2025 Young Tall Poppy Science Award Winners

Young Tall Poppy Science Award - 2025 Winners

NSW YTP's

Dr Brooke Nickel

Dr Catharine Fleming

Dr Louise Birrell

Dr Deborah Burnett

Dr Felix Rizzuto

Dr Richard Savery

Dr Benjamin Montet

Dr Rosalyn Gloag

Dr Rhett Loban

Dr Vanessa Pirotta *YTP of the Year*

WA YTP's

A/Prof Kefyalew Alene

Dr Myles Murphy

A/Prof Atiq Zaman

Dr Houda Ennaceri

Dr James Lloyd

Dr Masoumeh Zargar

Dr Mohiuddin Ahmed

Dr Fatima Naim

Dr Denis Fougerouse *YTP of the Year*

Dr Yongze Song *YTP of the Year*

SA YTP's

Dr Nina Wootton *YTP of the Year*

A/Prof Courtney Ryder

Dr Sarah Scholten

Dr Georgina Falster

Dr Sarah Boyle

Dr Ben Singh

Dr Amy Hutchison

Dr Ashokkumar Manoharan

NT YTP's

Dr Chris Jolly

QLD YTP's

Dr Abbas Shafiee

Dr Karen Massel

Dr Kate Quigley

Dr Merja Joensuu

Dr Tatiane Yanes

Dr Yinghong Zhou

A/Prof Jasneek Chawla

Dr Michelle Ward

A/Prof Miguel E. Rentería

Dr Munkhbayar Batmunkh

Dr Ruirui Qiao

Dr Siobhan Loughnan

Dr Xin Yu

Dr Brittany Mitchell *YTP of the Year*

A/Prof Janni Leung *YTP of the Year*

VIC YTP's

Dr Ali Bajwa

Dr Ben McAllister

Dr Hannah Jarman

Dr Iliana Medina

Dr Jie Tang

Dr Louise La Sala

Dr Priscila Pereira Machado

Dr Rhea Longley

A/Prof Sarah Erfani

Dr Vera Korasidis

Dr Yi David Ju

Prof Ada Cheung *YTP of the Year*

ACT YTP's

Dr Ashley Jones *YTP of the Year*

A/Prof Xiaolin Wang

Dr Emily Furlong

TAS YTP's

Dr Jane Younger

Dr Chen Zhao *YTP of the Year*

Dr Chenchen Zhao

Dr Ke Liu

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