Dr Alexandra Jones
Book as a Speaker Dr Alexandra Jones is a public health researcher and lawyer leading a program on food policy. Her work mixes science and law to generate evidence that supports policymakers in designing and implementing policies with maximum public health impact. She works closely with UN agencies, governments, public health and consumer organizations, and…
Read More »A/Prof Simon Rosenbaum
Book as a Speaker A/Prof Simon Rosenbaum’s research concerns the use of physical activity as a psychosocial strategy for trauma exposed populations including people living with mental illness, and people from a refugee and asylum seeker background. The central idea underpinning his research is that scalable, affordable and transcultural, physical activity-based interventions, can provide positive…
Read More »Dr Elliot Scanes
Book as a Speaker Dr Elliot Scanes’ research addresses significant challenges in marine food security. We rely on oceans to provide food, but there are not enough fish in the sea to feed the planet’s growing population. Ocean farming or aquaculture is now essential to feed the planet, including in Australia. Australian aquaculture is based…
Read More »Dr Ting Rei Tan
Book as a Speaker Dr Ting Rei Tan’s research aims to solve problems in physics and chemistry that are currently beyond the reach of even the most powerful supercomputers. Specifically, he focuses on the computational challenges associated with simulating chemical reactions at the atomic level, particularly those involved in ultrafast photochemistry. Understanding these reactions is…
Read More »Dr Jasmine Fardouly
Book as a Speaker Dr Jasmine Fardouly is known internationally for her work on the impact of social media on users’ body image. Her previous research has shown that, despite the well-known harms of idealised content and appearance comparisons on social media, it is possible to improve young people’s body image with exposure to body-positive,…
Read More »Dr Negin Nazarian
Book as a Speaker Dr Negin Nazarian’s research is about understanding the negative impact of climate in cities (such as heat) and helping develop methods for cooling our cities and people. She does that by studying how urban design (like building density or vegetation cover) and climate change (like more frequent heatwaves) interact with each…
Read More »Dr Amy Moss
Book as a Speaker Dr Amy Moss’ research aims to address the environmental and economic burden of food waste by enabling its utilisation as a feed for poultry. In Australia, 7.3 million tonnes of food is disposed in landfill p/a, costing $20 billion and contributing >5% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. A pilot study Dr…
Read More »Dr Thanh Nho Do
Book as a Speaker Dr. Thanh Nho Do’s research focuses on a range of cutting-edge robotic innovations designed to transform healthcare and human-computer interaction. By integrating soft robotics and bionics into cancer surgery and stroke intervention, his technologies significantly enhance the precision and effectiveness of these critical medical procedures beyond the capabilities of existing systems….
Read More »A/Prof Vincent Ho
Book as a Speaker Associate Professor Vincent Ho’s research aims to discover why gut motility disorders occur and develop novel solutions to treat severe cases. Gastroparesis is a motility disorder where the stomach is paralysed and patients experience constant nausea, vomiting and early fullness with eating food. Medications are often ineffective and severely affected patients…
Read More »Dr Vipul Agarwal
Book as a Speaker Dr Vipul Agarwal’s research is focused on the development of bioimplants for the regeneration of injured tissues which lack an innate ability to repair after injury. He is currently developing neuro-bionic implants for spinal cords made from electrically conductive polymer nanocomposites. These implants can be used to electrically stimulate damaged neuronal…
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