Caption: A team led by Emeritus Professor Jim Piper has been awarded an ARC Linkage Grant of $445,783 for a project that promises to revolutionise secure labelling technology.
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Macquarie among world’s best in sustainable development
Macquarie has been rated among the world’s best in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2020, which measure the impact of world universities against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The University was placed among the world’s top 50 in the following areas:
- Life on Land (measuring universities’ support for land ecosystems) – 23rd in the world
- Reduced Inequalities (measuring universities’ policies on discrimination and their commitment to recruiting staff and students from under-represented groups) – 32nd in the world
- Partnerships for the Goals (how universities’ support the SDGs through collaboration with other countries) – 50th in the world
‘Sharks have an image problem’, says FameLab people’s favourite
Congratulations to Department of Biological Sciences PhD student Julianna Kadar, who was named the Audience Choice winner in the FameLab NSW Semi-Final event in April.
The Boston native – who has completed both a Master of Biodiversity of Conservation and Master of Research at Macquarie – provided an entertaining insight into her research with her presentation ‘Sharks can wear fitbits too’.
You can read more about Juliana’s research in The Lighthouse.
ARC Linkage Grant for Emeritus Professor Jim Piper
A team led by Emeritus Professor Jim Piper of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics has been awarded an ARC Linkage Grant of $445,783 for a project that promises to revolutionise secure labelling technology.
With two of Macquarie’s Co-Chief Investigators, Dr Yiqing Lu and Dr Xianlin Zheng, and partner company MOS Technologies Pty Ltd, the team will develop new security links with unique features and capabilities.
The project – ‘Advanced lanthanide-doped nanomaterials for new-generation security links’ – involves creating a security ink that can be applied to metal, glass, plastic, paper, and potentially other surfaces, making these materials impossible to counterfeit.
The three-year project is a reunion for some: partner company MOS Technologies was founded by Macquarie postgraduates.
Best of medical and health sciences recognised
Some of the University’s best innovators in research and learning and teaching have been celebrated in the 2019 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences inter-faculty staff awards.
Based on the faculty structure in 2019 (before the integration of departments from the Faculty of Human Sciences) the awards were announced in mid-April by Executive Dean Professor Patrick McNeil.
Research
HDR Student of the Year – Dr Jenny Lee
Publication of the Year – Professor Wendy Rogers
Researcher of the Year – Professor Mark Hancock
Rising Star – Dr Anne Zou
Learning and Teaching
Teaching Mentor – Dr Cara Hildreth and Dr Mirjana Strkalj
Rising Star – Dr Chris Chiu
Learning Innovation – Macquarie MD Assessment Portfolio Team
Teaching Quality Improvement – MD Applied Sciences Unit Convenors and Discipline Leads
Teaching Service – Dr Mirjana Strkalj
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