The Forrest Research Foundation

Our researchers

Current
Fellow
Dr Neil Robinson
Porous energy materials
Dr Neil Robinson is a physical chemist and chemical engineering researcher working within the Fluid Science and Resources Research Group...
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Alumni
Dr Nichole Barry
Early universe
Nichole Barry uses next-generation radio interferometers to look back in time to the infant Universe. Her cutting-edge analysis techniques will allow...
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Alumni
Dr Nicole Hill
Mental Health
Dr Nicole Hill is a Forrest Foundation Prospect Fellow and Research Fellow in Youth Suicide Prevention at Telethon Kids Institute, University of...
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Alumni
Dr Peter Kraus
Dielectric properties of transition metal oxides
Research in dielectric properties, electrical conductivity, heregoeneous catalysis, microkinetic modelling, and their interactions. Developing...
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Alumni
Dr Philipp Bayer
Machine learning in plant pangenomics
During my time with the Forrest Research Foundation, I researched novel applications of machine learning to plant breeding pipelines to speed up...
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Alumni
Dr Rachel Zemek
Sarcoma
Dr Rachael Zemek is a Postdoctoral researcher within the Sarcoma Research group led by Dr. Joost Lesterhuis at the Telethon Kids Institute. She...
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Alumni
Dr Sam Lymbery
Behavioural ecology
Dr Lymbery’s research will use evolutionary theory to devise innovative new approaches to the management of invasive ants. Invasive ants are one of...
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Current
Fellow
Dr Samuel Starko
Marine ecology
Samuel is broadly interested in the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. His research is interdisciplinary, combining tools and techniques...
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Alumni
Dr Shannon Algar
Applied mathematics
Dr Algar is an applied mathematician interested in understanding complex systems and using our enhanced understanding to improve those systems. Her...
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Alumni
Dr Shimul Nath
Photodetectors, photo-memristors, infrared sensors
Dr Shimul Kanti Nath is currently working as a post-doctoral Research Associate at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He received his Ph.D....
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Alumni
Dr Tim Hammer
Plant systematics
Dr Hammer is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide and the State Herbarium of South Australia, a position funded by...
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Alumni
Dr Trung Viet Nguyen
Epigenetics
Trung is developing innovative molecular tools based on recent advanced genome editing technology that has the potential to control gene expression....
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