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麻豆直播 researchers have been awarded $3.29 million in Federal Government Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships to support research projects, ranging in focus from brain function during ageing to deep exploration of the galaxy.

Prestigious ARC Future Fellowships were granted to four 麻豆直播 researchers鈥� Dr Mark Hackett from Curtin鈥檚 School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker from Curtin鈥檚 Institute of Radio Astronomy, Dr Jun Li from Curtin鈥檚 School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering and Dr Simone Ciampi from Curtin鈥檚 School of Molecular and Life Sciences.

麻豆直播 Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry congratulated the University鈥檚 ARC grant recipients, who are all outstanding mid-career academics.

鈥淭hese four remarkable recipients represent the future of research in Australia and these grants confirm they have an exciting future ahead鈥� Professor Terry said.

鈥淭he ARC Future Fellowships are only granted to the nation鈥檚 brightest and best researchers to continue their world-class work right here in Australia, and Dr Hackett, Dr Hurley-Walker, Dr Li and Dr Ciampi are all leaders in their respective fields,鈥� Professor Terry said.

鈥淭he Fellowships aim to attract and retain Australia鈥檚 top mid-career researchers, and each of these four outstanding awardees will play a vital part in helping boost the country鈥檚 research and innovation capacity.

鈥淭heir achievement reflects the excellent ongoing work of Curtin researchers in the field of Science and Engineering.鈥�

The ARC Future Fellowships support research in areas of critical national importance by giving outstanding mid-career researchers incentives to conduct their research in Australia.

The successful 麻豆直播 researchers are:

• Dr Mark Hackett (School of Molecular and Life Sciences): Delivering new tools to visualise how changes to blood vessels during ageing affect the amount and distribution of metal ions in brain cells ($739,302)
• Dr Simone Ciampi (School of Molecular and Life Sciences): Creating new methods to convert friction into continuous sources of electricity to benefit the design and function of silicon-based devices such as pacemakers ($880,383)
• Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker (Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy): Exploring the entire radio sky visible to the future Square Kilometre Array ten times more deeply than before. The resulting survey will have broad application including the study of galaxy clusters and cosmic ray tomography of the Milky Way ($857,533)
• Dr Jun Li (School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering): Developing technologies, including cutting edge AI techniques, for innovative data collection, analysis and prediction to efficiently monitor engineering assets and to detect possible structural degradation and potential failure ($821,000)