Eight early career researchers from Poland, Hungary, Romania, Lithuania and the Czech Republic were today named as the successful Group of Eight European Fellows in 2010. Each fellow will receive benefits worth $20,000 to travel to Australia and work at a Go8 university for up to six months.

“The Go8 European Fellowship scheme recognises the importance of international contacts for early career researchers and plays an important role in building Go8 research partnerships in Europe,” said Go8 Chair, Professor Alan Robson.

“The quality of applications has been consistently outstanding since the scheme was introduced in 2006.”

The Go8 European Fellows for 2010 are:

Dr Magdalena Cuciureanu from Romania who will conduct her Fellowship at the University of Adelaide’s Pathology Department. Her research will focus on acute brain injuries.

Dr Krzysztof Bolejko from Poland who will conduct his Fellowship at the Australian National University in the Centre for Gravitational Physics.

Dr Patrycja Ciosek from Poland who will conduct her Fellowship at the University of New South Wales in the School of Chemistry where she will further her research on the fabrication of sensors for environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics and security.

Dr Anna Sankowska of Poland who will conduct her Fellowship at the University of Sydney in the Work and Organisational Studies Department. Dr Sankowska’s work explores the concept of trust in virtual work environments.

Dr Benczes from Hungary who will conduct her Fellowship at Monash University in the Linguistics Department. Dr Benczes’ research looks at word formation and the relationship between language and thought.

Dr Daiva Ribikauskiene from Lithuania who will conduct her Fellowship at the University of Melbourne in the Department of Agriculture and Food Systems where she will look at the influence of different pig breeds on meat quality.

Dr Jaroslav Miller from the Czech Republic who will conduct his Fellowship in the University of Western Australia’s History Department. Dr Miller will compare the evolution of European, American and Australian urban communities in an effort to explain the emergence of modern urban society.

Dr Martin Dr Kašný from the Czech Republic who will conduct his Fellowship at the University of Queensland’s School of Veterinary Sciences where he will work towards a vaccine for human blood flukes—a cause of severe chronic disease.

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