RMIT Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellows

VISUAL: RMIT Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellows. How has the fellowship shaped your career? Apply now: www.rmit/edu.au/research/research-fellowship-schemes. RMIT University logo.

VISUAL: Associate Professor Jason Potts, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University speaking side?on to camera.

Jason Potts: When I first moved to Melbourne I sought out a position at RMIT deliberately and the reason for that was that I wanted to work with some very specific colleagues that we have here.

VISUAL: Jason Potts speaking front-on to camera.

Jason Potts: But what is unique and interesting about ...

VISUAL: Photograph of RMIT University sign at top of RMIT’s Building 14 on corner of Swanston and Franklin Streets.

Jason Potts: ... the school that we have here is ...

VISUAL: Video of Jason Potts walking towards the camera on Bowen Street beside RMIT’s Building 7, the dome of the State Library of Victoria is in the background.

Jason Potts: ... I get to be part of ...

VISUAL: Jason Potts speaking side-on to camera.

Jason Potts: ... creating a research culture here which is something that was ...

VISUAL: Video taken through a window to other side of street at RMIT University sign on side of RMIT’s Building 16 (Storey Hall).

Jason Potts: ... never really possible for me in the previous universities I was involved with.

VISUAL: Video of Jason Potts walking along footpath towards camera.

Jason Potts: So it’s a very exciting opportunity to be part of.

VISUAL: Dr Heather A. Horst, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University speaking to camera.

Heather Horst: The great thing about RMIT is not only are we encouraged and supported to do really high calibre theoretical ...

VISUAL: Dr Heather A. Horst looking closely at photographs on her workbench taken of people in an unidentified African country.

Heather Horst: ... and empirical work, we’re also encouraged and really supported to do work that ...

VISUAL: Video of a crowd of African people beside a river. A few are carrying sacks on their heads and also on the back of motorbikes. There is a wire mesh fence in the foreground between the camera and the people.

Heather Horst: ... looks at the real world implications. We’re really encouraged to ...

VISUAL: Dr Heather A. Horst speaking to camera and smiling.

Heather Horst: ... think about influencing policy, influencing new forms of design, influencing new sort of lifestyle products, etc. So it’s great to be at a place where I can actually work at all of these levels.

VISUAL: Dr Alyson Miller, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, RMIT University looking and smiling at camera. She is standing in a lab corridor wearing a white lab coat.

Alyson Miller: Why I was excited about coming to RMIT was ...

VISUAL: Dr Alyson Miller speaking to camera.

Alyson Miller: ... over the last two or three years it’s become apparent that RMIT are growing and they’re investing in people. So they’ve recruited, over the last few years, a number of very experienced prominent researchers within Australia and also some younger talented researchers, up and coming researchers like myself. So for me, personally, it’s an exciting time at RMIT. It’s apparent that RMIT is going places ...

VISUAL: Dr Alyson Miller walking through the lab with the camera behind her. A few colleagues/students are working in the lab and Dr Alyson Miller stops beside a female colleague who is seated at a bench and is pouring liquid into a test tube.

Alyson Miller: ... and is expanding and I’m interested, I’m excited about the possibility of being part of that; not only being part of it but hopefully directing where RMIT goes in the future in terms of research.

VISUAL: Dr Juan Carlos Molero, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, School of Health and Sciences, RMIT University speaking to camera.

Juan Carlos Molero: I came to RMIT because I think that RMIT was the perfect balance in which you can in one hand to undertake ...

VISUAL: Close up of unidentified scientist viewing image on a computer screen.

Juan Carlos Molero: ... your basic research and on the other hand ...

VISUAL: Dr Juan Carlos Molero speaking to camera.

Juan Carlos Molero: ... you can apply this knowledge ...

VISUAL: Dr Juan Carlos Molero and male work colleague standing by a computer screen and discussing the image on the screen.

Juan Carlos Molero: ... both in academic settings and close collaboration with biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

VISUAL: Dr Juan Carlos Molero speaking to camera.

Juan Carlos Molero: The VC Fellowship will help me to consolidate my career as a research scientist as providing me with the ...

VISUAL: Close up of computer screen with Dr Juan Carlos Molero and work colleague standing in front of it and discussing the image on the screen.

Juan Carlos Molero: ... scientific resources to make a bigger impact ...

VISUAL: Dr Juan Carlos Molero speaking to camera.

Juan Carlos Molero: ... on my field of research.

VISUAL: Dr Sarah Spencer, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, School of Health Sciences, RMIT University in a lab looking closely at slides then placing them on the microscope stage.

Sarah Spencer: I was really excited to be accepted for the VC Fellowship.

VISUAL: Dr Sarah Spencer speaking front?on to camera and smiling.

Sarah Spencer: It’s very encouraging to have that kind of validation of your work, in addition to obviously having the position and going forward in your career, it’s nice to know that people recognise ...

VISUAL: Dr Sarah Spencer speaking side-on to camera.

Sarah Spencer: ... what you’ve done and believe that you’ll be part of ...

VISUAL: Dr Sarah Spencer speaking front-on to camera and smiling.

Sarah Spencer: ... what they are wanting to build up, so yeah, it’s very exciting.

VISUAL: Professor Gary Rosengarten, Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, School of Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, RMIT University speaking front-on to camera.

Gary Rosengarten: The way I see RMIT ...

VISUAL: Professor Gary Rosengarten speaking side-on to camera.

Gary Rosengarten: ... its research has really picked up and I keep on telling people, collaborators ...

VISUAL: Professor Gary Rosengarten speaking front-on to camera.

Gary Rosengarten: ... from overseas that RMIT is the new MIT of Australia. So it’s really heading in that right direction: a mixture of very good applied research working with companies and some fundamental research to go with that.

VISUAL: Dr Kay Cook, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University speaking to camera.

Dr Kay Cook: The VC’s Fellowship, it really provided me with an opportunity to focus on my research and come to an institution where practical and applied applications are a strong focus ...

VISUAL: Video from inside building, looking out window to RMIT’s Building 80 sign on outside of window frame.

Dr Kay Cook: ... where I can connect with other people ...

VISUAL: Video close up of RMIT sign on glass railing outside the portal in RMIT’s Swanston Academic Building (Building 80).

Dr Kay Cook: ... doing similar types of work and really be connected with ...

VISUAL: Time lapse video of corner of Swanston and Franklin Streets, RMIT’s Swanston Academic Building is in the background. There are pedestrians, cars, buses and trams passing by.

Dr Kay Cook: ... policy makers and local agencies.

VISUAL: Dr Kay Cook speaking side-on to camera.

Dr Kay Cook: What I like best about my current role ...

VISUAL: Dr Kay Cook speaking front-on to camera.

Dr Kay Cook: ... is that I’m able to ...

VISUAL: Blurred video of a mum and her two children, one is in a stroller walking down the footpath beside shops and parked cars.

Dr Kay Cook: ... focus on problems that affect people who don’t have a voice in society. My research can have ...

VISUAL: Dr Kay Cook speaking front-on to camera.

Dr Kay Cook: ... real practical benefits for people who might not otherwise have access to the policy?making process ...

VISUAL: Dr Kay Cook speaking side-on to camera.

Dr Kay Cook: ... and in a year I’ve been able to do ...

VISUAL: Dr Kay Cook speaking front-on to camera and smiling proudly.

Dr Kay Cook: ... more at RMIT than in my previous seven years at my previous institution.

VISUAL: Find out more at www.rmit.edu.au/research/research-fellowship-schemes.

VISUAL: RMIT University logo and website www.rmit.edu.au.

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