Australian Laureate Fellowship

The Australian Laureate Fellowship is an Australian professorial research fellowship awarded by the Australian Research Council. Fellows are chosen each year for five-year awards.^[1] In 2023 8 industry-focused Laureate Fellowships were awarded for the first time.^[2]

Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Georgina Sweet fellowships

In 2010, the Australian Research Council created the Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowships. The Kathleen Fitzpatrick fellowship is named for Kathleen Fitzpatrick and honours a woman candidate in a humanities field. The Georgina Sweet fellowship is named for Georgina Sweet and honours a woman in a science or technology discipline. In addition to the funding from the standard Australian laureate fellowship, both of these named fellowships include an additional $20,000 per year to promote women in research.^[3]

Recipients

2024

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Derek Abbott	Ultrasensitive terahertz sensing	University of Adelaide		[4]
Andrew Baker	Stalagmites and groundwater	University of New South Wales		[5]
Gabrielle Belz	Immune response in vertebrates	University of Queensland		[6]
Nathaniel Bindoff	Earth's response to emission reductions	University of Tasmania		[7]
Alan Collins	Mapping Earth's surface	University of Adelaide		[8]
Yihong Du	Partial differential equations	University of New England		[9]
Christopher Gibson	Decarbonisation transitions	University of Wollongong		[10]
Michael Kearney	Pests and climate change	University of Melbourne		[11]
Liza Lim	Musical approach to climate change	University of Sydney		[12]
James McCaw	Mathematical modelling for infectious diseases	University of Melbourne		[13]
Andrea Morello	Quantum computing	University of New South Wales		[14]
Jacqueline Peel	international law for corporate climate accountability	University of Melbourne	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship	[15]
Sharon Robinson	Future of Antarctic ecosystems	University of Wollongong		[16]
Jeffrey Walker	Surveillance capability for natural disasters	Monash University		[17]
Hongxia Wang	Molecular engineering for solar cell development	Queensland University of Technology	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship	[18]
Michael Ward	Understanding the wild domestic animal interface	University of Sydney		[19]
Thomas Wernberg	Great Southern Reef	University of Western Australia		[20]

2023

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Xuemei Bai	Zero carbon cities	Australian National University		[21]
Jacqueline Batley	Disease resistance in plants	University of Western Australia		[22]
Janeen Baxter	Gender equality	University of Queensland	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship	[23]
Phillip Cassey	Wildlife crime	The University of Adelaide	Industry Laureate	[24]
Joshua Cinner	Coral reef fisheries	James Cook University		[25]
Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem	Glass fibers	The University of Adelaide	Industry Laureate	[26]
Terry Flew	Digital technologies and societal trust	University of Sydney		[27]
Timothy Fletcher	Stormwater management	The University of Melbourne	Industry Laureate	[28]
Gary Froyland	Dynamical systems and data	University of New South Wales		[29]
Alexander Hamilton	Quantum computing	The University of New South Wales	Industry Laureate	[30]
Matthew Hornsey	Carbon transition	University of Queensland		[31]
Jane McAdam	Emergency evacuations and law	University of New South Wales		[32]
Nam-Trung Nguyen	Microfluidics, wearable medical devices	Griffith University		[33]
Sarah Pink	Digital economy and net zero transition	Monash University		[34]
Shizhang Qiao	Battery storage	The University of Adelaide	Industry Laureate	[35]
Veena Sahajwalla	E-waste recycling	The University of New South Wales	Industry Laureate	[36]
Jennifer Smith-Merry	The National Disability Insurance Scheme	The University of Sydney	Industry Laureate	[37]
Catherine Stampfl	Renewable energy	University of Sydney	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship	[38]
Willy Susilo	Cryptography	University of Wollongong		[39]
Gerhard Swiegers	Green hydrogen	The University of Sydney	Industry Laureate	[40]
Gene Tyson	Predictive understanding of the human microbiome	Queensland University of Technology		[41]
Shaobin Wang	Nonmetals for green catalysis	University of Adelaide		[42]
Geordie Williamson	Fundamental symmetries of discrete structures	University of Sydney		[43]
Yusuke Yamauchi	Conductive porous catalysts	University of Queensland		[44]
Alpha Yap	Tissue mechanics and cell sociology	University of Queensland		[45]

2022

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Timothy Bedding	Asteroseismology	University of Sydney		[46]
Larissa Behrendt	First Nations	University of Technology Sydney	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship	[47]
David Bowman	Bushfires	University of Tasmania		[48]
Cyrille Boyer	Light-Driven manufacturing	University of New South Wales		[49]
Anne Castles	Literacy in adolescence	Macquarie University		[50]
Simon Driver	Dark matter	University of Western Australia		[51]
Joanne Etheridge	Electron microscopy	Monash University	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship	[52]
Alexander Fornito	Human brain	Monash University		[53]
Andrew Hassell	mathematics of wave motion	Australian National University		[54]
Mark Krumholz	supercomputing	Australian National University		[55]
Lidia Morawska	air quality in buildings	Queensland University of Technology		[56]
Michael Stumpf	mathematical biology	University of Melbourne		[57]
Karen Thorpe	early childhood learning	University of Queensland		[58]
Matt Trau	nano-manufacturing	University of Queensland		[59]
Peter Veth	Traditional Custodians' heritage protection	University of Western Australia		[60]
Nicolas Voelcker	wearable sensors	Monash University		[61]

2021

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Matthew Barnett	Metal recycling	Deakin University		[62]
Axel Bruns	Partisanship, polarisation and democracy	Queensland University of Technology		[63]
Helen Byrne	Mathematical biology	University of Sydney		[64][65]
Kishan Dholakia	3D volumetric imaging	University of Adelaide		[66]
Jeffery Errington	Biology of L-form bacteria	University of Sydney		[64][67]
Sharon Friel	Global health equity	Australian National University		[68]
Kliti Grice	Biofilm entombment and microbial functionality	Curtin University		[69]
Zaiping Guo	High energy-density batteries	University of Wollongong		[70]
Dayong Jin	upconversion nanotechnology	University of Technology Sydney		[71]
Yun Liu	Crystal chemistry	Australian National University	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship	[72]
Dena Lyras	Microbiology	Monash University		[73]
Alexander McBratney	Soil monitoring system	University of Sydney		[64][74]
Naomi McClure-Griffiths	How galaxies work	Australian National University		[75]
Michael Milford	Global positioning systems	Queensland University of Technology		[76]
Sundhya Pahuja	Global corporations, accountability and international law	University of Melbourne	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship	[77]
Robert Parton	Cell biology	University of Queensland		[78]
Andrew White	Artificial intelligence and neuromorphic computers	University of Queensland		[79]

2020

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Alison Bashford	World Population	University of New South Wales		[80]
Ross Buckley	IT law	University of New South Wales		[81]
Dennis Del Favero	Art and Technology	University of New South Wales		[82]
Maureen Dollard	Occupational Safety and Health	University of South Australia	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow	[83]
Elaine Holmes	Senescence	Murdoch University		[84]
David James	Genetics of aging	University of Sydney		[85]
Loeske Kruuk	Wildlife management and conservation	Australian National University		[86]
Catherine Lovelock	Conservation of coastal wetland	University of Queensland	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow	[87]
Harvey Millar	Plant Protein	University of Western Australia		[88]
Jochen Mueller	Management of Chemical Substances	University of Queensland		[89]
Martina Stenzel	Nanomedicine	University of New South Wales		[90]
Kari Vilonen	Mathematics	University of Melbourne		[91]
Toby Walsh	Artificial intelligence	University of New South Wales		[92]
Huanting Wang	Renewable energy	Monash University		[93]

2019

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Andrew Dzurak	Quantum Computing	University of New South Wales		[94]
Barry Pogson	Plant Biology	Australian National University		[95]
Belinda Medlyn	Environmental Science	Western Sydney University	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow	[96]
David Bellwood	Coral Reefs	James Cook University		[97]
Debra Bernhardt	Molecular Simulations	University of Queensland		[98]
Enrico Valdinoci	Partial Differential Equations	University of Western Australia		[99]
Jie Lu	Machine Learning	University of Technology Sydney		[100]
John Grundy	Software Engineering	Monash University		[101]
Kaarin Anstey	Dementia	University of New South Wales		[94]
Lianzhou Wang	Solar Energy	University of Queensland		[98]
Liming Dai	Catalysis	University of New South Wales		[94]
Lynette Russell	Indigenous Australians	Monash University	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow	[101]
Marcela Bilek	Surface Modification	University of Sydney		[102]
Nina Wedell	Ecology	University of Melbourne		[103]
Rupert Quentin Grafton	Water Justice	Australian National University		[95]
Sara Dolnicar	Tourism	University of Queensland		[98]
Yi-Min (Mike) Xie	Architecture	RMIT University		[104]

2018

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Bostjan Kobe	Innate Immunity	University of Queensland		[105]
Christine Beveridge	Plant Genetics	University of Queensland	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow	[105]
Dan Li	Nanoionics	University of Melbourne		[106]
Hanns-Christoph Nägerl	Quantum Simulation	University of Queensland		[105]
Hong Hao	Civil Engineering	Curtin University		[107]
James Whisstock	Molecular Imaging	Monash University		[108]
Jolanda Jetten	Social Psychology	University of Queensland		[105]
Jonathon Barnett	Adaptation to climate change in the Pacific	University of Melbourne		[106]
Julian Gale	Crystallization	Curtin University		[107]
Karl Glazebrook	Galaxy Formation	Swinburne University of Technology		[109]
Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh	Liquid Metals	University of New South Wales		[110]
Madeleine van Oppen	Coral Reefs	University of Melbourne		[106]
Marilyn Fleer	Child Development	Monash University	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow	[108]
Peter Visscher	Genomics	University of Queensland		[105]
Stephen Foley	Plate Tectonics	Macquarie University		[111]
Tamara Davis	Dark Energy	University of Queensland		[105]

2017

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Ann McGrath	History of Indigenous Australians	Australian National University	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow	[112]
Christopher Barner-Kowollik	Materials Science	Queensland University of Technology		[113]
Colin MacLeod	Cognitive Science	University of Western Australia		[114]
Dacheng Tao	Computer Vision	University of Sydney		[115]
Edward C. Holmes	Virology	University of Sydney		[115]
Fedor Sukochev	Quantum Calculus	University of New South Wales		[116]
Geoffrey McFadden	Biology	University of Melbourne		[117]
George Willis	Mathematics	University of Newcastle		[118]
Gottfried Otting	Proteomics	Australian National University		[112]
Jill Bennett	Immersive Visualization	University of New South Wales		[116]
Mathai Varghese	Geometric analysis	University of Adelaide		[119]
Michelle Coote	Catalysis	Australian National University	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow	[112]
Paul E. Griffiths	Philosophy of Medicine	University of Sydney		[115]
Shizhang Qiao	Sustainable Energy	University of Adelaide		[119]
Svetha Venkatesh	Pattern Recognition	Deakin University		[120]
George Zhao	Energy Storage	University of Queensland		[121]
Zhiguo Yuan	Bioconversion	University of Queensland		[121]

2016

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Adrienne Stone	Constitutional Law	University of Melbourne	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow	[122]
Alan Rowan	Extracellular Matrix	Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology		[123][124]
Anthony Bebbington	Geography of mining and extractivism	University of Melbourne	Resigned, 2019	[122]
Barry Brook	Land Use	University of Tasmania		[125]
Branka Vucetic	Wireless Communication	University of Sydney	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow	[126]
David McAlpine	Sound Localization	Macquarie University		[127]
Dmitri Golberg	Nanotechnology	National Institute for Materials Science		[128]
Jamie Rossjohn	Immunology	Monash University		[129]
Jonathan Woodhead	Climate of Australia	University of Melbourne		[122]
Michael Tyers	Cell Biology	University of Montreal		[130]
Paul Burn	Organic LEDs	University of Queensland		[124]
Paul Tacon	Indigenous Australian Art	Griffith University		[131]
Peter Cawood	Continental Crust	University of St. Andrews		[129]
Peter Waterhouse	Plant Genetics	Queensland University of Technology		[128]
Phillip Boyd	Oceanography	University of Tasmania		[125]
Sharon K. Parker	Work design	University of Western Australia	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow	[132]

2015

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Anne Orford	Law of War	University of Melbourne	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow	[133]
Benjamin Andrews	Partial Differential Equations	Australian National University		[134]
Bradley Sherman	Food Security	University of Queensland		[135]
David Craik	Drug Design	University of Queensland		[135]
Justin Gooding	Biosensing	University of New South Wales		[136]
Kerrie Mengersen	Bayesian Statistics	Queensland University of Technology		[137]
Leann Tilley	Biometrology	University of Melbourne	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow	[133]
Lisa Kewley	Cosmology	Australian National University		[134]
Matthew Bailes	Radio Astronomy	Swinburne University of Technology		[138]
Philip Hugenholtz	Microbial Ecology	University of Queensland		[135]
Ping Koy Lam	Laser Levitation	Australian National University		[134]
Ronald Rapee	Adolescence	Macquarie University		[139]
Steven Sherwood	Cloud Physics	University of New South Wales		[136]
Trevor McDougall	Ocean Mixing	University of New South Wales		[136]
Zheng-Xiang Li	Plate Tectonics	Curtin University		[140]

2014

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Alan J. Cooper	Genomics	University of Adelaide		[141]
Antoine M. van Oijen	DNA Replication	University of Wollongong		[142]
Ian D. Small	Gene Expression	University of Western Australia		[143]
Ian T. Paulsen	Marine Bacteria	Macquarie University		[144]
John Dryzek	Deliberative Democracy	University of Canberra		[145]
Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn	Spectral Imaging	University of Sydney		[146]
Joy Damousi	Refugee Children	University of Melbourne	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow	[147]
Justin N. Marshall	Vision Science	University of Queensland		[148]
Kate Smith-Miles	Algorithms	Monash University	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow	[149]
Matthew Spriggs	Archaeology	Australian National University		[150]
Michael I. Bird	Climate Change in Australia	James Cook University		[151]
Peter A. Robinson	Neuroscience	University of Sydney		[146]
Peter Harrison	Secularization	University of Queensland		[148]
Rose Amal	Solar Energy	University of New South Wales		[152]
Thomas P. Davis	Nanoparticles	Monash University		[149]
Veena Sahajwalla	Electronic Waste	University of New South Wales	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow	[152]

2013

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Arthur Lowery	Signal Processing	Monash University		[153]
Bert Roberts	Geochronology	University of Wollongong		[154]
Glenda Sluga	Internationalism	University of Sydney	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow	[155]
Hugh O'Neill	Mineralogy	Australian National University		[156]
Hugh Possingham	Conservation Biology	University of Queensland		[157]
Ian Reid	Computer Vision	University of Adelaide		[158]
Katherine Demuth	Language Development	Macquarie University		[159]
Kim Sterelny	Evolutionary Psychology	Australian National University		[156]
Lloyd Hollenberg	Quantum Sensing	University of Melbourne		[160]
Mark Cassidy	Offshore Drilling	University of Western Australia		[161]
Mark Finnane	Criminal Justice	Griffith University		[162]
Michelle Simmons	Quantum Computing	University of New South Wales		[163]
Nicholas Evans	Linguistic Diversity	Australian National University		[156]
Peter Taylor	Stochastic Processes	University of Melbourne		[160]
Tanya Monro	Photonics	University of Adelaide	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow	[158]
Trevor Lithgow	Visual Prosthesis	Monash University		[153]
Xu-Jia Wang	Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations	Australian National University		[156]

2012

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Alexandra Aikhenvald	Ethnolinguistics	James Cook University		[164]
Ben Eggleton	Photonics	University of Sydney		[165]
David Lindenmayer	Surrogate Species	Australian National University		[166]
Douglas MacFarlane	Renewable Energy	Monash University		[167]
Eelco Rohling	Sea Level Rise	Australian National University		[166]
Frank Caruso	Biomolecular Engineering	University of Melbourne		[168]
Ivan Marusic	Fluid Dynamics	University of Melbourne		[168]
John Quiggin	Financial Regulation	University of Queensland		[169]
Malcolm McCulloch	Marine Calcifiers	University of Western Australia		[170]
Michael Fuhrer	Electronics	Monash University		[167]
Nalini Joshi	Nonlinear Systems	University of Sydney	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow	[165]
Nicholas Wormald	Probabilistic Combinatorics	Monash University		[167]
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg	Coral Reefs	University of Queensland		[169]
Rick Shine	Invasive Species	University of Sydney		[165]
Sue O'Connor	Human Dispersal to Australia[broken anchor]	Australian National University	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow	[166]
Terry Hughes	Coral Reefs	James Cook University		[164]
Tessa Morris-Suzuki	Grassroots Politics in Asia	Australian National University		[166]

2011

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Alexander Haslam	Social Psychology	University of Queensland		[171]
Bernard Degnan	Cell Biology	University of Queensland		[171]
Craig Moritz	Biodiversity	Australian National University		[172]
David Studdert	Public health	University of Melbourne		[173]
Gordon Wallace	Bionics	University of Wollongong		[174]
Ian Peterson	Quantum Physics	University of New South Wales		[175]
Jason Mattingley	Attention	University of Queensland		[171]
Mahananda Dasgupta	Particle Accelerators	Australian National University	Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow	[172]
Maria Forsyth	Sustainable Energy	Deakin University		[176]
Martin Asplund	Milky Way Galaxy	Australian National University		[172]
Michael Keane	Population Aging	University of New South Wales		[177]
Peter Bartlett	Machine Learning	Queensland University of Technology		[178]
Peter Gavin Hall	Data Science	University of Melbourne		[174]
Philip Bland	Meteorites	Curtin University		[179]
Pippa Norris	Democracy	University of Sydney	Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow	[180]
Stuart Wyithe	Galaxy Formation	University of Melbourne		[174]
Warwick Anderson	Australian Racial Thought	University of Sydney		[180]

2010

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Amnon Neeman	Derived Categories	Australian National University		[181]
Ary Hoffmann	Pest Control	University of Melbourne		[182]
Bryan Gaensler	Astronomy	University of Sydney		[183]
Christian Turney	Climate Change	University of New South Wales		[184]
Hanna Kokko	Adaptation	Australian National University		[181]
Hilary Charlesworth	Human Rights	Australian National University		[181]
Lorraine Mazerolle	Policing	University of Queensland		[185]
Margaret Jolly	Anthropology	Australian National University		[186]
Mark Bradford	Civil Engineering	University of New South Wales		[184]
Mark Westoby	Ecology	Macquarie University		[187]
Matthew England	Ocean Warming	University of New South Wales		[184]
Min Gu	Nanotechnology	Swinburne University of Technology		[188]
Paul Mulvaney	Nanotechnology	University of Melbourne		[182]
Peter Goodyear	Education	University of Sydney		[183]
William Laurance	Conservation	James Cook University		[164]

2009

Name	Area of Research	Institution	Notes	Refs
Anthony William Thomas	Particle Physics	University of Adelaide		[189]
Bernard Balleine	Decision-Making	University of Sydney		[190]
Brian Schmidt	Astronomy	Australian National University		[191]
Chennupati Jagadish	Nanotechnology	Australian National University		[192]
Dietmar Muller	Geology	University of Sydney		[190]
George Williams	Anti-Terrorism Legislation	University of New South Wales		[193]
Jennifer Martin	Antibacterials	University of Queensland		[194]
Lesley Head	Human-Environment Interaction	University of Wollongong		[195]
Michael Tobar	Telecommunications	University of Western Australia		[196]
Peter Hodgson	Metals	Deakin University		[197]
Peter Mumby	Coral Reefs	University of Queensland		[194]
Richard Bryant	Aboriginal Mental Health	University of New South Wales		[184]
Richard Hobbs	Ecology	University of Western Australia		[198]
Scott W. Sloan	Civil Engineering	University of Newcastle		[199]
Stephen Simpson	Nutrition	University of Sydney		[190]