RSNSW 2024 Postgraduate Student and Early Career Researcher Award Presentations @RoyalSocNSW
RSNSW 2024 Postgraduate Student and Early Career Researcher Award Presentations  @RoyalSocNSW
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RSNSW 2024 Postgraduate Students and Early Career Researchers Award Presentations — 5 March 2025

The Royal Society of NSW presented its 2024 Bicentennial Postgraduate Scholarships and Early Career Research (ECR) Citations to seven young researchers on the evening of 5 March at a ceremony at the University of Technology Sydney chaired by the renowned science journalist, Robyn Williams AO FRSN FAA, host of the ABC Science Show.

Their presentations in this video were recorded offline by the winners, information about whom, together with the topics of their research are available from the events notice:
https://www.royalsoc.org.au/events/rsnsw-2024-student-and-early-career-research-award-presentations/

Timing Marks:
00:05 David Sweeney, U. Sydney (Jak Kelly Award) — Finding the Galactic Underworld: the hunt for stellar corpses
06:08 Muyang Li, U. Sydney (Scholarship Winner) — Measuring and correcting instance-dependent error in semi-supervised learning
12:48 Joel Sved, U. Sydney (Scholarship Winner) — Machine Learning Assisted Optimisation of Integrated Silicon Photonic Circuits
18:14 Linqing Tian, UNSW Sydney (Scholarship Winner) — Nanoparticles and Drug Discovery
25:02 Dr Fei Deng, UNSW Sydney (ECR Citation) — Advances in CRISPR-based Diagnostics
30:06 Dr Jennifer Matthews, UTS (ECR Citation) — The Coral Diet: symbiosis, supplements, and survival
35:10 Dr Cynthia Turnbull, ANU (Early Career Researcher Citation) — Modifying the immune system one protein at a time
RSNSW 2024 Postgraduate Student and Early Career Researcher Award PresentationsImportance of scientific ideas and discovery to Australias futureThe increasing importance of sport in today’s worldHow many Australians should there be?Harnessing solar energy through catalysis to make chemicals and fuelHECS-HELP: History, effects, international comparisons, and the University AccordNavigating Strategic Uncertainty: Space, Cyber and National Support in a Fractured WorldThe Big Thaw: Who Governs Antarcticas IceIn conversation with Professor Ian JacobsIn conversation with Professor Maike OsborneAdapting to change — invasive plants and pests take up the challengeMeet the Fellows: Professor Kathy Belov AO FRSN
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RSNSW 2024 Postgraduate Student and Early Career Researcher Award Presentations

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