We are pleased to announce the recipients of the France and Europe Mobility Grants for 2023.
A total of just under $100,000 has been awarded to 14 Australian early-and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) to collaborate with leading researchers at major science and technology organisations across Europe. Learn more:
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Recipients’ research covers diverse topics, from how to manage a honeybee pest to developing next-generation materials.
Rod Rickards Fellowship recipients:
Dr Karen Alt,
@MonashUni – Theranostics: Therapy and diagnostic in a single agent
Dr Guanyu Deng,
@UQ_News – Study on fatigue and wear service performances and associated failure mechanisms of an additive manufactured novel cost-effective high entropy alloy
Dr Shashi Goonetilleke,
@UniofAdelaide – SweetFlow: Study of the genetic architecture of phenology-related traits and heat/chill requirements in sweet cherry
Dr Sara Kyne,
@UNSW – Iron nanoparticles for sustainable synthetic transformations
Dr Yang Liu,
@jcu – Field-deployable chemical sensors for water quality monitoring in the Great Barrier Reef
Dr Chandnee Ramkissoon,
@UniofAdelaide – Exploring the toxicity of amorphous silica in engineered stone dust: Implications for lung disease prevention
Dr Emily Remnant,
@Sydney_Uni – Building an integrated Varroa management strategy for Australia's honeybee industry
Dr Neil Robinson,
@uwanews – Spins on the move: Magnetic resonance hyperpolarisation for next-generation materials development
Dr David Skerrett-Byrne,
@Uni_Newcastle – Paternal stress signatures that shape offspring health
Dr Jing Zhang,
@UniversitySA – MOF-polymer hybrid materials for functional 3D printing under visible light
Recipients of Mobility Grants supported by the Bede Morris Memorial Fund
Dr Maciej Daniszewski,
@UniMelb – Transplantation of organoid-derived retinal cells for vision restoration in animal models and assessment of cell function and integration
Associate Professor Jenny Fisher,
@UOW – A view from the south: Exploring Southern Ocean mercury cycling and what it means for the UN Minamata Convention
Professor Kim-Anh Lê Cao,
@UniMelb – New statistical methods to integrate microbiome studies
Dr Ludovic Rapp,
@ourANU – Restructuring matter with laser pulses at ultra-relativistic intensity: Search for new silicon phases