ARC Future Fellowship recipients announced
Researchers from the Ӱֱ of Adelaide have been awarded more than $7.5 million in the latest Ӱֱn Research Council Future Fellowships.
The sum is spread across eight projects, which span research into the advancement of lithium metal batteries, healthy cognitive ageing, sustainable hydrogen production, mitigation strategies for herbicide resistance, as well as a 2000-year environmental study.
“This significant investment from the Ӱֱn Research Council signifies the breadth of world-leading research being conducted at the Ӱֱ of Adelaide,” says Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Anton Middelberg.
“It also demonstrates the Ӱֱ’s ability to facilitate impactful careers for researchers wanting to help find a solution to the world’s most challenging problems.”
The list of Ӱֱ of Adelaide Future Fellowship recipients is:
Dr David Baragliaof the School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences was awarded$933,906for a project that will introduce and apply new methods and invariants in the field of low-dimensional topology.
Dr Xiaoguang Duanof the School of Chemical Engineering was awarded$989,541towards the development of a novel family of chemically and structurally controlled redox polymer as metal-free catalysts for wastewater micropollutant treatment.
Dr Mitchell Goldsworthyof the School of Biomedicine was awarded$984,854to investigate the effects of neural noise on brain connectivity, cognitive performance and reserve, advancing breakthrough work on the neural physiology of healthy cognitive ageing and malleability of neural noise.
Dr Jianfeng Maoof the School of Chemical Engineering was awarded$978,176for a project which aims to drive key advancements in electrolyte engineering for lithium metal batteries with long life and high safety.
Dr Jingrun Ranof the School of Chemical Engineering was awarded$848,325towards new fundamental science for sustainable production of hydrogen and value-added chemicals through a solar-driven photocatalytic approach using abundant plastic wastes and high-performance photocatalysts.
Dr Tatiana Soares da Costaof the Waite Research Institute was awarded$830,380to investigate novel strategies to mitigate the rise in herbicide resistance threatening Ӱֱn agricultural production and exports.
Associate Professor Dominic Thewlisof the Adelaide Medical School was awarded$1,091,232for the investigation of human joint systems through state-of-the-art imaging and high-fidelity biomechanical models.
Dr Jonathan Tylerof the School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences was awarded$971,296for a project which aims to better resolve the causes and risks of decadal climate extremes through a suite of high-quality records of temperature, rainfall/evaporation and humidity in southern Ӱֱ over 2000 years.
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