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“I'm a polymer chemist,” says new Research School of Chemistry recruit Dr Luke Connal.
“That's never really changed, it doesn't matter where I’ve been, no matter what departments nor countries. I like to say we make stuff for lots of different reasons. We design new polymers to do new functions, and hopefully new technologies come out of that.”
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ANU PhD student Adam Mater has won a prized 2018 Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship for his work on computer-aided chemical design.
Mr Mater is one of 17 exceptional young Australians to win the scholarship, to fund post-graduate study at Australia's leading universities.
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The Research School of Chemistry would like to thank Heriot-Watt University for hosting the ANU Ambassador Program, with special note to Dr Gareth Lloyd (HWU) for all his hard work making the Ambassador Program a success, as well as the Heriot-Watt Chemistry Society for arranging and hosting numerous social activities throughout the trip.
For more information about going on exchange: http://www.anu.edu.au/students/careers-opportunities/global-programs/anu-exchange-partners
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Distinguished members of the ANU community have been recognised in the 2018 Australia Day Honours for their contribution to Australia.
Leading the Honours list is Emeritus Professor Lewis Mander, who received the nation's top honour by being appointed a Companion in the Order of Australia (AC) for his eminent service to organic chemistry and to higher education.
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We spoke to Walker on a visit back to the School, where he spoke to students about the different career paths available to chemistry graduates.
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When you have experienced the almost immediate, transforming effect of antibiotics at a time when you’re feeling your absolute worst, it’s not something you forget.
Particularly the next time you’re feeling a whole new level of absolute worst, and your doctor won’t hand you the antibiotics you’re certain you need.
But we are now paying the price for swapping get better soon with get better right now, and the result isn’t just personal frustration at our GP who won’t “cure” our sore throat.
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Dr Brendan Burkett, a Research School of Chemistry alumnus who has now left academia, has taken a different approach. His series of comics, ChemScrapes, is connecting with students, academics and the general population to get them inspired in chemistry.
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In the modern scientific environment good research often requires a good communication strategy. But could you condense an entire thesis to only three minutes? This year Research School of Chemistry PhD candidate Bethany McBride managed to achieve that, becoming a finalist in the Three Minute Thesis Competition. While seemingly a step outside of the box that usually makes up her research, Bethany says she learnt a lot of valuable skills from the process.
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In 1967 the Birch family got on a boat and made the trip from the United Kingdom to Australia. The trip was a momentous one, with the father of the family — Arthur Birch — coming to Australia to found and lead the new Research School of Chemistry and the ANU.
But the move had a huge impact on the entire Birch family. Arthur’s daughter, Rosemary, who now works at the Research School of Biology at the ANU, remembers the trip to Australia very well.