Paul Mason

Macquarie University

2007 - 2010

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology

University of New South Wales (Institute of Languages)

2008

• Brazilian Portuguese Level 1A
  

University of Sydney

2007

• Indonesian 2A

2006

• Student Volunteer for the Human Communication Science Network Summerfest (27th of November to 1st of December, 2006), Sancta Sophia College, Sydney University, which encompassed Summer Schools, Speed Papers, and Workshops.

University of Western Sydney

2006

• Dance Performance 1
• Dance Performance 2
• Experimental Design and Analysis
• Music and Movement Reading Group

University of Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France

2003

• Stage de Recherche, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des Rythmes
  Project: Structural and/or Neurochemical Plasticity in the Mammalian Brain as a Result of Photoperiodic Changes
  Technical tools: in situ hybridisation, immunocytochemistry, microscopy
• Workshop on : “Cerebral rhythms : from the EEG to the neuron”, Forenap Institute for Research in Neuropsychiatry, Rouffach, Biozentrum, Unibasel, Basel
• Workshop on Neuropsychology of Memory Disorders, Prof. Lilianne Manning

Australian National University

2002

• CVS Summer School on Animal Navigation, Centre for Visual Sciences, National Institute of Bioscience
• Summer Research Scholarship, Visual Sciences Group, Research School of Biological Science
  Project: Microarray Analysis of the Honeybee (Apis mellifera) genome

University of Western Australia

2001

• Summer Studentship, Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders.
  Research Tools: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  

Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine

2002

• Host, Young Researcher’s week
  

2001

• Host, Young Researcher’s week
  
• Student Ambassador, Medical Research Week
  

2000

• Summer Research Internship, Neuroimaging/Neuroinformatics Research Team

University of Melbourne

2005

• The Ethnography of Music
• Music Cultures of Asia
• Gamelan Ensemble
  
  

2004

• Varieties of Human Experience
• The Evolution of Consciousness
• Reconciliation Study Circle, International Conflict Resolution Centre
  

2002

• Genome Science
• Genes to Phenotype: Control and Integration
• Brain, Cognition and Behaviour 3
• Keeping the Body in Mind: Culture, Curers and Biomedical Science
• The Brain: Neurophysiology of Behaviour
• Structure and Function of the Brain
• Hormone and Neurotransmitter Biochemistry
• Neuropharmacology
  

2001

• Integrated Biomedical Science I
• Integrated Biomedical Science II
• Behavioural Neuroscience 2
• Anatomy 1 (Back, Thorax and Upper Limb)
• Pharmacology
• Human Psychophysiology 3
  

2000

• Biomedical Biology: Molecules, Cells & Organisms
• Biomedical Biology: Genetics & Biodiversity
• Introduction to Biomedical Mathematics
• Introduction to Biomedical Statistics
• Chemistry (Biomedical Science A)
• Chemistry (Biomedical Science B)
• Physics for Biomedical Science A
• Physics for Biomedical Science B
  

Leadership Roles

• Student Representative, Pharmacology, University of Melbourne (2001)
  
• Student Mentor, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne (2002)
  
• Education Officer, Biomedical Science Students Society, University of Melbourne (2001-2002)
• Student Host, Orientation Program, University of Melbourne (2001 & 2002)
  
  

Scotch College

Victorian Certificate of Education, 1999

• Indonesian
• French
• English
• Chemistry
• Specialist Mathematics
• Mathematical Methods
• Tertiary Entrance Ranking: 97.3
  

Academic Achievements

• The Sub-Lt John David Anderson Prize for French, (1997)
  
• The Hugh Stretton Prize for best creative writing (1997)
  
• Honourable mentions in the Alliance Française Competition (1997 & 1998)
  
• Three Certificates of Distinction, Australian Mathematics Competition (1997, 1998, 1999)
  
• Certificate of High Distinction, Australian Mathematics Competition (1997, 1998, 1999)
  
• Certificate of Distinction Australian Chemistry Quiz (1999)
  
• Runner Up, Public Speaking, Lions Club Youth of the Year Quest, (1999)
  

Leadership roles

• School Officer
  
• Peer Support Leader
  
• Adventure Leader
  
• Choir Captain
  
• Captain of A grade debating
  
• Captain of Fencing
  
• Principal Clarinetist in Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Band & Clarinet Quartet
  

Primary Schools

• Scotch College (1991-1993)
  
• St. Mary’s, East Malvern, Vic (1990)
  
• British School of Paris, France, (1987-1989)
  
• North Sydney Demonstration School, NSW, (1986)
  
• Shirley Road Pre-school, NSW, (1985)
  
  

Highlights

• Started the marble craze in Grade 5, 1992