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Science, Environment, Medicine & Health SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT, MEDICINE & HEALTH ANU Colleges of Physical & Mathematical Sciences Medicine, Biology & Environment CONTENTS Introduction 2 Astronomy and 20 Medicine 34 How we work together 4 astrophysics Looking good, baby The giant eye on the sky Strong international Physics 36 “The universe Biology 22 One small wave, connections 6 The future of food one very big deal World-class facilities 8 Chemistry 24 Population health 38 Our alumni 10 Saving lives with Hearing the voiceless Excellence in teaching 12 chemical Lego Psychology 40 does what it and learning Earth sciences 26 The power of belonging Undergraduate studies 14 Winds of change Science communication 42 Postgraduate coursework 16 Environment and society 28 When the Science Circus A tale of two cuties came to Africa Postgraduate research 18 wants, and I’m Mathematics` 30 Science, environment, 44 From the primordial soup medicine & health to the salon under the microscope Medical research 32 Contact us Back cover A medical revolution just here of mice and men to figure out what it’s doing.” Professor Brian Schmidt ANU Vice-Chancellor and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics 2011 1 Our academics produce research that changes lives, and life as we know it. Inside a protective suit on the front line of the Ebola outbreak Our students learn from these world-class researchers, in Sierra Leone. as do Australia’s policy-makers, with our expertise and influence extending to our Canberra neighbours—leaders On a tree branch in the Tasmanian wilderness, peering into in government and industry—and beyond. a parrot’s nest. We are proud of our standing, our history and our Among the life-support machines of the neonatal intensive achievements. In the past 70 years we have produced four care unit. Nobel Laureates, some of Australia’s most pre-eminent In the path of a westerly gale on the Antarctic Peninsula. scientists and thousands of graduates with a world-class education in science, environment, medicine and health. At a lab bench, and in front of the classroom. But nothing excites us quite as much as our future, You’ll find our researchers at the forefront of scientific practice beginning now. and discovery, wherever it may be. Befitting the Australian National University’s place among the top 20 universities on the planet, our academics produce research that changes lives, and life as we know it. We are committed to solving problems through big picture and applied scientific research, to improving health outcomes for people around the world, and to the sustainable, secure and equitable use of global resources. 2 3 How we work together Research and teaching in science, environment, medicine and health at ANU is delivered by two colleges, linked by joint administration and interdisciplinary programs. Fenner School of Research School Mathematical Environment & Society of Astronomy Sciences Institute & Astrophysics John Curtin School Medical School Energy Change Centre for of Medical Institute Advanced ANU College of Research ANU College of Microscopy Physical and Medicine, Mathematical Biology and Research Research Environment School of School of Sciences Physics & Research School Chemistry Research School Engineering of Biology of Psychology Research School Australian National of Earth Sciences Centre for the Research School of Public Awareness Population Health of Science 4 5 Strong international connections North America Europe 4025 6763 UK 2001 Asia From working with Indonesian 2428 government and technical agencies on understanding earthquakes, to forming a joint Africa Australian-Chinese research South America centre for personalised immunology, 304 to consulting with multinational oil and gas 723 companies on a multimillion-dollar high-tech Oceania start-up, we bring Australian knowledge, research and innovation to the world stage. 485 Alongside our collaborative research, we also have education partnerships with leading institutions around the world, including a dual PhD program with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a joint Graphic: The size of the green circles indicates the undergraduate and Master’s degree program with number of ANU science, medicine and health publication the National University of Singapore. collaborations by region, 2010-2015 6 7 The Australian Plasma Fusion Research Facility is a uniquely versatile resource for developing fusion energy. The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility at ANU is the only place in the world The Sensitive High Resolution Ion that provides high-calibre Microprobe (SHRIMP) for analysing public sector access to geological materials was designed and infrastructure and expertise developed at ANU. on crop performance. Our new $240-million science The ANU Siding Spring Observatory The Australian Phenomics Facility precinct on the ANU campus has in north-west New South Wales is at ANU specialises in mouse models state-of-the-art biological and chemical Australia’s premier optical and infrared of human disease and is one of research laboratories, as well as a observatory, housing the state-of-the-art Australia’s foremost genomics and teaching hub. SkyMapper telescope. bioinformatics capabilities. World-class facilities ANU is home to the fastest super Our Heavy Ion Accelerator computer in the southern hemisphere Facility is the one of the at the $50-million National largest in the world, supporting Computational Infrastructure. Australia’s only experimental nuclear physics program. The $30-million Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre at our Mount Stromlo Observatory is a world-class facility for developing space instruments. In partnership with the ACT Government and CSIRO, we are working to improve biodiversity at Our partnership with the Mulloon the “outdoor laboratories” Institute has allowed ANU students and of Mulligans Flat and researchers to study ecological farming Goorooyarroo Nature principles at Mulloon Creek Natural Reserves in the Canberra Farms in Bungendore, NSW for the Nature Park. past 20 years. The 348-hectare ANU Kioloa Coastal Campus on the south We have a ten per cent share in the Giant coast of New South Wales is Magellan Telescope under construction one of Australia’s premier field in Chile. When completed, it will be the stations, used for research and world’s most powerful telescope. fieldwork training. 8 9 Motivator Robert Wiblin: BSc 2012, BEc (Hons) 2012 Executive Director of the Centre for Effective Altruism in Oxford, a leading organisation in the Our alumni philanthropic sector, and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community. Trailblazer Professor Mary O’Kane: PhD (Physics) 1982 NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer, and pioneer in the field of automatic speech recognition. have She is also a senior figure in research policy and higher education in Australia. Leader Jane Halton AO PSM: BA (Hons) (Psychology) 1982 Secretary of the Australian Department of Finance and one of the most senior female public global servants in Australian history. She is also a Fellow at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy. Inventor Professor Paul Sanberg: PhD (Behavioural Biology) 1981, DSc (Neuroscience) 1998 Neuroscientist and inventor with over 100 patents, a number of which have been licensed. He is the author of 14 books and President of the American National Academy of Inventors. Entrepreneurs impact Phillip Williamson: BSc (Hons) 1988 and Michelle Melbourne BSc 1991 Founders of software company Intelledox, a BRW “Fast 100” company. They have attracted more than one million users around the world to their document digitisation software product, Infiniti. Activist in science Rosie Sheb’a: BSc (Hons) 2010 Founder of Sustainable Menstruation Australia, which advocates for greater awareness of the environmental, social, and financial impact of menstruation. CEO Dr Cheong Choong Kong: MSc 1966, PhD (Mathematics) 1968, HonDSc 2002 and beyond. Dr Cheong was named by Fortune as “Asia’s Businessman of the Year” during his time as CEO of Singapore Airlines. He is also a prominent community leader and distinguished mathematician. 10 11 Over half of the University’s Australian Awards for University Teaching in the last three We are dedicated to providing years have been awarded to educators from science, environment, medicine and health, reflecting our innovative and resource-rich teaching and learning environment. unparalleled excellence Our highly collaborative and intensive research culture means that our students are provided with a world-class education from high-calibre academics who, in turn, are in research-led education. offered opportunities for development and are recognised for their successes. Professor Joe Hope Distinguished Professor Associate Professor Katrina Professor Malcolm Sambridge, Dr Michelle Salmon ANU Research School of Physics Chennupati Jagadish AC Anderson and Dr Natalie Balfour and Engineering ANU Research School of Physics ANU Medical School ANU Research School of Earth Sciences and Engineering Winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award Winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award Winners of The Australian Innovation Challenge “We often meet students who want to be astronauts and for Teaching Excellence Winner of the Companion of the Order of for Teaching Excellence for Education engineers but few who want to be Earth scientists. The big Australia for eminent service to physics, question is how do we attract these students to the Earth For his theoretical physics course, Associate Professor Anderson teaches Professor Sambridge, Dr Salmon and Dr Balfour developed engineering
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