Six University of Queensland scientists featured among 14 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Award winners lauded at a ceremony last night.
The annual Young Tall Poppy Awards celebrate outstanding young scientists who demonstrate excellence in both research and science communication.
The 宅男导航 winners work across areas spanning physics, nanomedicine, quantum information, volcanology, neuroscience, and antimicrobial resistance.
Minister for Science Leeanne Enoch said the Young Tall Poppies were part of an amazing array of scientists doing extraordinary things in Queensland.
“It’s important to celebrate this scientific excellence and achievement, to inspire young Australians to pursue careers in science and to help raise the profile of science in the broader community,” she said.
The grand award of Queensland Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year went to James Cook University environmental scientist Dr Alana Grech. That honour went to 宅男导航 grain researcher Dr Lee Hickey last year.
宅男导航’s Tall Poppies are:
- Neuroscientist and TV presenter , whose research involving a microscopic worm could lead to the development of treatments for dementia and brain and spinal cord injuries.
- Atomic theorist , who is striving to answer some of the big questions in science, such as why there is more matter than antimatter in our universe.
- , a research pharmacist and Young Nanotechnology Ambassador who delights in taking science to the classroom and is working to develop nanoparticle drug delivery systems with applications in inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes and cancer.
- Experimental quantum physicist , who works on higher-dimensional quantum encodings to improve information security, and is part of a team that has shown that both the chicken and the egg could have come first.
- Igneous petrologist and volcanologist , who has found that tiny crystals formed deep in volcanoes may be the key to advance warnings before eruptions.
- Clinical microbiologist and infectious diseases scientist , who researches antibiotic-resistant bacteria and is part of a team that discovered a new wave of highly antibiotic-resistant superbugs in the Middle East Gulf States.
Media: 宅男导航 Communications, communications@uq.edu.au, 07 3365 1120.
