A guide to being a productive PhD (or graduate) student

Tips and tools to increase your output and…

Genes, DNA, Chromosomes, and Genomes

Hear these words a lot but not quite sure what they are and how…

Bioinformatics.

The path you should consider if you love technology.

A quick guide to bioplastics

…and why the word bioplastics should be replaced.

The term ‘bioplastic’ is used to describe a wide variety of materials so it can be very confusing to someone who doesn’t spend all day thinking about it.

Biodegradable food packaging

Why is it useful?

Over 40% of the plastics produced in the world are used in packaging applications with food packaging being the biggest culprit. We are already producing tens of millions of tonnes (over 10,000,000 tonnes!!) of plastic food packaging…

Evaporation and its place in the water cycle

When we can’t ‘see’ it, but need to understand it!

When we think of the water cycle, we usually think of rainfall and surface runoff, since these are the components we can see and experience directly. However, there are two…

The value of accurate self-appraisal

‘It is a virtue to be humble, but you should also be able to accurately determine your self worth’

In January 2016, I started my chemical engineering PhD at The University of Queensland (UQ).

Modelling floods

How can we predict the unpredictable?

Flooding can have a huge impact on communities, with severe events leading to property damage, injury and even loss of life. Large swathes of Australia’s population live on floodplains, so it’s important that…

Floods in a changing climate

Australia has been hit hard by floods in the last decade. In 2011, the floods in Queensland claimed over 30 lives and reduced Australia’s GDP by an estimated $30 billion. The floods in New South Wales earlier this year were also deadly and lead to evacuation orders in several…