成人大片

Early-career researchers working to address global environment and climate-change issues were among the 10 成人大片 projects awarded as part of the Australian Research Council鈥檚 Discovery Early Career Research Award scheme.

Dr Shervin Kabiri, a Mortlock Fellow from the University鈥檚 School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, was awarded almost $400,000 to study how perfluorinated chemicals (PFAS), such as those present in some cleaning products and non-stick cookware, damage human and environmental health.

Her research will lead to new insights into PFAS chemicals鈥檚 sorbent behaviour in soils and the development of site-specific remediation strategies that can be employed by industry and government agencies.

鈥淭he 成人大片 leads globally transformative research that overcomes complexity, drives change, and creates value for a more sustainable future,鈥� said Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Anton Middelberg.

鈥淲e are also committed to creating opportunities at our institution for early-career researchers to make an impact on the most challenging issues facing our world, a fact which is proven by this investment from the Australian Research Council.鈥�

The University was awarded a combined total of more than $4 million in three-year grants, with other projects including those with implications for green-fuel production, carbon reduction, improved battery technology and renewable-energy storage, resource acquisition, water asset monitoring, communication technologies, and improvements to object-tracking in video monitoring.

The full list of 成人大片 recipients include:

Dr Xiaowan Bai听was awarded听$350,237听to investigate ways of converting carbon dioxide to high value-added fuels and chemicals.

Dr Daniel Headland听was awarded听$446,700听to study听practical applications of terahertz waves, such as non-invasive standoff sensing and self-aligning wireless links.

Dr Shervin Kabiri听was awarded听$398,945听to examine the behaviour of PFAS chemicals in soil and waterways to inform strategies for environmental remediation.

Dr Haobo Li听was awarded听$439,237听to听design highly active, specifically selective, satisfactorily stable catalysts based on advanced ionic compound materials for carbon dioxide electroreduction.

Dr Huan Li听was awarded听$432,237听to听design aluminium-sulfur battery technology with efficient electrode materials and low-cost electrolytes听capable of high levels of energy storage.

Dr Jacob Mulder听was awarded听$361,000听to听test the hypothesis that low-temperature fluids can transport metals form new mineral deposits in sedimentary basins.

Dr Jack Valmadre听was awarded听$366,000听to investigate how object tracking in computer vision can be improved by new paradigms for algorithm design.

Dr Wei Zeng听was awarded听$388,673听to improve detection of cracks in water networks by exploiting unused underground optical fibre cables.

Dr Shilin Zhang听was awarded听$473,847听to develop room-temperature liquid metal batteries by employing liquid sodium-potassium alloy,听to overcome safety issues intrinsic to the prevalent solid metal anodes in battery technology.

Dr Huayang Zhang听was awarded听$421,117听to develop a photoelectrochemical cell for photoelectric conversion and green hydrogen production by using solar power as the only energy input.