In a big week of recognition for Flinders University, an expert on miscarriages of justice features in a Channel 9 expose, an ecologist wins a Young Achiever Award, while creative gaming graduates earn national accolades and release a debut game on the Steam platform.
Channel 9 brings in justice expert
Dr Bob Moles was interviewed for a Channel 9 ‘Bodies of Evidence’ expose as part of its Australian Crime Stories, to be aired tomorrow, Wednesday 14 October at 8:40pm.
The program will delve into the deaths of three babies who Dr Manock said had died from bronchopneumonia, when in fact they had been beaten to death.
The problems with his diagnosis were revealed more than 25 years ago, but the Attorney-General and the police have never reopened the investigation to bring those responsible for these terrible tragedies to account.
View the program promotional clip here.
More information from Dr Moles on these cases can be found here.
Trophic ecologist wins Young Achiever Award
Dr Lauren Meyer PhD (Biol) ’19 has won the Seven News Young Achiever, University of Adelaide STEM Award.
The Young Achiever Awards acknowledge, encourage and promote the positive achievements of young South Australians up to the age of 29. Winners for 2020 were announced in a virtual ceremony held on 9 October.
Dr Meyer investigated the impacts of wildlife tourism for her PhD at Flinders University, particularly the effects of cage diving on white sharks, contributing to new regulations and tourism assessment frameworks used by the Department of Environment and Water.
She has also innovated in biochemical ecology and co-founded Otlet, a global platform that enables researchers to source scientific samples from colleagues to minimise waste and redundancy in resampling.
Dr Meyer is currently a Research Associate in trophic ecology – which investigates the structure of feeding relationships in an ecosystem – in Flinders University’s College of Science and Engineering.
Accolade for gaming mentor
Flinders alumna Ella Macintyre (BCreatArts (Hons) ’12) has won the 2020 Australian Game Developers Game Connect Award.
The Game Connect Award celebrates an individual working in the industry who has forged a path for others.
Ms Macintyre is the Chief Product Officer of Adelaide-based Mighty Kingdom. She actively mentors others and contributes significantly to events and the education sector. She was also recognised through the award as a passionate advocate for diversity.
The Game Developers Awards are facilitated by the Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) and announced at the annual Games Connect Asia Pacific conference, which was held in Sydney on 7 October this year.
More real-world success for gaming grads
Three Flinders University creative arts alumni have released their eagerly awaited debut game Rooftop Renegade, after winning funding last year under the South Australian Government’s $300,000 Games Innovation Fund.
In 2019 Alex Ferrabetta, Patrick Webb and George Martin graduated together from the Bachelor of Creative Arts degrees (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design) and wasted no time establishing their own studio, Melonhead Games.
Last week they released Rooftop Renegade via leading games platform, Steam. A fast-paced action platform game, it requires players to evade capture as they race through time. Read more