Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology Associate Professor Rebecca Byrne is an ARC DECRA Fellow (2023-2025) and Accredited Practising Dietitian who aims to support parents of young children and educators in the early childhood education and care setting to create calm and enjoyable mealtimes. Rebecca practised as a clinical dietitian in hospital and domiciliary settings before completing her PhD. After two years as a postdoctoral research fellow within an NHMRC funded Centre for Research Excellence in the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood, Rebecca was appointed as a lecturer within the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. Her research focuses on what and how young children are fed. She has a focus on improving the measurement of dietary intake and other health behaviours in early childhood, and the promotion of responsive feeding practices which support children’s autonomy, development of healthy food preferences and optimal growth. Rebecca works with researchers across the disciplines of nutrition, physical activity, nursing, psychology and education and has successful partnerships with organisations such as Playgroup QLD, Children’s Health Queensland and C&K. She is a founding member of Australia’s National Nutrition Network: Early Childhood Education and Care.
Professor of extragalactic astrophysics (dark matter and cosmology), Durham University Astronomer at Durham University. Very excited to drive the Hubble or James Webb Space Telescopes from time to time, and to tinker around with supercomputers.
Adjunct professor, Murdoch University Richard George is a Senior Principal Research Scientist and works for the West Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. He was the second winner of the W.E. Wood Award for salinity research and is actively engaged in salinity management, mapping and communication. Richard is also an adjunct professor at Murdoch University and leads a major program using desalination at farm scale to turn excess saline water into a precious resource for WA farmers.
Associate Researcher, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter Robin has over 20 years’ experience in marine conservation research. He has delivered on-the-ground marine conservation programmes for almost two decades in the Mediterranean Sea. He is a sea turtle and seabird expert, and has significant experience in reducing by-catch by small-scale fisheries. At Bluedot Associates, his role as Principal Marine Biodiversity Researcher is to provide technical leadership for our marine biodiversity field research programmes, including associated local capacity building. He also uses his expertise to support the design and implementation of positive conservation actions founded in long-term proven experience on-the-ground.
Industry PhD Candidate, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide Rui is an industry PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide. He has a bachelor's degree in telecommunication engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Melbourn. He works as a research engineer at WattsAS, Denmark.His research interests include modelling power consumers' behaviours, data mining, and smart grid flexibility.
