​Twenty women from Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, China, Thailand, the Philippines, and Viet Nam have been selected for the 2023/24 APEC-Australia Women in Research Fellowship.

 

Click on the fellows’ names below to find out more.

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September 2023

• Dr Evi Aprianti from Indonesia, who will be conducting research at La Trobe University​

October 2023

• Dr Widiastuti from Indonesia, who will be conducting research at the Australian Institute of Marine Science

• Dr Reyna Berenice González González from Mexico, who will be conducting research at Deakin University

• Dr Orawan Suwantong from Thailand, who will be conducting research at the University of Queensland
   

November 2023

• Dr Ashwini Gengatharan from Malaysia, who will be conducting research at Curtin University

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January 2024

• Dr Chin Chin Too from Malaysia, who will be conducting research at University of the Sunshine Coast

• Dr Lin Wang from People’s Republic of China, who will be conducting research at University of Tasmania

• Dr Ratna Sari Wijaya from Indonesia, who will be conducting research at University of New South Wales

• Dr Fatimah Abdul Razak from Malaysia, who will be conducting research at University of Western Australia

• Dr Masha Nur Salsabiela Menhat from Malaysia, who will be conducting research at the University of Melbourne

• Dr Nga Thi-Thuy Vu from Viet Nam, who will be conducting research at University of Wollongong

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February 2024

• Dr Ana Cordova from Mexico, who will be conducting research at the Australian National University​

• Dr Malona Velasco Alinsug from the Philippines, who will be conducting research at Murdoch University

• ​Dr Phi Le Nguyen from Viet Nam, who will be conducting research at University of Technology Sydney 

• Dr Prattana Tanyapanyachon from Thailand, who will be conducting research at the University of Queensland

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March 2024

• Dr Karla Josefina Santacruz Gomez from Mexico, who will be conducting research at RMIT University

• Dr Mo Zhu from People’s Republic of China, who will be conducting research at La Trobe University

• Dr Nantana Nuchtavorn from Thailand, who will be conducting research at Monash University

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April 2024

• Dr Siau Ching Sin from Malaysia, who will be conducting research at Griffith University

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May 2024

• Dr Thi Hai Hong Nguyen from Vietnam, who will be conducting research at CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure

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The 2023 APEC-Australia Women in Research Fellowship judging panel consisted of a representative from the Australian Department of Education and the following academics.

 

Click on the links below to find out more.​

 

Dr Isabelle Kingsley – Senior Research Associate for the Office of the Women in STEM Ambassador

 

Professor Madhu Bhaskaran FTSE – Co-chair of Women in STEMM Australia

 

We would like to thank the judges for their assistance during the selection process.