The Forrest Research Foundation

Our researchers

Alumni
Dr Adam Wdowiak
Synthetic organic chemistry
Adam is studying synthetic organic chemistry and will be creating a new class of electron-rich compounds called heterotriangulenes. Novel chemical...
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Alumni
Dr Akila Balachandran
Targeted cancer therapies
Dr Balachandran’s study was focused on the development of novel synthetic nucleic acids for cancer cell targeted therapy and also for the early...
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Alumni
Dr Alfred Tiley
Astrophysics
Alfred’s research explored the properties of star-forming galaxies over the last 10 billion years to help explain how galaxies have grown and...
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Alumni
Dr Ana Motta
History and archaeology
Ana’s research focused on the analysis of human and animal interactions in the rock art from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia, with a...
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Alumni
Dr Arman Siavashi
Hydrogen Energy Exports
Dr Arman Siahvashi, one of create’s most innovative engineers for 2019, has found a new application for his apparatus that measures the freezing...
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Alumni
Dr Arnold van Rooijen
Natural and nature-based protection against coastal flooding and erosion
Arnold’s research aims to quantify the level of protection provided by marine coastal ecosystems (e.g., mangroves forests, seagrass meadows and...
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Alumni
Dr Asja Kroeger
Computational chemistry
From the production of plastics to the synthesis of pharmaceuticals – around 90% of today’s industrial chemical processes are driven by...
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Alumni
Dr Ben McAllister
Quantum technology
Ben is a physicist with a background in dark matter and quantum technology. He completed his PhD in 2019, and now works with the ARC Centre of...
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Alumni
Dr Bhedita Seewoo
Neuroscience
Bhedita’s doctoral research explored the use of MRI technology to examine the effects of brain stimulation on brain activity, chemistry and...
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Alumni
Dr Brenton von Takach
Molecular ecology
Brenton is a Research Fellow in the School of Molecular and Life Sciences at Curtin University in Perth. Broadly, he uses environmental, spatial, and...
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Alumni
Dr Catriona Stevens
Sociology of migration
Cat is a Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow with the Social Ageing (SAGE) Futures Lab in the ECU School of Arts and Humanities. She has expertise in...
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Alumni
Dr Claire Doll
Water-sensitive cities, urban biodiversity, environmental offsets
Claire Doll is a Research Fellow at the UWA Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy. She specialises in non-market valuation and benefit-cost...
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