ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science

Does the intricacy of future energy materials fascinate you? Excitement is building, as we prepare to host an incredible line-up of leaders in this field — especially Prof. Amanda Ellis, along with her keynote: Improving battery storage performance through, processing, additives and chemical modification, chaired by our Energy Materials Program Leader, A/Prof. Wallace Wong. ❓ How are cutting-edge techniques in materials science transforming the performance of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)? ❓ What breakthroughs in graphite anodes and nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) cathodes could lead to faster, more efficient batteries? Get an inside look at the advanced research driving the future of energy storage — from carbon-coating of anodes to chemical modifications of cathode materials — all paving the way for more efficient, eco-friendly batteries. ⚡ Who is your speaker? Prof. Amanda Ellis is the future President of The Royal Australian Chemical Institute and current Head of the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Melbourne. With 195+ peer-reviewed publications and 6 patents to her name, Amanda is at the forefront of clean energy tech, pioneering research in nanomaterials and energy storage. 📅 When is the talk? Friday 22 November, on campus at MEI Symposium 24, 8am-4.30pm AEDT. A one-off opportunity to meet world-class innovators. Register now to secure your spot. https://lnkd.in/gVfsjwQu

Last week, 87 UNSW Science PhD students stepped up to the challenge of explaining their research within 60 seconds at the Science Postgraduate Research Showcase ⏱️ Congratulations to best overall 1 Minute Theses (1MT) winners Caitlin Tedesco (School of Psychology), Kristopher Abdullah (School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences) and Damon de Clercq (School of Chemistry)! Caitlin, Kristopher and Damon each won $1500 and the chance to represent the Faculty at the UNSW 3MT competition on 27 August. We wish them the very best of luck! Full speed ahead! The 1MT were judged by an esteemed panel including Andrew J. Kelly, Professor Carol Oliver, Paul Ashworth, Bryony Tottey and Nina Juhl. 

🔋Drumroll, please! 🌞🌱 Announcing the clean energy exhibits at the UNSW Future Climate and Clean Energy Expo! Discover how UNSW is powering the energy transition. Don't miss out on meeting the researchers and exploring their innovations this Wednesday. Grab one of the last remaining (free) tickets via the registration link in the comments! Neeraj Sharma Georgios Konstantinou A/Prof Rukmi Dutta Toan Phung Dipan Kundu Sajjad Mofarah Ebrahim Oromiehie Bradley Hastings Flora Salim Rebecca Green Natalie Taylor Michael Burnside Elizabeth Thurbon Shane Keating Paul Munro Dani Alexander Elona Rey-Costa Sharon Swift Quentin Meyer DING ZHANG Yue Jiang, PhD Goran Bozic Rahman Daiyan, Ph.D. Rose Amal LAUREN Macreadie Richard Hopkins Jim Joseph John, PhD Robert Dane Renate Egan Rong Deng Alistair Sproul Timothy Schmidt Ziv Hameiri Alexander Slade Bram Hoex Jason Scott Stephen Rodda Bronwyn Fox David Burt CleanEnergy #RenewableEnergy #FutureEnergy #SolarPower #WindEnergy #WaterEnergy #GreenTechnologies #EnergyInnovation #SustainableFuture #FutureCleanEnergyExpo2024 #SolarTechnologies #Electrification #EnergyStorage #GreenFuels #Chemicals #UNSW #SolarInnovation #PhotovoltaicSolarCell #SunSwift #EVInnovation #SunDrive #SolarEfficiency #CopperTechnology #SolarWasteRecycling #CircularEconomy #GreenFuelsExploration #HydrogenDieselHybrid #ZeroEmission #Decarbonisation #Sustainability #BrightFuture #CleanEnergyTransition #EnergyExposition #InnovationInEnergy #SustainableTechnologies #SolarRecycling #SolarWasteSolutions #RenewableFuture #ZeroEmissionFuels

📣 It’s time to announce the 2024 Academy awards of science! Today, we recognise 22 researchers from around Australia who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of science. “From climate change to public health, Australian researchers are addressing the challenges our communities face every day.” — Academy President Prof Chennupati Jagadish AC 📽️ Learn more about each awardee and watch their personalised video profiles: https://lnkd.in/gtspByip 🏆 2024 award recipients Premier honorific awards Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture (biological sciences) – Professor David Lindenmayer AO FAA, The Australian National University Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture – Professor Kerrie Mengersen FAA, QUT (Queensland University of Technology) 🏆 Career honorific awards (for lifelong achievement) David Craig Medal and Lecture (chemistry) – Professor Justin Gooding FAA FTSE, UNSW Haddon Forrester King Medal, sponsored by Rio Tinto – Professor Stephen Cox, The The Australian National University lan Wark Medal and Lecture (applied sciences) – Professor Anthony Weiss AM FTSE, University of Sydney Mawson Medal and Lecture (Earth sciences) – Dr Adriana Dutkiewicz, University of Sydney Suzanne Cory Medal (biomedical sciences) – Professor Peter Koopman FAA, The The University of Queensland 🏆 Mid-career honorific awards (8—15 years post-PhD) Gustav Nossal Medal – Professor Andrew Steer, Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science – Professor Anita Ho-Baillie, University of Sydney 🏆 Early-career honorific awards (up to 10 years post-PhD) Anton Hales Medal – Dr Andrew King, The University of Melbourne Christopher Heyde Medal (two recipients) – Professor Serena Dipierro, The The University of Western Australia and Dr Christopher Lustri, University of Sydney Dorothy Hill Medal – Associate Professor Ailie Gallant, Monash University Fenner Medal – Associate Professor Ana Micaela Martins Sequeira, The Australian National University Frederick White Medal – Dr Hamish Clarke, The University of Melbourne Gottschalk Medal (two recipients) – Professor Eric Chow, Monash University and Associate Professor Kirsty Short, The The University of Queensland John Booker Medal – Associate Professor Lining Arnold Ju, University of Sydney Le Fèvre Medal-Professor Yao Zheng, The University of Adelaide Pawsey Medal – Associate Professor Jiajia Zhou, University of Technology Sydney Ruth Stephens Gani Medal (two recipients) Dr Sonia Shah, The University of Queensland and Dr Stephin Vervoort, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gtspByip

Over a year ago, Kate McGeoch and I sat down to answer a question: How could we create a pipeline of academic research projects that generate real value for society? Over the past week, I had the privilege of seeing our solution to this question take flight, the Better Futures Innovation Challenge (https://lnkd.in/g9iQ9mVD) - a unique science-meets-industry hackathon that has resulted in three interdisciplinary teams of researchers with industry-validated ideas: 🐜#AntEHot: Bio-inspired passive cooling coatings for shipping containers to reduce refrigeration energy and costs. ⛑️#AidMate: Accelerating logistics in disaster situations. ⚛️#QuantumEarthquakeDetector (QED): An inexpensive, robust, sensitive seismometer utilising quantum tunnelling. Today is the day where I finally realised that we have achieved our aim, after I met with some of the teams to discuss their next steps - I was blown away by how enthusiastic and motivated they are. It was the final proof I needed to understand that this event has sparked genuine #innovation, and was one of the most rewarding moments of my career to date. Getting to this point has been an incredible journey. Organising a first-of-a-kind event, involving over 20 industry experts and innovation mentors and 35 of the most entrepreneurial PhDs and postdocs from 5 ARC Centres of Excellence? Wildly more difficult than I anticipated. That’s a good thing, otherwise I would never have started. A huge thanks to all the Better Futures team but especially Kate McGeoch and Myles Tehan for the constant drive and optimism which kept me going when it looked like it wouldn’t work out. And also to our incredible industry partners DuluxGroup and Pentalym, as well as UNSW Founders and Cruxes Innovation, for understanding the vision of this event and providing ongoing mentoring and support for the teams. And last but not least - a huge thanks to the Centres of Excellence who funded and helped organise this event: ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) FLEET: the ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies