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Centre Foundation Director Professor Max Lu elected to the Australian Academy of Science |
Dr Yun Hau Ng was awarded the 9th Honda-Fujishima Prize |
Professor Max Lu, foundation director of the Nanomaterials Centre, was elected to the AUstralian Academy of Science at the end of March. Professor Lu is now one of only a very few who are elected to both the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering.
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Dr Yun Hau Ng was awarded the 9th Honda-Fujishima Prize by the Photoelectrochemistry Research Group of the Electrochemical Society of Japan. Yunhau is the first non-japanese citizen to receive the award.
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Recent centre research published in the journal Small and featured in Science Alert |
Centre Director Rose Amal honoured as Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) |
The paper, Induced Adaptation of Bacillus sp. to Antimicrobial Nanosilver, published in April, highlights that although nanosilver has effective antimicrobial properties against certain pathogens, overexposure to silver nanoparticles can cause other potentially harmful organisms to rapidly adapt and flourish. Feature in Science Alert can be read here
Image courtesy of Science Alert |
Centre Director Rose Amal was the headline inductee and one of 11 women honoured in this year’s class.
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