Uncovering the future of drought through Australia’s climate history

Dr Georgina Falster | The University of Adelaide, SA

Championing Māori health equity through surgical research and leadership

Dr Jamie-Lee Rahiri | University of Auckland, NZ

Designing DNA origami to reprogram cells and revolutionise medicine

Dr Jessica A Kretzmann | The University of Western Australia

Using game theory to understand cooperation and guide environmental decisions

Dr Maria Kleshnina | Queensland University of Technology, QLD

The genetics behind mental health and how we treat depression

Dr Brittany Mitchell | QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, QLD

Back from the brink: giving endangered Australian mammals a fighting chance at survival

Dr Emily Roycroft | Australian National University, ACT

Dirty carbon and a cleaner future: using microscopic technology to tackle a big problem

Dr Kaye Minkyung Kang | University of Sydney, NSW

Harnessing the power of ‘good’ viruses in a post-antibiotic world

Dr Leah Smith | University of Otago, NZ

Tracking our global footprint: how our happiness is affecting climate change

Dr Mengyu Li | University of Sydney, NSW

What can the cosmos teach us about Cancer?

Dr Anna Trigos | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC

Investigating “rogue” antibodies to uncover the driver mechanisms behind autoimmune diseases

Dr Deborah Burnett | Garvan Institute of Medical Research, NSW

Finding the balance: post polar ice sheet retreat

Dr Georgia Grant | GNS Science, NZ

Molecular antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae positive samples from Fiji

Dr Lucia Romani | Kirby Institute, NSW

From data to rapid insights, revolutionising data exploration as a pathway to scientific discovery

Dr Renata Borovica-Gajic | University of Melbourne, VIC

The (cellular) balance of life and death

Dr. Georgia Atkin-Smith | WEHI, VIC

Universally applicable cell-based therapy

Dr. Hui Fern Koay | The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), VIC

Rebuilding oyster-reef shorelines for hazard risk reduction and habitat restoration

Dr. Rebecca Morris | University Of Melbourne, VIC

Healthy humans need healthy environments

Essie Rodgers | University Of Canterbury, NZ

Nanotechnology: the future of non-invasive early detection

Noushin Nasiri Macquarie University, NSW

2021 FELLOW DR MAHDOKHT SHAIBANI, Monash University

2021 FELLOW DR PIP KAROLY, The University of Melbourne and Seer Medical

2021 FELLOW DR KIRSTY NASH, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA

2021 FELLOW DR JIAWEN LI, University of Adelaide

2021 FELLOW DR OLIVIA HARRISON, UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO

2020 Fellow - Adele Morrison, Australian National University

2020 Fellow - Dr Emma Camp, University of Technology Sydney

2020 Fellow - Dr Kate Nguyen, RMIT University

2020 Fellow - Dr Marzi Barghamadi, CSIRO

2020 Fellow - Dr Shari Gallop, University of Waikato

2019 Fellow - Dr Valerie Sung Understanding the best management for children with hearing loss

2019 Fellow - Dr Samantha Solon-Biet You are what your mum eats – is obesity programmed in the womb?

2019 Fellow - Dr Ashleigh Hood The hunt is on to find ancient life forms’

2019 Fellow - Dr Alisa Glukhova Understanding cancer at its core

2019 Fellow - Dr Yvonne Anderson Demedicalising health care across New Zealand

Bridging the gap between humans and robots

Discovering the link between influenza and obesity

Ending skin disease for Australia’s Indigenous children

Unlocking the secrets to the universe!

Enhancing our perception of the world with augmented reality

Tackling the threat of antibiotic resistance

Dr Deborah Williamson - Doherty Institute

Understanding the most critical contributing factors to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Dr Jaclyn Pearson - Hudson Institute

Understanding the world in quantum

Dr Jacq Romero - University of Queensland

Improving the health for indigenous communities

Dr Matire Harwood – University of Auckland

Discovering the link between cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and obesity

Dr Stephanie Simonds - Monash University

Boosting an infertile world

Dr Angela Crean, The University of Sydney

The evolution of pregnancy

Dr Camilla Whittington, The University of Sydney

Going inorganic!

Dr Erin Leitao, The University of Auckland

Understanding the air around us

Dr Jenny Fisher, University of Wollongong

When the oceans were 20 metres higher: revealing past and future climates

Dr Christina Riesselman, geologist, University of Otago, Dunedin

A hot future for sharks

Dr Jodie Rummer, marine biologist, James Cook University, Townsville

How we imagine the future

Dr Muireann Irish, cognitive neuroscientist, Neuroscience Research Australia/UNSW, Sydney

The short lives of hard-living, fast burning, high mass stars

Dr Shari Breen, astronomer, CSIRO, Sydney

Clean water with crystals

Dr Cara Doherty, materials scientist, CSIRO, Melbourne

Solving genetic disease mysteries

Dr Elena Tucker, geneticist, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne

How flies can help us predict the future

Dr Vanessa Kellermann, evolutionary biologist, Monash University, Melbourne

How Australia and India broke up—100 million years ago

Dr Joanne Whittaker, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania

Tracking the spread of deadly diseases

Dr Kathryn Holt, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne

When killing saves lives: our immune system at work

Dr Misty Jenkins, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne

More efficient solar cells with quantum dots

Dr Baohua Jia, Swinburne University of Technology

New treatments for blood cancers

Dr Kylie Mason, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research/Royal Melbourne Hospital

Giving patients more control of their lives

Dr Suetonia Palmer, University of Otago

Can we save the tiger with mathematics?

Dr Eve McDonald-Madden, The University of Queensland/CSIRO

A smarter way to deliver drugs

Dr Georgina Such, The University of Melbourne

The complex life of coral

Dr Tracy Ainsworth, James Cook University

Mopping up gases

Dr Deanna D’Alessandro, University of Sydney

How does breast cancer start?

Dr Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Fighting back against malaria

Dr Rowena Martin, The Australian National University, Canberra/The University of Melbourne

Reading the Genome

Dr Marnie Blewitt, The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne

On the hunt for dark energy

Dr Tamara Davis, University of Queensland/University of Copenhagen

How did we get here?

Dr Zenobia Jacobs, University of Wollongong

Are nanoparticles safe?

Dr Amanda Barnard, The University of Melbourne

Big ecology: from tundra to rainforest, desert to savanna

Dr Angela Moles, The University of New South Wales

Unravelling the complexity of the immune system

Dr Erika Cretney, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Crystallising a career in immunology

Dr Natalie Borg, Monash University

New ways of looking at old diseases

Dr Catriona Bradshaw, Monash University/University of Melbourne

School girls join study to understand black holes and the birth of stars

Dr Ilana Feain, Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO

Could Vitamin D have a role in diabetes?

Dr Jenny Gunton, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Life and love amongst the finches

Dr Sarah Pryke, Macquarie University

Celebrating 10 years of the Australian L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowships

What if she was a scientist?