Poster Session 4

Session time: 5:35pm – 5:45pm

Location: Ballroom promenade

Sonali S Naik

Poster 4: Harnessing sustainable biomedical solutions with biodegradable Pectin-g-PCL

Sonali S Naik is a final-year PhD student in a joint program between AcSIR-India and RMIT Australia. She completed her bachelor’s degree in biotechnology and is now pursuing her PhD at RMIT. She specialises in the synthesis and fabrication of scaffolds, which are crucial for tissue regeneration and repair. Her work extensively involves the use of additive manufacturing technology, to create these scaffolds.

Nazila Oladzadabbasabadi (RMIT University)

Poster 9: Developing cellulosic bioplastics using non-isocyanate polyurethane and lignin with outstanding properties

Donya Ramimoghadam (CSIRO)

Poster 14: A degradable polyurethane thermoset using acylhydrazone chemistry

Nicholas Jun-An Chan (CSIRO)

Poster 19: Breakdown by design: sustainable polymeric material processing for insect degradation

Yujiao Wu (CSIRO)

Poster 24: ‘Personalised ML model bank’ for efficient floating litter detection

Yujiao Wu (Olivia) received her PhD from the University of Technology Sydney. Her research includes AI applications in solving real-world problems. She has worked on medical imaging, non-invasive bioinstrumentation, and environmental monitoring. As a CERC fellow at CSIRO, her current work focuses on developing innovative object detection algorithms for efficient plastic waste monitoring and management in the environment.

Dana Griffiths (Murdoch University)

Poster 29: Comparative genomics of the highly halophilic Haloferacaceae

Dana is a PhD candidate at the Bioplastics Innovation Hub at Murdoch University with a background in bacterial synthetic biology. Her passion for extremophilic microbial species shifted her focus to the archaea. She is now developing a range of synthetic biology tools for haloarchaea to address global challenges such as plastic waste.

Richard Yang (Western Sydney University)

Poster 34: Investigation of heat cycle effects on mechanical properties of 3D printed recycled polycarbonate using Fused Granular Fabrication

Prof Richard Yang is the Director, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technology, and the Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Western Sydney University. His main research focuses include Advanced Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Polymers, Composites and Nanocomposites, Recycled Thermoplastics for Sustainability & Circularity, Numerical Modelling & Simulations, etc. He is leading the subset projects on 3D Printing of recycled polymers and composites funded via the CSIRO/NSF Convergence Accelerator Program (Phase 1 & 2: 2022-2026).