Congratulations to Muhammad Javaid, Robb Wesselingh and Xianglong Xu on their PhD completions

L-R: Muhammad Javaid, Robb Wesselingh and Xianglong Xu

Congratulations to our recently completed graduate research students Muhammad Javaid, Robb Wesselingh and Xianglong Xu - Well done! See below for detail of thesis topics, departments and supervisors.

Muhammad Javaid completed his PhD on 2 August, "Drug-resistant focal cortical dysplasia in epilepsy: insights from cellular models of neuronal development". He was supervised by Professor Patrick Kwan and Dr Ana Antonic-Baker (Department of Neuroscience).

Dr Robb Wesselingh, who is a practising neurologist, completed his PhD on 2 August, "Autoimmune encephalitis: examining the peripheral and central nervous system immunological pathways". He was supervised by Dr Mastura Monif and Professor Terence O'Brien (Department of Neuroscience).

Xianglong (Eric) Xu completed his PhD on 2 August, "Investigating the transmission dynamics and predicting the risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections using mathematical modelling and machine learning algorithms". He was supervised by Associate Professors Lei Zhang and Eric Chow (Melbourne Sexual Health Centre).