Dr Rita Henderson
The University of New South Wales Research Field: Water Science and Technology Dr Henderson’s research is in the field of water quality and treatment, specifically with respect to water sources impacted by high levels of organic matter and algae, including recycled water and seawater in addition to reservoir or river sources. Removal of these contaminants is critical…
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The University of New South Wales Research Field: Dementia and Ageing Dementia is a neurodegenerative disease that will triple in prevalence in Australia by 2050. Dr Low’s research focuses on dementia risk reduction, decreasing behavioural symptoms and minimising the psychosocial effects of the disease. She has showed that humour can lower aggression and agitated behaviour amongst people…
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University of New England Research Field: Animal Behaviour Dr McDonald’s research seeks to understand both how and why animals cooperate. if we can understand what factors shape (or prevent) sociality, we gain an insight into the societies of these animals. He uses Noisy and Bell Miners as an ideal model species for his research: these birds live…
Read More »Dr Katherine Mills
The University of New South Wales Research Field: Co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders About 25% of Australians abuse or become dependent on alcohol or other drugs at some point during their lives. Many of these people will also have mental health conditions, like depression or anxiety, at the same time. The co-occurrence of substance use…
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The University of Sydney Research Field: Astroinformatics; radio astronomy Dr Murphy is leading a major international project – VAST: a survey for Variables and Slow Transients that will run on ASKAP, an Australian next generation radio telescope. One of their aims is to search for the ‘orphan afterglows’ of gamma-ray bursts. Gamma-ray bursts emit high energy radiation…
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The University of New South Wales Research Field: Biomedical engineering Dr Redmond’s research seeks to use biomedical engineering to develop new, cheap, and easy to use healthcare devices that are easily accessible by the whole community. He has particularly focused on the elderly and falls related injuries. With his research group he has have developed a wearable…
Read More »Associate Prof Renae Ryan
The University of Sydney Research Field: Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Pharmacology Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that allow the cells in our brain to communicate with each other. Dr Ryan focuses on how neurotransmitter transporters function in the normal brain and what goes wrong when they dysfunction in disease. The outcomes of her research will not only help to understand…
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The University of New South Wales Research Field: Marine Ecology Dr Campbell’s research is focused on how changing environments may influence dynamics between seaweed hosts and their natural enemies, including pathogens. A primary goal of her research is to combine rigorous ecological methods with molecular microbiology and natural products chemistry to more fully understand the ecological impacts of…
Read More »Dr Thomas Denson
The University of New South Wales Research Field: Social Psychology, Personality Psychology & Social Neuroscience Dr Denson’s research revolves around three key questions: How can aggressive individuals better control themselves? How can we control our anger? What are the brain and hormonal mechanisms underlying anger regulation, self control, and aggression? Rather than trying to eliminate anger and aggressive…
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