Many of our urban creeks and rivers are polluted, so what’s alive in there? Find out in my latest article for @theconversationau

#urban #urbanfuture #creeks #environment #animals #tips #pollution #contamination #rmituniversity

Singlet fission is the production of two triplet excitons from one singlet exciton. Understanding this process is key to developing next generation photovoltaics which harvest more of the sun’s energy.

We used tools from decoherence theory to understand how this process depends on thermal fluctuations and movement of the photo-active molecules.

Quantum information theory making a difference in chemistry and green energy!! 😎🌞

#excitonscience #rmituniversity #UNSW

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42005-023-01177-1

Some promising and exciting research from my own university (#RMITUniversity) on development of very clever catalytic #chemistry to allow production of #hydrogen from seawater without prior desalination. Find out more in this news article and in the primary research published in Small on:
https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/media-releases-and-expert-comments/2023/feb/hydrogen-seawater

#greenhydrogen #energy

I've spent a lot of time over the last two years designing and then delivering a course on #sustainabledevelopment in #STEM (at #RMITUniversity ) - I'm therefore very interested in this encouraging study from Italy showing positive impacts and outlooks for #engineering #students who have been learning about sustainable development in their degrees. Find out more in Scientific Reports on:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-28143-9

#university #highered

#ClimateChange mitigation in our cities is likely to be an increasing priority as the #climatecrisis deepens.

This article by my colleague Thami Croeser at #RMITUniversity explores approaches being used in cities across the globe.

Find out more in @theconversationau on:

https://theconversation.com/as-heatwaves-and-floods-hit-cities-worldwide-these-places-are-pioneering-solutions-196389

Liminal strata. #rmituniversity

Sound advice from my colleague Rebecca Olive at #RMITUniversity on how to keep us and also, as importantly, #marine #animals safe when we're enjoying our time in the ocean and sea this summer.

Informative piece in @theconversationau advocating both for treating the amazing marine wildlife with respect and also advising us to start educating ourselves about them. Find out more here:

https://theconversation.com/when-we-swim-in-the-ocean-we-enter-another-animals-home-heres-how-to-keep-us-all-safe-193457

#Microbiology ongoing academic position now available in our School of Science at #RMITUniversity #Melbourne #Australia
(Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level)

More details on:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/319453/lecturer-senior-lecturer-microbiology/

Application deadline: 16th January

Thank you in advance to anyone boosting this post

I am thrilled and honoured to announce that I have been appointed as the next Director of the Water: Effective Technologies and Tools (WETT) Research Centre at #RMITUniversity (starting from the end of January, 2023).

I look forward to building on the excellent prior leadership of Prof. Jega Jegatheesan and previously, Prof. Felicity Roddick and to working with current and future members of the #WETTResearchCentre to expand and further strengthen our research, innovation and translation in water science, engineering and technologies at #RMIT.

I look forward also to working collaboratively with water industry partners and stakeholders (including Aboriginal Traditional Owners) to provide sustainable solutions for water management and usage and to protect our natural waterways, bays and seas.

You can find out more about the WETT Research Centre on:
https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/centres-collaborations/wett-research-centre

#water #WaterResearch #WaterTechnologies #WaterTreatment #DrinkingWater #wastewater #stormwater #UrbanWater #biosolids #WaterSustainability

Detection of widespread #pesticide #pollution in urban #wetlands across #Melbourne (#Australia). New research from my colleagues in AQUEST at #RMITUniversity

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722076598

I've been here for a week and don't think I'll be going back to the bird site. So, finally, here's my #introduction.

I am an academic researcher based at the School of Media and Communication at #RMITUniversity in #Melbourne.

I research in #healthcommunication, #socialmarketing, #sustainability and #behaviourchange, and I lead two national projects in the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (all the links are in my profile).

I am here to build dependable connections in my research field and to discuss health and sustainability-related stuff. I am also here for the pictures of pets, puns and fart jokes.

Excited to sit in my first face-to-face presentation in a long time. Professor Alan Tapp from Bristol Business School talk about the lack of rationality of driving and road congestion. “The car’s the star… but at what cost?” #cwrg #socialmarketing #cycling #BikeTooter #rmituniversity