Dr Joseph Richardson
Dr. Richardson’s research focuses on controlling the way objects interact with the world using high-tech nanocoatings. By controlling the surface of objects, he can control how they interact with light, organisms, moisture, and everything else in the environment. This allows for unique applications to be targeted, such as engineering specific properties into objects to make…
Read More »Dr Susi Seibt
All medical products require research and testing to determine their safety and efficacy before human use. These are done in biological models, with the majority being performed in live animals. However, 95% of new drugs shown to be safe and effective in animal trials fail in humans. Instead of using animals as a proxy, Susi…
Read More »Dr Dinh Bui
Chronic lung diseases, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, are a significant public health problem globally. Dr Bui’s research focuses on the natural history, lifetime risk factors and long-term outcomes of these diseases. He has developed lifetime lung function trajectories for the general population and identified novel trajectories that can lead to…
Read More »A/Prof Stephanie Filbay
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) provides knee stability. Australia has the highest rate of ACL injury in the world and has seen continuous growth in the rate of ACL surgery. ACL surgery involves removal of the torn ACL, taking tendon from other parts of the body and fixing it in place where the ACL used…
Read More »Dr Stuart Johnston
Emergent behaviour arises throughout the natural world. From the detailed structure and function of human organs to the flocking of birds, complex behaviour emerges from seemingly simple interactions between individual organisms. However, it is difficult to predict the emergent behaviour of a population from knowledge about the behaviour of an individual organism. Understanding the…
Read More »Dr Renata Borovica-Gajic
Dr. Borovica-Gajic’s research aims to revolutionise data exploration and insight discovery in complex databases, prevalent in data-rich industries and scientific fields. By automating traditionally cumbersome and labour-intensive tasks pertaining to data(base) preparation and finetuning currently performed by costly experts, Dr. Borovica-Gajic’s self-driving databases harness Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to uncover hidden patterns buried in…
Read More »Professor Jason Ong
Australia can be the first country in the world to eliminate HIV transmission. This is possible because of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a tablet that prevents HIV infection. However, one major roadblock is unequal access to PrEP. Specifically, whilst new HIV infections are dropping among Australian-born men who have sex with men (MSM), there are groups…
Read More »Dr Paddy Dempsey
The message that regular “exercise” is important for overall health is likely not new for many. However, even if you’re meeting the recommended ~30 minutes/day of exercise – something few Australians manage to do on a consistent basis – this still leaves another 16 waking hours when you’re not exercising? Does it matter how you…
Read More »Dr Kate Lycett
Dr Kate Lycett’s research aims to identify key measures of health and wellbeing to help us collectively understand the state of the nation beyond traditional economic metrics. This focus will help us decide whether decisions are in the nation’s best interests. Locally, she uses citizen science through community volunteers to collect their own data, empowering…
Read More »Dr Kylie Soanes
Dr. Kylie Soanes is an Australian scientist on a mission to save nature in our cities and towns. Urban environments are a fantastic opportunity to tackle the biodiversity extinction crisis and reconnect people with nature. But space for nature in cities is scarce, full of bright lights, noisy cars, and hard, hostile surfaces. Kylie’s…
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