The Forrest Research Foundation

Our researchers

Alumni
Dr Kit Prendergast
Native bee scientist, conservation biologist and zoologist
Dr Kit, also known as The Bee Babette, is a wild bee scientist – studying the wild bees, but also a bit of a wild scientist! Her PhD research,...
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Alumni
Dr Kristina Heidrich
Large pelagic tuna and shark fisheries
Kristina has a strong interest in the fisheries, management and governance of large pelagic species in the Indian Ocean and around the world. The...
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Alumni
Dr Liam Scarlett
Physics
Liam undertook a PhD with the Theoretical Physics Group at Curtin University, using supercomputers and quantum mechanics to study atomic and...
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Alumni
Dr Lucy Furfaro
Babies, bacteria and bacteriophages (or more formally microbiology, obstetrics and gynaecology)
As a microbiologist with a passion for improving women’s and infants health, Lucy’s research focuses on the prevention and treatment of...
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Alumni
Dr Manou Rosenberg
Planning electricity distribution networks in rural areas using AI
Manou’s research applied artificial intelligence techniques to develop a new network infrastructure for electricity networks in remote areas that...
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Alumni
Dr Marcus Korb
Chemistry
Iron is a cheap and environmentally friendly alternative for noble metals in catalysis and the development of new functional materials. Dr Marcus...
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Alumni
Dr Marisa Duong
Biochemical and molecular health and medical science
Marisa developed an analytical biochemistry method to better understand how protein thiol oxidation contributes to worsening the disease progression...
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Current
Fellow
Dr Mark Wong
Ecology
Ecologist and entomologist Dr Mark Wong is a Forrest Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences at UWA, Visiting Scientist at CSIRO Health and...
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Alumni
Dr Masnun Naher
Molecular electronics and electrochemistry
The utilizsation of metal-catalysed radical chemistry through atom transfer radical addition (ATRA) has proven to be an effective approach in...
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Current
Fellow
Dr Matthew Dodd
Geochemistry
Dr Dodd studies the chemical properties of rocks from around the world during periods of biological and climatic upheaval in Earth history. His work...
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Alumni
Dr Micah Wilson
Organisational psychology
Dr Micah Wilson (Curtin) draws on recent developments in psychological assessment, data science, and sensor technology to discover new approaches to...
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Alumni
Dr Monica Danilevicz
Agriculture and machine learning
Advances in camera technology and artificial intelligence are transforming how we can observe plant development, enabling the development of more...
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Scholarships
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Fellowships
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Creative Fellowships
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