Dr Tristan Reekie
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Research Field: Organic Chemistry Sickness and disease occur when normal processes in the body are only partly functioning, not functioning at all, or sometimes when they are functioning too well. The role of prescription drugs is to return these processes to normal. Tristan designs and constructs new molecules with the aim of…
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Dr Sambasivam Periyannan
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION Research Field: Agriculture and Phylogenetics Dr Sam Periyannan’s passion for crop research is rooted since his childhood being brought up along canes and cassava at a small farm in South India. After completing a master’s degree in Agriculture and a brief stint as a horticultural pathologist, he crossed the…
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Dr Larissa Schneider
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Research Field: Ecology & Toxic Metals Industrial activities have released toxic metals into the environment in ways that damage the health of people, wildlife and ecosystems. Knowing where and when toxic metals entered the environment is the key to understanding their long-term impacts. Dr Schneider studies mercury in lake sediments to understand…
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Dr Aparna Lal
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Research Field: Ecology & Public Health Few of the world’s challenges loom as large as climate and environmental change. To effectively address this major societal challenge, we need multidisciplinary and inclusive leadership. Dr Aparna Lal, with a multidisciplinary science background, is an emerging international leader in this space. She has two postgraduate…
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Dr Anna Olsen
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Research Field: Public Health I am an experienced social scientist researcher in the field of public health with an extensive national and international networks encompassing academia, non-profits and government. I am predominately focused on the application of social research methods to health and social inequalities. My interdisciplinary program of research combines practical…
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