Stjepan Marcelja Visiting Fellowship

The Stjepan Marcelja Visiting Fellowship will enable up to five visiting researchers from anywhere in the world every year to work in the Department. It has long been recognised that the high flux of international visitors greatly enriches the atmosphere and adds to the breadth of discovery. Reciprocal visits for staff and students also build stronger career opportunities. Equally, collaborations benefit from shared research infrastructure between institutions.

Recipients

The Department of of Applied Mathematics is delighted to announce the recipients of the Stjepan Marcelja fellowship for two recent rounds of applications: 2018 and round 1 2019. The Marcelja Fellowship, named in honour of Stjepan Marcelja, provides financial support for visitors to the Department to conduct fundamental science research.

From a field of very strong applications the following candidates have been awarded the Marcelja Fellowships:

Round 1 2019

• Marie-Christine Zdora from University College London and the Diamond Light Source to visit for 2 weeks at the end of 2019 to work with Andrew Kingston and Glenn Myers on 'Speckle-tracking phase contrast X-ray tomography'
• Daniel Swetz from NIST (US) to visit for one month in Dec 2019 or June 2020 to work with Wilfred Fullagar on "X-ray tomographic techniques in systems that use superconducting microcalorimeter x-ray detectors"

Round 1 2018

• Dr. Kaye Morgan from Monash University to visit during 2019 to work with Andrew Kingston and Glenn Myers on "Phase contrast X-ray tomography using structured illumination"
• A/Prof Jakob Kierkensgaard from the University of Copenhagen to visit in November 2018 to work with Vanessa Robins on "Persistent homology to investigate soft matter structure and phase transitions"
• Dr Sungyeon Hong from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) to visit during 2019 to work with Mohammad Saadatfar on "Topological data analysis to study hyperuniform states of matter" - (Sungyeon isn't able to accept the fellowship but will instead by starting soon in AM as a PhD scholar)

Round 2 2018

• Dr Benoit Recur, University of Bordeaux (France), March 2018
  Multi-modal X-ray μ-CT & IR spectro-imaging for 3D quantitative analysis of bio-samples
  Hosts: Andrew Kingston and Glenn Myers
• Ms Ines Butz, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), September 2017 - April 2018
  Growing plants in space: manipulating medium wettability to create optimal saturation conditions
  Host: Anna Herring
• Mr Loughlan Weatherly, Murdoch University (Australia), January - March 2018
  Structural tangles and knot and link identification on genus 2-3 tori
  Host: Stephen Hyde
• Prof William Ducker, Virginia Tech (USA), January - April 2018
  Various topics in surface force measurement, the hydrophobic interaction and nanobubbles
  Host:Vince Craig
• Dr Jing Lu, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), February-June 2018
  Digital dissection and virtual imagery of the beginnings of the human evolutionary lineage
  Host: Yuzhi Hu, Gavin Young
• Dr Edward Andò, Laboratoire 3SR, CNRS (France), June - July 2018
  Dynamic imaging and modelling of granular mechanics
  Host: Mohammad Saadatfar
• Dr Daniel Pellicia and Prof David Paganin, Monash University and RMIT (Australia), May 2018
  X-ray Ghost Tomography
  Hosts: Andrew Kingston and Glenn Myers

Round 1 2017

• Dr Marco Endrizzi, University College London, March 2017
  New techniques in iterative tomographic image reconstruction
  Hosts: Andrew Kingston and Glenn Myers
• Dr Martin De Jonge, The Australian Synchrotron, March 2017
  Applications of synchrotron X-ray fluorescence and microscopy in the biological sciences
  Hosts: Andrew Kingston and Glenn Myers
• Prof. Herbert Edelsbrunner, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, March 2017
  Deriving grain-scale information in granular materials using persistence homology
  Hosts: Mohammad Saadatfar, Vanessa Robins

Round 2 2016

• Mr Fabian Schaller, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
  Experimental and theoretical studies of compaction in granular packings
  Host: Mohammad Saadatfar, Vanessa Robins
• Associate Professor Naoyuki Ishida, Okayama University, Japan
  Nanobubbles in bulk and on surfaces
  Host: Vince Craig

Round 1 2016

• Dr Elisabetta Matsumoto, Harvard University, May 2016
  Self-assembly of weavings with controllable geometry and topology
  Host: Vanessa Robins
• Dr Martin Cramer Pederson, University of Copenhagen (Denmark), June-December 2016
  Quasi-crystalline structures in soft/condensed matter systems
  Host: Stephen Hyde
• Ms Rebecca Paustian, Oregon State University, USA, September-October 2016
  Mathematical modelling the influence of porous medium geometry on dispersion
  Host: Anna Herring
• Mr Masoud Parvanian, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, July-Dec 2016
  Porous ceramic structures for use in solar reactors
  Host: Mohammad Saadatfar
• Dr Imants Svalbe, Monash University, 26-30 September 2016
  Sparse sampling strategies for image acquisition and discrete Radon transforms for synthetic aperture radar
  Host: Andrew Kingston

Round 2 2015

• Mr Fabian Schaller, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) November 2015
  The Minkowski Tensors as descriptors of shape in granular materials
  Host: Mohammad Saadatfar
• Dr Ira Cooke, La Trobe University, November 2015
  Voluminous, sticky and toxic; the wonderful world of slime
  Host: Adrian Sheppard
• Dr Gerd Schroeder-Turk, Curtin University, November 2015
  Chitin nanostructures in green butterflies
  Host: Vanessa Robins
• Prof. Dr. Ana Suncana-Smith, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) January 2016
  Applications of geometry to biological tissue
  Hosts: Stephen Hyde, Holger Averdunk
• Prof. Christophe Oguey, University of Strasbourg (France) Feb-Mar 2016
  Hyperbolic tilings and quasicrystals
  Host: Stephen Hyde

Round 1 2015

• Professor Jean-Marc di Meglio, University Paris-Diderot (France) June-July 2015
  From earthworms to molecular manipulation: eclectic topics in physics and chemistry
  Host: Prof. Tim Senden
• Dr Martin Cramer Pederson, University of Copenhagen (Denmark) (joint with the Carlsberg Foundation) June-December 2015,
  Quasi-crystalline structures in soft/condensed matter systems
  Host: Prof. Stephen Hyde
• Dr Wu Bo, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, September 2015
  Surface and osmotic forces in high-molecular weight solutions
  Host: Vince Craig
• Dr Yasuaki Hiraoka, AIMR Tohoku University (Japan), January 2016
  Relating persistent homology and mechanics in granular assemblies
  Host: Vanessa Robins and Mohammad Saadatfar