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SUMMARY:Soil Carbon: Climate Solutions Right Under Our Feet
DESCRIPTION:A joint presentation with Soil Science Australia\nWhat if we could reverse climate change\, increase biodiversity and feed everyone? Does that sound like a win-win-win scenario for people and the planet? Join Dr Samantha Grover as she explores the possibilities of soil carbon. From microbial processes to global policy settings\, she will discuss how carbon moves from the atmosphere into soils\, how land management can increase or decrease the stores of carbon in our soils and how we\, as food consumers\, can adjust the settings in our food systems to help achieve net zero emissions in our lifetimes. \nWith examples from the Soil-Atmosphere-Anthroposphere Lab’s research\, we will virtually visit Melbourne backyards\, Australian agricultural landscapes\, Victoria’s beloved Alpine National Park and our northern neighbour Indonesia’s high carbon peat soils\, shining a light on the fascinating secrets of soil carbon underground. \nAbout the Speaker \nDr Samantha Grover is a soil scientist and lecturer at RMIT University. She leads the Soil-Atmosphere-Anthroposphere Lab\, whose research explores the connections between soils\, climate change and people. \nAs a soil scientist\, she applies techniques from soil physics\, soil chemistry and soil microbiology with micrometeorology to explore the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. She collaborates with economists\, social scientists and policy analysts\, as well as other biological and physical scientists\, to generate whole-of-system knowledge. Through her interdisciplinary work\, university teaching\, public engagement as a Superstar of STEM\, Victorian President of Soil Science Australia\, various Board and Committee roles and a growing media profile\, Samantha communicates her research to create impact. As we enter the United Nations Decade of Ecosystem Restoration\, she aspires to make a nationally and internationally significant contribution to reversing climate change and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. \nA part of the RSV’s 2020 contribution to the Inspiring Victoria program. The webinar will be livestreamed via the Society’s Facebook site – please tune in at the allotted time to follow the proceedings and contribute your questions and comments. 
URL:https://inspiringvictoria.org.au/event/soil-carbon/
CATEGORIES:Lifelong learning
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SUMMARY:Inspired by Nature: Engineering Multifunctional Materials
DESCRIPTION:Dr Nisa Salim’s research focuses on novel designs\, materials and scalable formulations for the production of multifunctional materials inspired by nature\, a promising approach to help solve human challenges. \nThe research underpins the molecular level understanding of the structure of these materials and how these are translated into functionalities at the macro level. In a recent discovery\, Nisa’s team created ‘hair-like’ fibres that are extremely light weight\, yet strong and can also efficiently store energy. These fibres are designed in such a way as to have tiny holes that are interconnected and uniformly scattered within the fibres; similar to a ‘sea sponge’. These fibres are then glued together with a special binder polymer to make composites; exactly the way a silk worm makes its cocoon by combining two proteins. \nSuch composite structures can perform a double duty; for example\, acting as a strong\, lightweight body part for a vehicle\, and also as a battery to power that vehicle. Join the 2020 winner of the Royal Society of Victoria’s Phillip Law Postdoctoral Award to explore how these bio-inspired materials will support the faster realisation of autonomous emergency care and sustainable e-mobility. \nAbout Dr Nisa Salim \nDr Nisa Salim is a Vice-Chancellor’s Initiative Research Fellow at the Swinburne University of Technology. She received her PhD from Deakin University in 2013 in materials engineering. Nisa’s research is mainly focused on advanced carbon materials and functional fibres. She has published over 35 high impact journal papers\, 3 book chapters\, and 1 patent. Nisa has won many awards in her research career including AINSE Gold Medal for outstanding PhD and Smart Geelong Early Researcher award\, a Victoria Fellowship\, an Endeavour Fellowship\, an Alfred Deakin Fellowship and many more.  Nisa’s vision is to develop smart\, engineered materials that are enablers for digitalisation and the Internet of Things – living materials that sense\, actuate and harvest energy. \nHer research interests are in nanomaterials\, nanostructured materials\, graphene\, materials science and polymers at interfaces. She supervises a number of Masters and PhD students\, and teaches in the domains of nanofabrication\, nanomaterials\, graphene and materials science.
URL:https://inspiringvictoria.org.au/event/inspired-by-nature/
LOCATION:Online\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Lifelong learning
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