James Cook University is committed to quality research supervision.

JCU staff who supervise research students must be on the Register of Advisors. To be included on the Register, staff must apply to the Research Education Sub-Committee through the Application for Admission to the Register of Advisors form.

The table below shows all staff currently listed on the Register of Advisors, grouped by School and Organisational Unit, and within the unit sorted alphabetically by surname.

Advisor Mentor - refers to a person with Advisor Mentor Status on the Register of Advisors. To be so-listed you must normally: (1) be a member (or adjunct member) of JCU staff, and (2) your record in your JCU Research Portfolio must indicate that you are: (a) listed as an author on at least 5 weighted research publications (or equivalent creative outputs) in the preceding 5 years, and (b) have been on the Advisory Panels of at least 2 HDR candidates who have successfully completed their research degrees during that period (not necessarily as JCU), at least one as Primary Advisor. Each Advisory Panel must include at least one person with Advisor Mentor Status as Primary Advisor or Secondary Advisor.

Primary Advisor - refers to a person with Primary Advisor Status on the Register of Advisors who is normally a member (or adjunct member) of JCU staff in the College in which the candidate is enrolled and who Chairs the Advisory Panel. The Primary Advisor should take the lead in the day-to-day supervision of the candidate. To be a Primary Advisor on an Advisory Panel, you must have a PhD and be on the Register of Advisors with Primary Advisor Status or Advisor Mentor Status i.e, your publication record as recorded in ResearchOnline@JCU must indicate that you are listed as an author on at least 5 weighted research publications (or equivalent creative outputs) in the preceding 5 years.

Secondary Advisor - refers to a person appointed to the Advisory Panel for the duration of candidature to work with the Primary Advisor in their supervision of the candidate. Each Advisory Panel should include at least one Secondary Advisor who is a member of the academic staff of the University and is on the Register of Advisors. Additional Secondary Advisors who are not on the Register may be appointed because of their expertise; these Secondary Advisors may be external to the University and are not required to apply for admission to the Register of Advisors. To be eligible to be a Secondary Advisor you must be on the Advisor Registry as Advisor Mentor, Primary or Secondary Advisor. To be eligible to be a Secondary Advisor on the on the Register of Advisors you must have a PhD and a publication record as recorded in ResearchOnline@JCU that indicates that you are listed as an author on at least one research publication in the preceding 2 years.

All persons on the JCU Register of Advisors must have successful completed a program of professional development that includes the pedagogy of supervision (unless formally exempted by the Dean, Graduate Research), and the policies and procedures associated with the supervision of HDR candidates at JCU.

For an explaination of weighted research publications please refer to Research Services - Publications Categories

NB: A (P) in the Level column means that full registration is pending the completion of training requirements.

The hyperlink under the advisor's name will take you to their profile page in JCU's Research Portfolio.