UNSW shines at Shine Dome
Six UNSW researchers have the honour of speaking at this year’s Science at the Shine Dome event in Canberra - a three-day gathering held by the Australian Aacademy of Science.
Six UNSW researchers have the honour of speaking at this year’s Science at the Shine Dome event in Canberra - a three-day gathering held by the Australian Aacademy of Science.
Six UNSW researchers have the honour of speaking at this year’s Science at the Shine Dome event in Canberra.
The three-day gathering held in the Australian Academy of Science’s Shine Dome from Tuesday 27 to Thursday 29 May brings together the country’s foremost scientists, including several Nobel laureates.
This year marks the Academy’s 60th anniversary and the 2014 theme is Celebrating Australian science – PAST PRESENT FUTURE.
On Tuesday Scientia Professor Rose Amal in the Faculty of Engineering and Professor Matthew England in the Faculty of Science will be admitted as new members of the academy and deliver talks on their research.
Professor Amal is leader of the Particles and Catalysis Research Group in the School of Chemical Engineering, as well as Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials.
Professor England is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Deputy Director of the UNSW Climate Change Research Centre, and a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science.
On Wednesday, UNSW Science's Professor Emma Johnston, Professor Chris Turney and Associate Professor David Warton, will receive Academy medals for scientific excellence and speak about their research.
UNSW Science media contact: Deborah Smith: 9385 7307, 0478 492 060, deborah.smith@unsw.edu.au