FFS-backed research recognised in prestigious academic journalsSeveral Future Food Systems-backed PhD students and project leads have had research papers published this year,
Lijun Summerhayes, PhD: Exploring Aussie agrifood clustersFuture Food Systems’ first graduated PhD has gone from researching urban food policy to a paid role at her alumnus, QUT, exploring agrifood clusters across Australia.
Melville Park farm: a value-adding storyDavid Doepel and wife Barbara Connell are co-custodians of historic Melville Park Farm, where they’re collaborating with researchers and local businesses to add value to primary produce.
FFS PhD student finds cost-effective hands-free way to estimate plant height in protected cropping facilitiesNamal Jayasuriya’s research at Western Sydney University using machine vision to estimate crop-height, a proxy for vegetative growth, has been published in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.
For Food’s Sake Summit tours: SIFT opening and Melville Park farmGuests who joined our recent day tours of the new SIFT facility at FIPWA and Melville Park farm glimpsed the collaborative future of food innovation and value-adding in WA
PhD student pitches impress FFS Shark TankFive Future Food Systems-backed PhD students pitched their research to a 'Shark Tank'-style panel of experts at the annual Networking Night. Which was the most convincing?
Networking Night and AGM wrap up a year of success for FFSBack-to-back events at UNSW Sydney's CBD campus on 6 and 8 December capped off another successful year for Future Food Systems CRC.
Angus Dingley, PhD student: Improving warm-zone raspberry cultivationUNE's Angus Dingley is exploring how temperature extremes affect pollination in polytunnels to help growers produce more and better berries.
Second PhD student graduates from Future Food Systems cohortWe congratulate Ripan Debnath on taking out his PhD from UNSW and for securing a new role as a Consultant for the University of Newcastle's Institute for Regional Futures.
Future Food Systems’ first PhD student graduatesQUT PhD student Lijun ‘Lucy’ Summerhayes, whose research explored urban food policy in Australia, was awarded her doctorate in September.
Claudia Vacca, PhD student: Boosting resilience in Broccolini™Western Sydney University PhD student Claudia Vacca has spent their career studying plant pathogens, from trees to potatoes, developing new ways for early detection and intervention.
Future Food Systems represented at events around the worldIn July. Future Food Systems staff, research leads and PhDs represented FFS, our projects and our mission at conferences and agrifood events nationwide.
Mazadul Islam, PhD student: Making glasshouse fertigation more sustainableFFS PhD student Mazadul Islam is working with experts in two nations to find more sustainable ways to fertigate indoor vegetable crops.
PhD progress report: Gehan Abdelghany, ‘Commercialising native rice’ projectDarwin-based FFS PhD scholar Gehan Abdelghany's research is contributing valuable agronomic information to the FFS-backed ‘Commercialising native rice’ project.
FFS PhDs tour National Vegetable Protected Cropping CentreOn 14 June, FFS staff and PhDs visited Western Sydney University Hawkesbury campus and the $7m National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre.
Sumitra Saha, PhD student: Exploring heat-resistant potato microbiomes for sustainable potato production in a changing climateA grades in high-school science turned into a career path for Sumitra Saha, who recently joined Murdoch University as a PhD student on the'Novel microbiome technology' project team.
Kesewa Opoku Agyemang, PhD student: Modelling agrifood supply chainsFFS PhD scholar Agyemang is modelliing freight data along the agrifood supply chain to boost efficiency and reduce waste on the path from farm to fork.
Mahesh Galappaththi, PhD student: Improving truffle cultivation Down UnderMahesh Galappaththi’s BSc thesis was on elephant-human conflict in Sri Lanka; now, he’s looking to ascertain optimal conditions for truffle cultivation in WA.
Priyanka Kundu, PhD: Perfecting precision-fermented proteinsFFS Industry PhD Kundu is working with UNSW scientists and All G Foods to ascertain the precise makeup of dairy proteins.
FFSCRC PhDs decide: Academia, industry…or bothIn the first student catch-up of the year, new FFSCRC CEO Dr James Krahe addressed our PhD cohort on the pros and cons of working in industry vs academia.
