Macquarie honoured among most influential researchers

Congratulations to all of the Macquarie researchers who have been named among the most influential researchers in the The Australian 2019 Research Magazine.

Eight discipline areas have been divided into research fields, and for each field a leading researcher and institution is named.

Thirteen Macquarie researchers have been honoured as Field Leaders, while Macquarie University is credited as the Leading Institution across five research fields. Read the complete list below.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Sakkie Pretorius also contributed to the magazine and demonstrated Macquarie’s real-world impact from seeking cures for devastating diseases to developing heat-resistant crops.

“There should always be a hunger and an aspiration to do more and do better, to push the boundaries and look for new frontiers, and that is what collaboration offers to a university such as Macquarie that embraces those ideals,” he says.

Read the full article on The Australian website, or read it on The Lighthouse here.

Social Sciences

Field Geography and Cartography
Field leader Richard Howitt

Field Early Childhood Education
Field leader Rauno Parrila

Field Special Education
Leading institution Macquarie University

Engineering and Computer Sciences

Field Computer Networks and Wireless Communication
Field leader Stephen Hanly

Field Medical Informatics
Field leader Johanna Westbrook

Field Microelectronics and Electronic Packaging
Field leader Karu Esselle

Physics and Mathematics

Field Electromagnetism
Field leader Karu Esselle

Health and Medical Sciences