Monash receives two Federation Fellowships in 2006

Vice-Chancellor Richard Larkins has announced that today Monash University has received two Federation Fellowships in the 2006 round of the federal grants, designed to enable outstanding internationally renowned researchers to continue their work in Australia.

Professor Jamie Rossjohn, (Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences) and Professor Pascal Van Hentenryck (Faculty of Information Technology) were awarded the fellowships by the Australian Research Council.

They join the five other Federation Fellows already at Moansh.

Professor Rossjohn, the recipient of the Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year in 2004, relocated to Monash in 2002 to lead the structural biology program.

His research is centred on understanding bases of infection and immunity, specifically host recognition, responses developed by the pathogen and drug design to modulate and/or counteract these events.

Professor Van Hentenryck, currently based at Brown University in the US, will join Monash's Faculty of Information Technology to establish in Australia a leading international centre for optimisation.

Resource optimisation is critical for preserving the environment, saving energy and oil and ensuring local businesses remain internationally competitive. Professor Van Hentenryck's research will enable scarce resources to be made available where needed.