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Top PhD students recognised

6 May 2009

The most outstanding theses from last year's Monash PhD students have been recognised with the awarding of the annual Mollie Holman doctoral medals and Vice-Chancellor commendations.

This award is named after Emeritus Professor Mollie Holman in honour of her significant contribution to science and education.

Mollie Holman doctorate medals

Brigid Maher
Brigid Maher

This year's recipients were:

Faculty of Art and Design
Catherine Bell for her thesis titled "Liminal gestures: ritualising the wound through performance and lived experience."

Faculty of Arts
Brigid Maher for her thesis "Jest and recreation: the translation of humour."

Faculty of Business and Economics
Dr Helene De Burgh-Woodman for her thesis "Sailing through subculture: understanding the historical and cultural influences on the discursive cohesion and consumption practices of the sailing subculture."

Faculty of Education
Dr Rosalie Triolo for her thesis "Our schools and the war: Victoria's education department and the Great War, 1914-1918."

Faculty of Engineering
Belinda Hatt for her thesis "Filtration technologies for stormwater harvesting."

Faculty of Information Technology
Ferdous Sohel for his thesis "Vertex-based shape coding framework."

Faculty of Law
Dr David Lindsay for his thesis "International domain name law: ICANN and the UDRP."

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Dr Fleur Tynan for her thesis "T cell receptor recognition of pMHC-I molecules: a structural investigation of lengthy, bulging epitopes and MHC polymorphisms."

Faculty of Pharmacy
Dr Katherine Gray for her thesis "A pharmacological study of the mechanisms underlying prostate contractility in mice."

Faculty of Science
Matthew Belousoff for his thesis "Metal complex and small molecule interactions with phosphate esters and nucleic acids."

Vice-Chancellor's commendations

Michael Wybrow
Michael Wybrow

The Vice-Chancellor's commendation for doctoral thesis excellence awards were presented to:

Faculty of Information Technology
Dr Michael Wybrow for his thesis "Using semi-automatic layout to improve the usability of diagramming software."

Faculty of Law
Dr Becky Batagol for her thesis "Bargaining in the shadow of the law? The case for family mediation."

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Associate Professor Karin Leder for her thesis "Characterising risks of infection among international travellers."

The Vice-Chancellor's commendation for masters thesis excellence were presented to:

Faculty of Art and Design
Anna White for her thesis "Interstices and Interface - Change, Design, Abstraction and Process."

Faculty of Arts
Ibrahim Abraham for his thesis "A very complex mix: Hegemony, hybridity and the queer Muslim question."

Faculty of Education
Sandra Dunne for her thesis "Host-national students at international schools: Identity, local connections and social responsibility."

Faculty of Engineering
Junfei Tian for his thesis "Adhesion Aspects in Planographic Printing."

For further information on the nomination process for next year's awards contact Arun Kumar on +61 3 9905 2070 or email arun.kumar@adm.monash.edu.au.