The Forrest Research Foundation

Our researchers

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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Alumni
Dr Xuyen Le
Biology
Xuyen from Vietnam researchers the molecular process by which plants create fuel for mitochondria – the ‘engine’ of plant growth – to address...
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Alumni
Creative
Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson
Extended reality art
Elham (Ellie) Eshraghian-Haakansson is an Iranian-Australian researcher and video artist. During her Creative Fellowship, she worked with the School...
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Alumni
Harrison Caddy
Computational haemodynamics
Harrison is a biomedical engineer with an interest in understanding how the cardiovascular system responds to extreme environments, including...
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Alumni
Kade Spicer
Two-electron processes in proton-helium collisions
Understanding collisions of ions with atomic and molecular targets is important for a variety of applications ranging from astrophysics and fusion...
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Alumni
Matt Heydenrych
Molecular biomarker development for assessing life history traits in zebrafish
Matt’s research aims to develop low cost epigenetic and RNA-based tools to aid in conservation and fisheries management. This is achieved...
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Alumni
Samalka Wijeweera
Salt tolerance mechanisms in metabolism and mitochondrial function in wheat
Samalka is interested in plant improvement to overcome novel agricultural threats and to meet the current food requirement worldwide. Soil salinity...
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Alumni
Tyrone O’Doherty
Black holes and neutron stars
Tyrone investigates and develops methods of finding hidden black holes in our Galaxy, the Milky Way. He is a PhD student at the Curtin Institute of...
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Alumni
Wei Ming (Sean) Li
Chemistry and cheminformatics
Mass spectrometry (MS) is typically the first step in identification of an unknown compound; when coupled to chromatography, it can provide...
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