Dr Jane Younger
Dr Jane Younger investigates how diseases spread among wildlife in some of the planet’s most isolated environments—including Antarctica—and what that means for global ecosystem health. Their research focuses on vulnerable species such as penguins, seabirds, and marine mammals, which are increasingly threatened by viruses like avian influenza. Leading field expeditions into extreme environments, Dr Younger…
Read More »Dr Chen Zhao
Dr Chen Zhao, an ARC DECRA Fellow, is tackling one of the most pressing challenges of our time, predicting how much and how quickly sea levels will rise as Antarctica loses ice in a warming world. While scientific understanding has advanced, projections of future sea-level rise remain uncertain due to gaps in knowledge about the…
Read More »Dr Chenchen Zhao
Dr Chenchen Zhao is tackling one of agriculture’s most urgent challenges, protecting crop production from the harsh environmental conditions driven by climate change. Crops such as barley and wheat are increasingly affected by stresses like waterlogging, salinity, and nutrient deficiencies, which can cause major yield losses and threaten food security worldwide. By uncovering the physiological…
Read More »Dr Ke Liu
Dr Ke Liu is tackling the growing threat climate change poses to agricultural productivity. His research focuses on how extreme weather events affect food production and sustainability, with the goal of developing climate-resilient farming systems. As an agricultural systems modeller, Dr Liu improves how models simulate crop growth under extreme weather conditions and designs adaptation…
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