Throughout the first week of July, 67 students from 30 Australian and New Zealand universities connected online with leading ANSTO researchers as part of the online week of the twenty-seventh annual AINSE Winter School. Since 1997, the annual AINSE Winter School has provided senior undergraduate students with unique connections to ANSTO researchers and research facilities, …
2022 has been a year filled with many exciting successes that the AINSE staff wish to celebrate. However, it has also been a sombre year for AINSE, with the passing of Mr E.A. (Bill) Palmer in September. Bill was AINSE’s first Scientific Secretary/Executive Officer. He made enormous contributions as the leader of AINSE from 1959–1988, …
It has been another year of significant challenges for the Australian and New Zealand STEM community, as the COVID-19 pandemic entered its second full year and the resulting necessary restrictions continued to significantly disrupt research activities. Under these difficult circumstances, our AINSE scholars and their ever-supportive ANSTO co-supervisors have nevertheless achieved excellent research outcomes through …
On Wednesday 19th May, AINSE had the privilege of awarding two AINSE Gold Medals for excellence in research to Dr. Anna Florin and Professor Neil Saintilan. The 2020 award recipients were joined by family, friends and colleagues as they were virtually presented with the medals by AINSE President Professor Ian Gentle, and AINSE Managing Director, Michelle Durant. Dr. …
It is safe to say that 2020 has been a year of significant challenges for the entire Australian and New Zealand STEM community, in light of the ongoing disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite these challenges, 2020 has also been a year of many successes for AINSE scholars and their supervisors, and as the …
As this decade draws to a close, the staff at AINSE would like to take this opportunity to reflect upon another successful year for our AINSE scholars and their supervisors, and to celebrate AINSE’s accomplishments in our 61st year of operation. In 2019, AINSE were proud to support new and continuing students from our 45 …
