Dr Geraldine O’Neill
The Children’s Hospital Westmead Geraldine has made a most significant contribution to cancer cell research. When cancer spreads it becomes harder for doctors to treat and often becomes more resistant to the therapies, like chemotherapy, that we use to treat them. Geraldine’s research uses cutting edge cell biology techniques to work out how the cancers…
Read More »Dr Leigh Sheppard
University of New South Wales Leigh researches and develops sustainable energy solutions. He looks specifically at solar-hydrogen, a form of energy which is generated in a sustainable manner by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen. Leigh has worked specifically on developing environmentally sustainable semiconductors used in the conversion of water into hydrogen and oxygen. Solar…
Read More »Dr Stuart Tangye
Garvan Institute of Medical Research Stuart researches the human immune system identifying defects that may be responsible for the development of numerous diseases and finding strategies to improve people’s immune systems and reduce the effects of auto-immune diseases. Findings from the research will reveal strategies by which the human immune response can be increased or…
Read More »Dr Stephen Wroe
University of New South Wales Stephen’s research focuses on evolution and ecology of Australian animals – with implications for improving conservation. His current interests lie in marsupial evolution and marsupial biogeography and mammalian biomechanics. His work on bio mechanics of mammalian skulls has particularly excited him as the techniques being developed are readily transferable to…
Read More »Dr Alaina Ammit
University of Sydney Alaina is a researcher on airway smooth muscle in inflammation and airway remodelling. Her work has implications for combating asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In Australia asthma affects one in four children and one in ten adults. Alaina’s research is conducted on a cellular level and is essential to the development…
Read More »Dr James Curran
University of Sydney James builds systems for computers to understand, store and manipulate human languages. Some of the applications for this research are search engines in which you can type a question and get an accurate answer (instead of a list of links that may or may not be what you were looking for) and…
Read More »Dr Nathan Daczko
Macquarie University Nathan’s research ranges from studies in deep crystal processes in areas undergoing mountain building to processes operating at active oceanic spreading margins. He is particularly interested in active plate boundary zones in tectonically active regions including Fiordland, New Zealand, Macquarie Island and Papua New Guinea. Metamorphic Petrology Earth Science
Read More »Dr Louisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre UNSW Louisa’s research on trends in illicit drug use identified the Australian heroin shortage and the increasing use in methamphetamine and ecstasy. She has developed the ‘Party Drug Initiative’, a national project documenting the patterns of use and harms associated with this new drug use. This work has been…
Read More »Dr Kirstie Fryirs
Macquarie University Kirstie is an environmental scientist and a recognised leader in rivers research. Kirstie has developed a framework for assessing river condition and recovery potential which has been used as a river management tool across many areas of Australia. The River Styles Framework was trademarked in 1999. Kirstie’s outreach activities focus on communication of…
Read More »Dr Andrew Harris
University of Sydney Andrew’s research is in sustainable hydrogen, phytomining (sustainable mining using plants to recover metals) and large-scale manufacture of carbon nanotubes, one of the materials of the future. His research has the capacity to revolutionise the energy industry and provide a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Chemical Engineering Chemistry
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