The University of Queensland has been recognised as one of Australia’s leading research institutions with the fastest growing influence in The Australian’s 2025 Research Magazine .
19 UQ researchers were named leaders of their field, and the University was recognised as the top research institution across Australia in 27 fields, and around the world in 2.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry AC said the annual publication recognised and celebrated the valuable contribution Australian researchers make.
“This list provides a comprehensive picture of Australian research capability and highlights the impact of our researchers who are helping to solve complex global challenges,” Professor Terry said.
“Our investment in cutting-edge research infrastructure and strong focus on industry and government collaboration enables our researchers to undertake quality high-impact research, and this is reflected by UQ’s ‘fast mover’ status this year.”
UQ’s leaders in their field
- Dr Jonas Fooken – Game Theory and Decision Science
- Professor Brent Ritchie – Tourism & Hospitality
- Professor Timothy McIntyre – Aviation & Aerospace Engineering
- Professor Bhesh Bhandari – Food Science & Technology
- Professor Anthony Smith – Medical Informatics
- Professor Ove Peters – Dentistry
- Associate Professor Benn Sartorius – Health & Medical Sciences (general)
- Associate Professor Martin Batstone – Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Professor Gregory Scalia – Radiology & Medical Imaging
- Professor Jolanda Jetten – Social Psychology
- Professor Bryan Fry – Toxicology
- Professor Daniel Chambers – Transplantation
- Dr Anthony Romilio – Paleontology
- Professor Amin Abbosh – Electromagnetism
- Professor Fred Roosta – Mathematical Optimization
- Dr Nathan Evans – Cognitive Science
- Associate Professor Alina Morawska – Family Studies
- Dr Ruvini Hettiarachchi – Health Policy & Medical Law
- Professor Brian Head – Public Policy & Administration
UQ named top research institute in Australia:
- Tourism & Hospitality
- Dispersion Chemistry (number 1 in the world)
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
- Biomedical Technology
- Biotechnology
- Food Science & Technology
- Medical Informatics
- Metallurgy
- Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (number 1 in the world)
- Dentistry
- Genetics & Genomics
- Molecular Biology
- Natural Medicines & Medicinal Plants
- Social Psychology
- Agronomy & Crop Science
- Biodiversity & Conservation Biology
- Cell Biology
- Developmental Biology & Embryology
- Ecology
- Environmental Sciences
- Microbiology
- Sustainable Development
- Family Studies
- Social Sciences (general)
The Australian’s Research Magazine uses publicly available data to assess Australia’s top research performers across 250 fields of research in 8 major disciplines.
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