Melbourne scientists awarded international science links grants
[ Research Review 0809 ]
Six University of Melbourne scientists have been awarded grants totalling $47,000 to undertake important international collaborative research under the International Science Linkages – Science Academies Program, funded by the Australian Government.
The grant funding is part of $3.9 million provided to the Australian Academy of Science (AAS) by the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research over five years for the International Science Linkages – Science Academies Program.
The program supports collaboration by Australian scientists with international partners on science and technology projects in order to contribute to Australia’s economic, social and environmental wellbeing.
The Melbourne recipients are:
Associate Professor Muthupandian Ashokkumar, School of Chemistry: Sonochemically synthesised composite nanomaterials as catalysts in fuel cells
Dr Todd Lane, Senior Lecturer in Meteorology, School of Earth Sciences: Improved analysis and forecasting of precipitation through assimilation of Doppler radar observations with an ensemble Kalman filter
Professor Paul Mulvaney, Federation Fellow, School of Chemistry and Bio21 Institute and a co-director of the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Nanoscience and Technology: Plasmonic superstructures – light coupling and sensing
Dr Frances Separovic, Deputy Head, School of Chemistry: Synchrotron radiation circular dichroism studies of antimicrobial peptides
Dr Elaine Wong, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering: Compact VCSEL base-stations for optical-wireless integrated networks
Associate Professor and Reader Paul Taylor, Melbourne School of Land and Environment: Molecular mechanisms of chickpea defence to pathogens.
See: www.science.org.au/internat
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