Being resourceful with water management
Growing up in Mount Gambier, Ryan Judd (BSc (Hons) ’17) had little idea how importantly STEMM studies affected his region. However, having returned to his hometown […]
Environment
Biotechnology studies supported by the Flinders family
A cancer diagnosis just three months into her PhD at Flinders University wasn’t enough to stop Associate Professor Fitri Widiantini (MBiotechSt ’06, PhD ’12) from pursuing […]
Working in the wild with whales and dolphins
A childhood dream to study marine mammals has taken wildlife ecologist Dr Katharina J Peters (BSc(MarineBiol)(Hons) ’10, PhD(Biol) ’16) to remote locations around the world – […]
OPINION: Silver linings in a tourism grey area
Dr Lauren Meyer explains the issues in ensuring sustainable shark tourism. Cage-diving with white sharks is one of our most popular marine wildlife tourism activities, but […]
Understanding shark behaviour
As a child, Dr Lauren Meyer dreamed of being a sea turtle, now she studies sharks, bringing scientific clarity to the oft-maligned and widely misunderstood area […]
Crucial Aboriginal perspective in archaeology
In 2017 Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna man Dr Chris Wilson became the first Indigenous person in Australia to complete a PhD in Archaeology. Studying Aboriginal sites through […]
World's largest eucalypt arboretum
In his early teenage years, Dr Dean Nicolle OAM had a dream to grow one of every species of eucalypt known on Earth. Now the arborist, […]
Mentoring for success
2020 GRADUATE Jonathon Sweeney Bachelor of Science Coming to Flinders University as a mature-aged student – a decade after leaving high school, having worked as a […]
Pursuing true passions
2019 GRADUATE Cameron May Bachelor of Science (Marine Biology) A fascination with studying sharks can be traced back to attending an Open Day presentation at Flinders […]