Explore the catalogue of podcasts from our diverse group of scientific leaders and thinkers in the Faculty of Science.
DR MATHIEU PERNICE ON HOW ALGAE BIOTECHNOLOGY CAN HELP OUR TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE BIOECONOMY
Associate Professor Mathieu Pernice is Deputy Director of the Climate Change Cluster at the University of Technology Sydney, where he also co-leads two research teams in Algal Biotechnology and Seagrass. He is an expert in climate change and sustainability, and has over 15 years of experience in technology transfer from University to Industry more particularly in Environmental Impact assessment, Aquaculture, Food and Biotechnology. In this chat, we chat about the incredible potential for algae, and how science and biotechnology is helping to make this potential a reality.
WEIRD SCIENCE: HOW CHEMISTRY IS HELPING ONE WOMAN SOLVE CRIMES
You know how in TV crime shows, the police can always pinpoint a body’s exact time of death? Well, it seems we’ve been lied to. Forensic science hasn’t advanced quite far enough for such accuracy. But one facility in Sydney is working hard to change this. In this episode we meet Dr Maiken Ueland, Director of the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research (AFTER) at UTS - Australia's first facility to study the decomposition of human corpses.
