Category: SHAPS Engagement Team

1. Carmelina Contarino

   Carmelina Contarino is an Honours student in the History & Philosophy of Science program. Her thesis explores scientific methodology through understanding researcher’s perceptions of exploratory research. Carmelina is interested in how perception of exploratory modes forms part of the research cycle, its impact on epistemic iteration and the self-correcting nature of science. Carmelina is also […]

   blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/18/carmelina-contarino

2. Madeline Davies

   Madeline (she/her) is communications professional and emerging conservator currently completing the Master of Cultural Materials Conservation at the Grimwade Centre. In 2019 she completed a BA at Monash University with a double major in Media and Communications, and Film and Screen Studies, and in 2021 completed the Executive Master of Arts at the University of […]

   blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/17/madeline-davies

3. Rachelle Madden

   Rachelle Madden is an undergraduate student studying History and Philosophy of Science. With 30 years of experience in advertising and marketing, Rachelle recently returned to university to pursue her love of all things science through the HPS Program.

   blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/04/rachelle-madden

4. Leo Palmer

   Leo Palmer is graduate researcher in the field of Classics. His current thesis examines fifth-century Athenian democracy in its social, political and religious context, and makes the case for a complex, gradual evolution of Greek democracy, rather than viewing it as a product of revolution. Leo’s Honours thesis investigated the social functions and origins of […]

   blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/02/leo-palmer

5. Seka Seneviratne

   Seka Binaramali Seneviratne is a PhD candidate at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne, where she is building her PhD research project based on ‘Biodeterioration Methodologies and Their Effect on Painting Surfaces in the Asia Pacific Region’. Her research focuses on understanding the positive and challenging effects of microbial […]

   blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/01/seka-seneviratne

6. Noah Wellington

   Noah Wellington is a PhD candidate in Classics & Archaeology. His current research focuses on a tradition of women’s subversive discourse in ancient Greek literature from the Archaic through Hellenistic periods. Noah’s Honours thesis explored liminal gender identities in Athenian male youth and their repercussion on Athenian literature and politics and was a winner of […]

   blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/02/28/noah-wellington