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 […]
College of Science and Engineering
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 […]
Flinders No.1 graduate
Professor Alan Easton has achieved significant academic firsts in his life, the first in his family to attend university and one of the first students to […]
Guardian of the big blue planet
In 1961, high above a small house in Hokkaido, Japan, Yuri Gagarin looked down from space and admired how beautiful Earth appeared. A few days later, […]
The power of water
Water holds Leila Nazimi in its thrall. Whether she’s swimming, patrolling as a surf lifesaver or conducting white shark research for her honours project, Ms Nazimi […]
Rise of the robot tsar
When Rod Brooks headed to the US after graduating from Flinders in 1977, there were just three mobile robots in existence. Now, the iRobot company he […]
Connecting and collaborating
With a high fail rate in first year maths, Sally Wheldrake knew her degree in computer science would have its challenges. With this in mind Sally […]
Man on a maths mission
Recreational mathematics sounds like a tautology to most of us, but after inspiring a generation of Bangladeshis to find a route to a better life through […]