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Agricultural Biotechnology

Medical Technology and Pharma

Environmental Monitoring and Biosecurity

Water Technologies

I'm interested in helping PhD students and ECRs (but also established researchers) make the most of their PhD and their career in general. I help people understand the skills and experiences they have and how they might translate into other sectors or roles.

I work with PhD students, ECRs, Graduate Schools, Research Directors to help students complete their PhD in a timely manner. I work with ECRs and Research Offices to help academic write better grants.

I have a dream that PhDs will be seen like MBAs - a general qualification that improves your employability, rather than the vocational qualification it is currently viewed as. I also have a dream that the line between academia and industry will be blurred such that a career that see people move between each sector every 5-10 years is common rather than impossible.

If you support PhD students (e.g. through a stipend or scholarship), you might want to chat with me about supporting the people you fund to complete their PhD (faster).

Medical research

Drug discovery, drug delivery and Biotechnology platforms

Cell Therapy and Manufacture

Genomics and precision medicine

Cancer Therapeutics Drug discovery

Interests include the development of pulse varieties and production business models to stimulate the utilisation of pulses in cropping rotations to maximise production, environmental sustainability and profitability

Types of people: Agriculture and food based organisations, grower groups, government

What we hope to achieve: We are developing a Pulse CRC bid. The CRC aims to optimise Pulse breeding, production and supply chains. We hope to provide an effective business and agronomic rotation for Australian grain producers thereby bolstering grain production and providing an additional diversified revenue stream for cropping farm enterprises. This will meet the growing needs of the consumer of the future for plant protein with specific flavours, nutrition, quality, provenance transparency and verified authenticity.

To be completed

Indigenous researchers are the most under-represented group in the Australian postgraduate landscape. The University of Adelaide is looking to innovate its current strategies and outcomes in Indigenous postgraduate enrolments and completions; having established the Indigenous Postgraduate Project Officer role early 2018, we are hoping to develop and improve our current practices, particularly:

Establishing and maintaining community and industry led Indigenous research

Developing and supporting Indigenous researchers

Establishing innovative ways of attracting and 'up-skilling' Indigenous researchers