Profiles

Meet Australia’s newest Superstars of STEM
Australia’s newest Superstars of STEM – 60 brilliant women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who want to step into the spotlight as experts in their fields – announced.

Profile: Re-inventing medical diagnostics
University of Sydney science graduate and entrepreneur Adjunct Professor Alison Todd has worked with her SpeeDx co-founder Dr Elisa Mokany for almost two decades.

Profile: Synthesising new materials
Dr Michael Dong Han Seo has developed a process to convert waste biomass into a unique form of graphene with important applications in water treatment.

A Reverse Engineering Journey
Dr Maryam Parviz will join Dr Debbie Saunders and Professor Tony Weiss in a Spark Festival discussion at 12 noon on 15 October from 12 pm. Crazy Works – Startups have more impact than papers will consider how academic researchers can be better prepared to create startups.

Using drones to conserve wildlife
Dr Debbie Saunders will join Dr Maryam Parviz and Professor Tony Weiss in a Spark Festival discussion at 12 noon on 15 October from 12 pm. Crazy Works – Startups have more impact than papers will be a lively discussion about how academic researchers can be better prepared to create startups.

Medtech entrepreneur finds success in commercialisation
Professor Tony Weiss will join Dr Maryam Parviz and Dr Debbie Saunders in a Spark Festival discussion at 12 noon on 15 October from 12 pm. Crazy Works – Startups have more impact than papers will consider how academic researchers can be better prepared to create startups.

Deep insights into virus proteins
As a beamline scientist at the Australian Synchrotron, Dr Eleanor Campbell is helping researchers unlock the structure of SARS-CoV-2.

Diagnosing with large-scale data
A globe-trotting career has taken Dr Cathy Yuen Yi Lee from Wollongong in New South Wales to the US and Europe.

Packaging up a perfect PhD in food waste
Researcher Ruby Chan joined the Fight Food Waste CRC as a PhD student through RMIT and she is already exploring innovative ways to use packaging more effectively to prevent waste.

Water for country
Tapping into thousands of years of observation and water management by Australia’s First Peoples holds the key to future water policy in Australia.

The war on waste
Karen Rouse leads a national effort to take valuable water research from university science to industry and end users.

Chemistry expertise led to CSIRO legacy of lowering emissions
University science collaborations have geared CSIRO research director Dr David Harris to uncover ways to move to a sustainable global energy system.

Solar energy entrepreneur gets her start in university science
An innovative funding approach gave solar energy entrepreneur Emma Jenkin her breakthrough into an untapped energy market.

Celebrating STEM leaders this International Women’s Day
Science and Technology Australia celebrated International Women’s Day by recognising leading women in STEM and calling on Aussies to #NominateHer.

Physicist appointed as CSIRO Chief Scientist
Australia’s national science agency has appointed Dr Cathy Foley to the position of CSIRO Chief Scientist.

Research and industry – A relationship guide (Part 2)
Videos from the Spark Festival: Australian leaders explore how universities can better prepare researchers for the future.

Research and industry – A relationship guide (Part 1)
Videos from the Spark Festival: Australian leaders explore how universities can better prepare researchers for the future.

Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science go to…
The winners of the 2017 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science were announced this week – and here they are!

Core code
Gernot Heiser has spent the past decade developing secure microkernals for operating systems.

Fight club at cybersecurity MOOC
Australia’s hottest hackers come from one Sydney lab, led by an affable professor who is on a mission to fight cybercrime at the world’s biggest institutions.

Organ weaver
Working at the intersection of biophysics and technology, UNSW researchers are weaving artificial tissues in the hope they can get the body to repair itself.

Industry placements pave the way to success
CRCs are leading the way in introducing PhD students to a career in industry with targeted placement programs and projects.

Early career researchers take the stage
The winner of the Showcasing Early Career Researchers Competition was announced at the CRCA’s 2017 Collaborate Innovate conference.

Creating the life-saving Nanopatch
Smaller than a postage stamp and covered in vaccine-coated microscopic projections, the Nanopatch promises to save millions of lives.