UQ College

Research Scientist

• Conduct fieldwork at participating mine sites, including collection and management of paired respirable and inhalable dust samples and real-time monitoring data.
• Liaise professionally with mine site personnel, contractors, and equipment operators to support safe and efficient field activities.
• Assist with laboratory-based chamber experiments and comparison trials.
• Ensure data quality control, maintain laboratory and field records, and comply with all UQ and site-specific safety requirements.
• Compile, clean, and manage large datasets from microscopy and real-time monitoring, performing trend and statistical analyses where required.
• Contribute to technical reporting, fact sheets, publications, and conference materials, communicating effectively with project partners and stakeholders.
• Travel to regional and remote locations as required for fieldwork; a valid driver’s licence is essential.

Senior Research Assistant – Dust & Respiratory Health Program

• Planning and facilitating in-person and online participatory design activities involving diverse stakeholders
• Designing and prototyping interactive technologies and systems for evaluation with clinicians, patients, health professionals, parents and children
• Working closely with healthcare professionals, researchers, and industry partners to promote the uptake of the guidelines, foster relationships, and ensure effective knowledge translation to end-users
• Authoring high-quality research publications, contributing to competitive grant applications, and supporting the supervision and development of students and early career researchers in the field
• Supervision of honours and higher degree students, providing performance feedback and training, and resolving conflicts
• Developing partnerships, demonstrating leadership through mentoring, engaging in internal service roles and committees, performing administrative functions, providing support to colleagues, and upholding university values

Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Participatory Design

• Drive a new vaccine development project.
• Spearhead research projects and manage day-to-day operations.
• Contribute to the design, execution, and analysis of experiments.
• Assist in vaccine efficacy studies, including animal models, and evaluate serological responses.
• Support applications for competitive research funding and publish in reputable journals.
• Assist with supervision of students and provide performance feedback and training to research support staff.

Senior Research Assistant – Dust & Respiratory Health Program

Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Participatory Design

Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Immunology