PhD

Supervision of higher degree research students is an important part of the Centre’s overall research mission. PhD students supervised by Centre academic staff are formally enrolled through the Faculty of Business and Economics. General information about the Doctor of Philosophy degree in that Faculty can be found at http://www.monash.edu.au/study/coursefinder/course/0029/

To enquire about supervision, prospective students should contact directly the member(s) of academic staff whose research interests are most closely aligned with the project that they wish to undertake. The research interests of academic staff affiliated with the Centre can be found in their biographies on this website. In general, the Centre undertakes research into innovation, commercialisation, scientific entrepreneurship, intellectual property, and related areas.

The rapidly changing nature of the Centre’s areas of focus puts an emphasis on the speed with which research is completed, as well as on its quality. PhD students are therefore strongly encouraged to study full-time, although part-time study is offered. Depending on course enrolments and the availability of funding, some part-time employment may be available for PhD students to act as tutors or research assistants.

PhD Students

Wawan Dhewanto

Wawan Dhewanto started his PhD at the Monash Asia Pacific Centre for Science & Wealth Creation in mid 2007. He was awarded an Australian Development Scholarship to do his PhD and is doing research on Technology Commercialisation. Wawan obtained his Masters degree from the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Managment at the Technische Universiteit Delft (TU Delft), Netherlands and his Bachelors degree from the Department of Industrial Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia.

Before he came to Australia, Wawan was a member of academic staff at the School of Business and Management at the BAndung Institute of Technology. There he taught several courses including Management of Technology, Intrapreneurship, INtegrative Business Experience and Business Statistics. He also completed research and was active in the areas of Entrepreneurship and Management of Technology. Previously he worked as a strategic planner in an Indonesian textile company. Wawan also completed an internship with Accenture, Amsterdam, as part of his master's thesis on business modelling for decision support systems.

Farha Abdol Ghopal

Farha Abdol Ghapar is a lecturer at Mara University of Technology, Malaysia, in the Faculty of Business Management. She is now pursuing her doctoral degree at Monash University Australia in the Faculty of Business & Economics and is due to graduate in 2011. The title of her PhD thesis is “The Impact of Patenting Activity on Firms’ Financial Performance: A Malaysian Empirical Study”. She is being supervised by Professor Michael Vitale from Monash Asia-Pacific Centre for Science & Wealth Creation and Dr Andrew O’Loughlin from the Department of Management at the Faculty of Business & Economics. Her research interest ranges from innovation to technology commercialization. Monash University has given her lots of opportunity to broaden her research interest with the most supportive intellectual environment.

PhD Testimonials