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Academic profiles

Two men seated on a green sofa and one woman standing

What happens to all those stories which start with the promise of an exciting new scientific breakthrough, but don’t end that way?

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We asked Associate Professor Pierre Portal from ANU Mathematical Sciences Institute to describe why the blackboard is such an integral part of his working life, and the enjoyment of mathematics.

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Associate Professor Adam Piggott knows how mathematical ideas can transform our world, and he wishes more people were in on the secret.

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A book called Night Parrot and a woman's hands reading

For more than a century, the Night Parrot has inspired gripping tales of obsessive odysseys and miraculous discoveries. But now the truth has gotten in the way of a good story. And Dr Penny Olsen is wearing the cost.

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Dr Jürgens has the “beautiful and challenging” task of combining the two very different academic cultures of science and humanities.

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Dr Adele Morrison is a globally recognised climate scientist, but she wasn’t always confident she’d find her place in the science community.

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Dr Debbie Saunders is a nature-lover – and the CEO of a high-tech start-up. “I never imagined that I would be doing what I do,” she says.

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The ANU Research School of Physics is home to the largest and most powerful ion accelerator in Australia, and Professor Mahananda Dasgupta would like its world-class reputation to be better known here at home.

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A man standing next to a blackboard, with maths equations on it

Professor Neeman has solved two open problems in mathematics which have, for the past 20 years, thwarted the efforts of the best algebraists in the world.

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