Research capability development: Spotlighting UTS Early Career Academics (Part 1 of 2)

Early career researchers (ECRs) are operating in an ever-changing and increasingly competitive academic landscape. They face many challenges as they strive to build their networks, secure funding, publish their work, gain recognition and reward for their work, and establish independence. In addition, the added pressure to demonstrate broader impact and benefits that can accrue through interactions with research end-users outside of academia has introduced a new dynamic to which ECRs are expected to adapt.

It has never been more important to hone technical and non-technical research skills, operate effectively in a team, and communicate knowledge and findings effectively to diverse audiences across a variety of formats.

This online session, the first in a two-part series, profiles a diverse mix of UTS early career researchers funded under the UTS Early Career Research Capability Development Initiative. Awardees, now at the 12-month mark with their projects, will outline how they have been able to develop their nominated technical and non-technical research skills and capabilities, touching on opportunities and challenges encountered along the way.

An expert UTS panel will prompt awardees with questions and provide feedback. Audience Q&A will follow*.

This session will interest researchers and research support staff looking to engage with the breadth of impactful research happening at UTS, and who are interested in how our early career researchers are navigating their research capability and skill development. The role of mentorship will feature in presentations and discussion.

Presenters:

• Hua Zuo on ‘Transfer Learning-based Prediction and Interpretation for Multiple Bibliometric Sources’
• Saidul Islam on ‘Mechanical Ventilation of Stenosis Airway and Targeted Drug Delivery’
• Paula Cronin on ‘Econometric modelling to value early childhood interventions for use in cost benefit analysis’
• Qilin Wang on ‘Fighting antibiotic resistance in sewage sludge treatment systems’
• Lucy Bryant on 'Co-designing an Augmented Reality Application for Children with Communication Disability’

Panel:

• Prof Fiona Brooks – Assistant Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research: Development and Professor of Public Health 
• Julian Zipparo – Executive Manager Faculty Research Engagement, UTS Research Office
• Dr Evelyne Deplazes – UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences

* please note, this session will be recorded