Schools and centres of the faculty - Faculty of Science

Listed below are the schools and centres of the faculty. School staff can provide advice about a range of matters, including unit details for postgraduate coursework programs as well as information on areas of research focus and available resources and supervision for higher degree by research programs.

Schools

School of Applied Sciences and Engineering

Research strengths and focus include applied biology and chemistry, human physiology, mathematics and modelling, and environmental management.

• Location: Building 3W, Gippsland campus
• Telephone: +61 3 9902 6453
• Fax: +61 3 9902 6738
• Email: gippsland.research@monash.edu
• http://www.gippsland.monash.edu.au/science
  

Postal address

School of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Science
Monash University
Gippsland campus
Northways Road
Churchill Victoria 3842
Australia

School of Sciences

• Location: Building 2, level 5, Sunway campus
• Telephone: +603 5514 6816/6817
• Fax: +603 5514 6344
• Email: scienceinquiries.musc@.monash.edu
• http://www.sci.monash.edu.my/
  

Postal address

School of Sciences
Monash University
Jalan Lagoon Selatan
Bandar Sunway, 46150
Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia

School of Biological Sciences

Research strengths and focus include biology and physiology of algae; ecology and conservation biology; evolutionary and behavioural biology; developmental genetics; and plant genetics and biotechnology;.

• Location: Building 18, Clayton campus
• Telephone: +61 3 9905 5650
• Fax: +61 3 9905 5613
• Email: enquiries.biol@monash.edu

• http://www.biolsci.monash.edu.au

Postal address

School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science
Monash University Victoria 3800
Australia

School of Chemistry

Research strengths and focus include electrolytes, water studies, sustainable and green chemistry, electrochemistry, biospectroscopy, environmental and analytical science, biological and medicinal chemistry, materials chemistry and synthetic inorganic and organic chemistry.

• Location: Building 19C, Clayton campus
• Telephone: +61 3 9905 4593
• Fax: +61 3 9905 4597
• http://www.chem.monash.edu.au
  

Postal address

School of Chemistry
Faculty of Science
Box 23
Monash University Victoria 3800
Australia

School of Geosciences

Research strengths and focus include economic geology, environmental geoscience and hydrogeology, geospatial imaging and environmental geoscience, geochemistry and petrology, geophysics, palaeontology, geodynamics, volcanology and ore deposits, sedimentology and basin studies and tectonics.

• Location: Building 28, Clayton campus
• Telephone: +61 3 9905 4879
• Fax: +61 3 9905 4903
• http://www.geosci.monash.edu.au
  

Postal address

School of Geosciences
Faculty of Science
Building 28
Monash University Victoria 3800
Australia

School of Mathematical Sciences

Research strengths and focus include algebra and discrete mathematics, analysis and geometry, astrophysics and general relativity, atmospheric science and geophysical fluid dynamics, computational mathematics, statistics and stochastic processes, and tertiary mathematics education.

• Location: Building 28, Clayton campus
• Telephone: +61 3 9905 4465
• Fax: +61 3 9905 4403
• Email: sci-maths-enquiries@monash.edu
• http://www.maths.monash.edu.au
  

Postal address

School of Mathematical Sciences
Faculty of Science
Building 28
Monash University Victoria 3800
Australia

School of Physics

Research strengths and focus include condensed matter physics, optics and diffraction physics, synchrotron science, x-ray physics and imaging and theoretical and computational physics.

• Location: Building 27, Clayton campus
• Telephone inquiries: +61 3 9905 3651
• Fax: +61 3 9905 3637
• Email: physics.enquiries@monash.edu
• http://www.physics.monash.edu.au
  

Postal address

School of Physics
Faculty of Science
Monash University Victoria 3800
Australia

Centres

Australian Centre for Biodiversity

• Telephone: +61 3 9905 5642
• Fax: +61 3 9905 5613
• http://www.biolsci.monash.edu.au/research/acb/
  

Australian Crustal Research Centre

• Telephone: +61 3 9905 4897
• Fax: +61 3 9905 4903
• http://www.geosci.monash.edu.au/research/acrc.html

Centre for Biospectroscopy

• Telephone: +61 3 9905 4525
• http://www.chem.monash.edu.au/biospec

Centre for Green Chemistry

• Telephone: +61 3 9905 4547
• Fax: +61 3 9905 8501
• http://www.chem.monash.edu.au/green-chem

Centre for Modelling of Stochastic Systems

• Telephone: +61 3 9905 4409
• Fax: +61 3 9905 9520
• http://www.cmss.monash.edu.au/

Monash Centre for Astrophysics

• Telephone: +61 3 9905 4440
• Fax: +61 3 9905 4403
• http://moca.monash.edu/

Water Studies Centre

• Telephone: +61 3 9905 4078
• Fax: +61 3 9905 4196
• http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/wsc