Matthew Dry

Dr Matthew Dry

Senior Lecturer

School of Psychology

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Dr Matthew Dry
Senior Lecturer - School of Psychology

Matt completed his PhD in Psychology in 2007 at the University of Adelaide, and then took up a post-doctoral research position at the University of Leuven in Belgium. He has been a lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide since 2011. His research has focused on the mathematical modelling of cognitive and perceptual processes, psychopharmacology, and (more recently) pedagogical research into tertiary education teaching and learning.

Honours project opportunities
Project 1: Predictors of academic achievement.
Supervisor Name: Dr Matt Dry
Project description: Investigating the role of personality, intellectual ability and factors such as stress, motivation, metacognition, creativity, perfectionism, etc on academic outcomes such as grades, satisfaction, post-graduate employment etc.

Availability: Semester 1.  
Special requirements: Bachelor of Psychological Science Honours students only

 

Project 2: Human performance on the Traveling Salesperson
Problem (TSP).
Supervisor Name: Dr Matt Dry
Project description: The TSP is a computationally difficult optimization problem - understanding the cognitive processes underlying human performance on this task provides insight into our ability to perform computationally difficult tasks with apparent ease.
Availability: Semester 1
Special requirements: Bachelor of Psychological Science Honours students only

 

Dry M, Due C, Strelan P, Turnbull D, Clark Y (2016). Office of the DVC(A) for the Indigenous Course Enrichment Project, $2,000. Co-investigator

Dry, M.J., Due, C., Chur-Hansen, A., & Burns, N.R. (2015-16). Office of Learning and Teaching - Seed Grant: Assessing the utility of an online adaptive learning tool in a large undergraduate program. (SD14-4348), $22,000. Principle Investigator.

Short, C., Dry, M.J., Skuse, A., Quester, P. (2015). University of Adelaide Interdisciplinary Research Grant: Maximising the potential of online behaviour change interventions: Determining the antecedents of user engagement. $18,000. Co-investigator.

Dry, M.J., Burns., N.R., & White, J. (2014). School of Psychology RIBG Small Grant: Estimating alcohol intoxication in a wide community sample of social drinkers. $6,953. Principle Investigator.

Nettelbeck, T., Burns, N.R., Dry, M.J., Ma-Wyatt, A., Ward, L. (2014). School of Psychology RIBG Small Grant: Setting up Driving Simulator for School of Psychology. $22,333. Co-Investigator.

Baetu, I., Burns, N.R., Dry, M.J., Dunn, J., Ma-Wyatt, A., Nettlebeck, T.J., Gaughwin, M.D., Buisman-Pijlman, F. (2012). NHMRC Equipment Grant: GSR and ECG recording extension for 64 channel EEG system. (GN9000112), $5,000. Co-Investigator.

Dry, M.J., (2012). Faculty of Health Sciences New Appointment Funding: The effects of low-to-moderate alcohol concentrations on cognitive functioning. $10,000. Principle Investigator.

Program Coordination

Bachelor of Psychological Sciences - Honours, 2019- present

 

Course Coordination

Honours Psychology Research Project - Course Coordinator, 2021- present

Honours Research Methods & Statistics - Course Coordinator, 2020- present

Honours Thesis in Psychology Part 1&2 - Course Coordinator, 2019-present

Psychology 1A - Course Coordinator, 2014-2019

Psychology 1B – Course Coordinator, 2014-2019

Research Methods in Psychology – Course Coordinator, 2013

Foundations of Perception & Cognition – Course Coordinator, 2012; 2015-2019

Teaching

Honours Psychology Research Project - 2021- present

Honours Research Methods & Statistics - 2020-present

Honours Thesis Part 1 & 2, 2019- present

Psychology 1A/B – Memory & Cognition module, 2011-present

Foundations of Perception & Cognition – Memory & Cognition module, 2012-present

Perception & Cognition – Concepts & Categories module, 2011-present

Research Methods in Psychology – Misc. modules, 2012-2015

Doing Research in Psychology – Statistical theory module, 2013 & 2015

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2023 Co-Supervisor Investigating Changing Attitudes Towards Climate Change due to Extreme Weather Events and Anomalous Climate Events Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mitchell James Osborne
    2019 Co-Supervisor The Impact of Music and Lyrics on Emotion Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Nathan Leigh Jones
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2016 - 2020 Co-Supervisor The Adolescent Distress-Eustress Scale: Designing, Evaluating, and Utilising a Holistic Measure of Adolescent Stress Doctor of Philosophy/Master of Psychology (Clinical) Doctorate Full Time Dr Victoria Mary Branson
    2016 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Acute Behavioural Tolerance to the Effect of Alcohol on Information Processing, Response Inhibition, and Subjective Intoxication Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ross Edward Comley
    2011 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Narrative Recall in an Investigative Interview: Insight into Witness Metacognition Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Elizabeth Leonora Fontaine
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83133856
  • Email: matthew.dry@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Hughes, floor 5
  • Org Unit: Psychology

Connect With Me
External Profiles