{"id":169,"date":"2023-03-29T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T00:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/?p=169"},"modified":"2023-04-14T14:44:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T04:44:06","slug":"russel-varley-deakin-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/russel-varley-deakin-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Russell Varley, Deakin University"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof Varley has been using polymer chemistry to develop next generation composite materials through control of the chemical structure and microstructure of polymer networks for more than 25 years. 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