{"id":830,"date":"2024-05-29T12:10:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T02:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/?p=830"},"modified":"2024-05-29T12:10:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T02:10:11","slug":"steven-pratt-the-university-of-queensland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/steven-pratt-the-university-of-queensland\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Pratt, The University of Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized nba-caption-filter transcript__wrapper\"><div class=\"transcript__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-831\" style=\"width:350px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-256x256.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-384x384.jpg 384w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-512x512.jpg 512w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Steven-Pratt.jpg 1670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associate Professor Steven Pratt is known internationally for his work on the development of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) bioplastics, and their associated wood-fibre composites, and nationally for his delivery of training courses to environmental professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has authored over 150 scientific publications, with his major contribution to the field of environmental biotechnology being the invention of the TOGA\u00ae Sensor for examination and control of biotech\/bioprocess systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He leads the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Bioplastics and Biocomposites at The University of Queensland, and has won awards for his outstanding contribution to supervision and enhancing the research supervision culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor Steven Pratt is known internationally for his work on the development of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) bioplastics, and their associated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"nba-redirect":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speakers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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