Congratulations to our Researchers this October

The Faculty had many reasons to celebrate this September, including success with major fellowships and awards. Congratulations to our colleagues on these key accomplishments and contributions to our field over the last month.

Congratulations to the 2024 Early Career Researcher Grant recipients:

• Dr Emily White
• Dr Shu Ohki

Congratulations to our new post-docs:

Melbourne Post Doc Fellow

• Dr Cristina Guarrella

McKenzie Post Doc Fellows:

• Dr Emma Carter
• Dr Sam Stiegler  

ARC 2024 Discovery outcomes:

• A/P Carlo Perrotta for a project led by Monash “Supporting teachers and teaching in the age of Artificial Intelligence”
• Prof Marci McKenzie for a project led by USyd “Artificial intelligence in education: Democratising policy”

Awards:

Congratulations to A/P Jessica Gerrard for being awarded the university’s 2023 Award for Excellence in Mid-Career Research Achievements

Nominated for the Engagement Australia Excellence Awards 2023 to be held on November 21st, 2023

• Bern Murphy, finalist for the Excellence Indigenous Engagement Award Yambirrpa School Partnership
• Dr Toshiko Mamei and Jayne Johnston for Outstanding Engagement for Research Impact for Students with Additional Needs (SWANs)/Abilities Based Learning and Education Support (ABLES)

Please forward to the MERI-Grants team any recent success so we can celebrate!