HgCdSe:  A novel II-VI semiconductor material for next generation infrared technologies'-  (2013-17)

Dr Reto Dorta, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'New Chiral Metal Catalysts; Going Beyond the State of the Art'-            (2013-16)

Dr Martin Hill, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering:  'Plasmon mode lasers;  smaller, faster, better'-          (2013-17)

Dr Pilar Blancafort, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology:  'Drugging the undruggable:  Development of novel technologies to selectively regulate the expression of targets driving cancer and other diseases'- (2013-17)

ARC LINKAGE INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT FACILITIES

Winthrop Professor David Hunt, Adjunct Professor Ralph Martins, Dr Giuseppe Verdile, Associate Professor Simon Laws, Winthrop Professor Ryan Lister, Professor Shaun Collin, Assistant Professor Nathan Pavlos, Dr Wayne Davies, School of Surgery, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Animal Biology, Edith Cowan University:  'Western Australian Zebrafish Facility'-     $400,000 (2014)

Winthrop Professor David Sampson, Professor George Koutsantonis, Professor Michael Johns, Winthrop Professor Dongke Zhang, Dr Killugudi Swaminatha Iyer, Associate Professor Robert Trengove, Professor Richard Oliver, A/Prof Mark Ogden, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (00012), Murdoch University, Edith Cowan University, Curtin University of Technology, WA Maritime Museum:  'Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Facilities - Advancing Cutting Edge Chemical Biological Energy and Materials Research in Western Australia'-         $771,000 (2014)

Professor Charles Bond, Winthrop Professor Alice Vrielink, Professor Aleksandra Filipovska, Dr Joshua Mylne, Professor Ian Small, Associate Professor Ricardo Mancera, Professor Richard Oliver, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Curtin University of Technology:  'Biomolecular Interaction Facility'- $180,000 (2014)

Winthrop Professor David Blair, Associate Professor Li Ju, Professor David McClelland, Associate Professor Linqing Wen, Dr Andrew Melatos, Professor Jesper Munch, A/Prof Peter Veitch, Professor Susan Scott, Professor David Coward, Dr Gareth Moorhead, Dr Stefan Gossler, School of Physics, University of Adelaide, Australian National University, University of Melbourne, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation:  'Equipment for International Collaboration in Gravitational Wave Detection'-   $720,000 (2014)

AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL ARC DISCOVERY EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER AWARDS

Dr Amir Karton, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'Mimicking nature:  computational design of better antioxidants'-        $395,220 (2014-16)

Doctor Livia Carvalho, School of Animal Biology, University College London:  'Understanding cone photoreceptor migration and cell death mechanisms'-         $394,371 (2014-16)

Dr Renee Firman, School of Animal Biology:  'Under female control:  egg defence, adaptive sex allocation, and sperm selection'- $393,000 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Muhammad Hossain, Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems:  'Advanced numerical and physical modelling of dynamically penetrating anchors for deep water oil and gas developments'-    $394,020 (2014-16)

Dr Paul Stanwix, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering:  'Precision Spectroscopy of CO2 Exchange in Hydrates for Clean Energy Production'-        $395,220 (2014-16)

Dr Margaretha van der Merwe, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology:  'Evolutionary Adaptation of the Chemical Language of Nutrient Acquisition Strategies in Higher Plants'- $395,220 (2014-16)

Dr Simon Grabowsky, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'Electron Density - Reactivity Correlation through Experimental Quantum Crystallography'-           $376,470 (2014-16)

Jun Li, School of Civil and Resource Engineering:  'Development of a Self-powered Wireless Sensor Network from Renewable Energy for Integrated Structural Health Monitoring and Diagnosis'- $389,220 (2014-16)

Dr Gang Li, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering:  'Capturing Latent Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Production'- $376,970 (2014-16)

CRC FOR WATER SENSITIVE CITIES

Professor Zhiguo Yuan, Associate Professor Matthew Hipsey, School of Earth and Environment, University of Queensland:  'Managing Interactions Between Decentralized and Centralized Water Systems'-    $103,333 (2013-15)

CSIRO EX DAFF CARBON FARMING FUTURES FILLING RESEARCH GAP

Doctor Hayley Norman, Associate Professor Philip Vercoe, Professor Edward Barrett‑Lennard, Associate Professor John Milton, School of Animal Biology, School of Plant Biology, CSIRO, Australian Wool Innovation Limited:  'Round 2 ‑ Nitrate and Sulphate Rich Shrubs to Reduce Methane and Increase Productivity'- $122,000 (2013-15)

CSIRO EX WA MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE WAMSI

Professor Ryan Lowe, Associate Professor Marco Ghisalberti, School of Civil and Resource Engineering, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, School of Earth and Environment, Curtin University of Technology:  'Predicting and Measuring the Characteristics of Sediment Plumes Due to Dredging Operations'-          $382,412 (2013-15)

CANCER COUNCIL OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Assistant Professor Angela Ives, School of Surgery:  'Postdoc Fellowship - Upper Gastro Intestinal Surgery as Treatment for Cancer ‑ What Influences its Use and Outcomes'-            (2014-16

DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF WA

Assistant Professor Vance Matthews, UWA Centre for Medical Research:  'Establishing the role of TNFSF14 in signalling in obesity and type 2 diabetes'-           $75,000 (2014)

ECR FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT PROGRAM

Dr Karen Martin, School of Population Health:  'Mental Health, Delinquent and Health Behaviours in Vulnerable Youth Populations'- $29,269 (2013)

GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Dr Christian Nansen, School of Animal Biology, UWA Institute of Agriculture (IOA):  'Options for Improved Insecticide and Fungicide Use and Canopy Penetration in Cereals and Canola'- $599,792 (2013-15)

Assistant Professor Kenneth Flower, School of Plant Biology:  'Long Term No Till Farming Systems'-   $750,105 (2013-14)

GROUP OF EIGHT DAAD GERMAN RESEARCH COOPERATION

Winthrop Professor Mark Cassidy, Dr Oliver Reul, Assistant Professor Yinghui Tian, Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems, University of Kassel:  'Response of Piles and Pile groups under Cyclic Loading'- $17,600 (2014-15)

Professor Ajmal Mian, Dr Andreas Dengel, Dr Faisal Shafait, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, DFKI:  'Hyperspectral Imaging for Automatic Handwriting Analysis and Segmentation'-            $15,600 (2014-15)

Dr Wen Lei, Professor Boris Mizaikoff, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Ulm:  'On-chip Mid-infrared chem/bio Sensors for analysing Hydrocarbons in Aqueous Environments'- $20,000 (2014-15)

Winthrop Professor Zdenko Rengel, Dr Johannes Postma, Dr Yinglong Chen, School of Earth and Environment, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH:  'Phenotyping and Simulation of Barley Root Architecture for Edaphic Stress Adaption'-   $19,200 (2014-15)

INTERNATIONAL MINING FOR DEVELOPMENT CENTRE EX AUSAID

Assistant Professor Arianne Ford, Centre for Exploration Targeting CET:  'A GIS-Based Mineral Prospectivity Analysis of Central Africa'- $57,500 (2014)

Adjunct Professor Allan Trench, School of Earth and Environment, Centre for Exploration Targeting CET:  'Evaluating the Attractiveness of Fiscal Regimes for New Gold Developments:  African and South American Peer Country Comparisons'- $57,500 (2013)

RIO TINTO LIMITED

Dr Josephine McDonald, School of Social Sciences:  'Rock Art Recording Test Excavation and Management Work across the Dampier Archipelago NHL Place'- $126,533 (2013)

TEACHING RELIEF FOR UWA ACADEMIC STAFF

Professor Giacinta Parish, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering:  'Transistor-based Sensor Technology for Fast Reliable and Accurate Environmental and Industrial Monitoring'-        $17,449 9 (2014)

UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE EX ARC LIEF

Professor Andre Luiten, Professor John Hartnett, Winthrop Professor Michael Tobar, Dr Maria Rioja, Assistant Professor Richard Dodson, Dr Philip Light, Professor Douglas Gray, Dr Waddah Al-Ashwal, Professor Derek Abbott, Dr Michael Wouters, School of Physics, University of Adelaide, National Measurement Institute (AUS):  'High Performance Clock Facility for New Generation Radar Imaging Measurement and Radio Astronomy Applications'-   (2013-14)

UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY EX NCRIS

Professor Martin Saunders, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (00012), University of Sydney, University of Adelaide, Australian National University, University of Queensland, Flinders University, University of New South Wales, University of South Australia:  'Australian Microscopy Microanalysis Research Facility AMMRF 2013-2015'- $175,500 (2013-15)

WA DISABILITY SERVICES COMMISSION

Assistant Professor Mark Edwards, Assistant Professor Christine Soo, UWA Business School:  'Analysis of Positive Behaviour Framework'-$149,511 (2013)

WATER CORPORATION WA

Associate Professor Anas Ghadouani, School of Civil and Resource Engineering, School of Environmental Systems Engineering:  'The Use of Aerated Rock filters to disinfect wastewater effluent from activated sludge