Dr Alexandra Carthey with Cameron Kerr AO, CEO, Taronga Conservation Society. (Image: Taronga Conservation Society)
Congratulations to Dr Alexandra Carthey, conservation ecologist and lecturer in natural sciences, who was announced as the winner of the 2023 Taronga Conservation Society Australia’s HATCH Accelerator Program last month.
The $50,000 prize was awarded for her pop-up ‘habitat pods’ – clever cardboard shelters to hide ground-dwelling wildlife from predators after bushfires. Dr Carthey also won the $5000 People’s Choice prize. Both grants will fund more than 7000 pods to be produced in time for the coming bushfire season. Dr Carthey spoke to multiple media outlets about her win, including the Sydney Morning Herald.
(L-R): Dr Louise Brown, CEO and founder HydGene Renewables; Dr Tom Williams, CEO and co-founder, Number 8 Bio; Professor Roger Chung, Professor of Neurobiology and Neurochemistry; and Dr Brenton Hamdorf, Executive Director and CEO Celosia Therapeutics.
2023 Demo Day at the Macquarie University Incubator brought together startups, scaleups, founders and mentors to share insights and learn more about residents’ innovative products and services, including an instructional exercise mat designed to reduce falls in elderly and vulnerable patients, a personalised grocery concierge service and an intuitive employee performance management platform.
Melissa Ryan, Director of Incubation and Entrepreneurship joined experts for the keynote biotech panel event, with successful entrepreneurs sharing their experiences of commercialisation and discussing topics including intellectual property and securing capital, grants and government support. The day wrapped with a pitching session where six emerging companies shared their ideas and vision with the public.
Dr Kelvin Kong, Worimi man and Macquarie Medical School Honorary Professor, was honoured as NAIDOC Person of the Year at the 2023 National NAIDOC Week Awards.
Dr Kong is an ear, nose and throat surgeon and is widely considered to be Australia’s first Aboriginal surgeon. He spends a significant proportion of his time working with remote Australian communities, providing access to quality healthcare that would otherwise be limited or unavailable.
Experts from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific came together at Macquarie University’s City Campus in early June for the 2023 Australasian Development Economics Workshop.
Organised by the Department of Economics, with support from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Global Labor Organization, the conference saw attendees discuss a variety of topics relating to equity, sustainability and inclusion in development economics. A record number of submissions were received from international researchers in countries including Bangladesh, Germany, India, Japan, Pakistan, New Zealand and the US. Presentations were made by Nobel laureate Professor Esther Duflo from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Chicago Professor of Computation and Behavioural Science Sendhil Mullainathan; and DFAT’s Dr Robert Christie, who emphasised the importance of focusing on gender in economic development in the Asia-Pacific.
Associate Professor Noushin Nasiri from the School of Engineering and Dr Vanessa Pirotta from the School of Natural Sciences joined the stage alongside some of the biggest names in science, technology, engineering, finance and business at the 2023 Vogue Codes Summit on 24 June. The summit highlighted Australian women who are changing the world for the better, with this year’s focus on the positive impacts of technology.
Twelve Indigenous students proudly represented Macquarie University and Walanga Muru at the 2023 UniSport Indigenous Nationals held at Monash University (Kulin Country) in June. Team captains Olivia Anderson and Jonathon Morrison (pictured, left) led the Macquarie team, which competed in the basketball, netball, touch football and volleyball events. Macquarie placed 13th overall among the 33 participating institutions, while the Macquarie touch football team reached the quarterfinals.
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