Eureka nomination for Professor Neil Saintilan
Congratulations to Professor Neil Saintilan (main image), from the Department of Environmental Sciences, for being nominated for the 2018 Eureka Award for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers.
For close to 20 years Professor Saintilan has supervised PhD and Masters students both at Macquarie and in government and industry roles. His research teams have explored the impact of climate change across different types of wetlands; helping to identify new approaches to wetland management, modelled the impact of sea-level rise on coastal lowlands and have pioneered tools to help manage rivers and wetland ecosystems.
The Eureka awards are announced on 29 August.
Macquarie University alumnus receives prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Congratulations to alumnus Dorian Minors on his journey to Cambridge University.
Dorian is the recipient of a prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which was established by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to enable outstanding graduate students from all around the world to study at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Dorian was one of 57 outstanding students selected from a field of more than 5000 international applicants competing in the 2018 round. His PhD research in biological science attempts to answer the question ‘What does it mean to be clever?’ by examining the neural mechanisms that underpin intelligent behaviour.
Find out more about Dorian and his research >>
John Mathews wins 2018 Schumpeter Prize
A big congratulations to Honorary Professor John Mathews from the Department of Management for being a co-winner of the 2018 Schumpeter Prize. The €10,000 prize – named after the influential Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter – is awarded every two years.
Professor Mathews received the award for his book Global Green Shift: When Ceres Meets Gaia, which examines China’s role as the driving force behind the renewables revolution.
Professor Mathews is one of only two Australian-based winners since the prize was first awarded in 1988. He shares the 2018 Schumpeter Prize with co-winner Michael Best.
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