Yusuf Adewale: developing a predictive modelling tool for egg production
UNE PhD Yusuf Adewale’s top-up CRC scholarship will help support his research developing a predictive modelling tool to determine the quantity and quality of egg production.
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Lijun Summerhayes: exploring urban food planning pathways
QUT PhD Lijun Summerhayes’ CRC top-up scholarship will support her timely research into urban food planning in Australia.
Odgerel Bumandalai: using cold-plasma tech to extend shelf life of spirulina
A CRC top-up PhD scholarship will support Odgerel Bumandalai’s research into the use of cold-plasma technology for safe storage of fresh spirulina.
Rishi Ravindra Naik: exploring new ways to create functional plant-based foods
UNSW PhD student Rishi Ravindra Naik is looking to develop new products with ‘clean label’ and sustainability claims by modifying non-traditional plant proteins with seaweeds for improved techno-functionality.
CRC welcomes three new PhDs
Three new doctoral candidates will contribute valuable research to CRC projects, investigating cooling strategies for protected cropping, analysing herbal weight loss supplements and creating detailed molecular profiles of WA foods to form the foundation of strategies around precision nutrition.
CRC projects on the agenda at 2022 PCA Conference in Coffs
Research leads, PhDs and project collaborators from government and industry are among the CRC-affiliated presenters at this year’s PCA Conference.
Gareema Pandey: Optimising nutritional content in polytunnel-grown blueberries
As CRC Industry PhD student attached to the ‘Blueberry nutritional optimisation’ project, Gareema Pandey is working with crop scientists and sustainability experts at Western Sydney University and NSW Department of Primary Industries to improve the nutritional profile of blueberries grown undercover.
New research jobs to drive local innovation
UNE has teamed with Tamworth Regional Council and local businesses in a program to get UNE Innovation PhDs working on real-world innovations that capitalise on the region’s food, agribusiness and ag-tech strengths.
Mark Cardamis: seeking mobile sensing solutions for remote crop control
Mark Cardamis has graduated from making mini greenhouse prototypes to joining a collaborative university-industry project team as a CRC Industry PhD, exploring mobile sensing systems for remote monitoring of crops in advanced indoor greenhouse systems.
Gehan Abdelghany: exploring uses for native crops from the Nile to Northern Australia
Appointed to the ‘Commercialising native rice project’ early in 2020, CRC PhD student and beneficial indigenous-species expert Gehan Abdelghany is working on the theoretical component of her doctorate from Egypt while she waits for travel bans to lift.