A knack for technology
Dean Calvert’s knack for technology in the 90s led him from the chemistry lab to a computer lab, and to leading an IT company for the […]
College of Science and Engineering
Powering the future with clean and renewable energy
Leading research and development by former CSIRO Chief Research Scientist, Dr Sukhvinder Badwal, has created opportunities to power the future with clean and renewable energy. Coming […]
Duck, duck, rice - a game for life
Jose ‘Apollo’ Pacamalan (MEnvMgmt ‘05) is the founder of the Rice-Duck Movement Inc., offering subsistence farmers in his homeland of the Philippines, an organic, climate-smart, accessible […]
Solving crime through maths and science
Dr Duncan Taylor loves nothing more than using mathematics and molecular science to solve crime in the community. Dr Taylor’s curiosity for forensic problem solving began […]
Breaking new ground in Earth Sciences
Adelaide-born Dr Garry Karner is a world-leading authority in the study of the formation and deformation of the Earth’s crust, a sub-discipline of geology called tectonics, […]
An agricultural crusader
Equipped with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science and two dictionaries – one English to Persian and one Persian to English – Emeritus Professor Acram Taji (PhD(BiolSc) […]
A conservationist with animal instincts
For animal conservationist Lauren Pfeiffer (BSc(Hons) ’16), rescuing orphan cheetah cubs and raising endangered African painted dogs is all part of day’s work at Namibia’s […]
Leading global advances in the science of hydrogeology
Professor Craig T Simmons FTSE (PhD(SE) ’97) is one of Australia’s foremost groundwater academics and has been a significant contributor to global advances in the science […]
Simulation and defence expert
Dr Mike Brennan (BSc(Hons) ’82, PhD(PhysSc) ’86) is the principal of Brennan Advisory which was established as an independent professional service provider to organisations in the Defence […]