Integration of Electrochemistry and Green Chemistry: A Roadmap for Scientific Innovation. Electrochemistry represents an enabling science in physical, chemical and life sciences. It plays a key role in fundamental studies and in Australia's industrial capacity to exploit emerging technologies. Research conducted synergistically within the ARC Centre for Green Chemistry would enable the Monash Electrochemistry Group to develop and exploit new concepts. In the national interest, the Fellowship ....Integration of Electrochemistry and Green Chemistry: A Roadmap for Scientific Innovation. Electrochemistry represents an enabling science in physical, chemical and life sciences. It plays a key role in fundamental studies and in Australia's industrial capacity to exploit emerging technologies. Research conducted synergistically within the ARC Centre for Green Chemistry would enable the Monash Electrochemistry Group to develop and exploit new concepts. In the national interest, the Fellowship would: facilitate global participation in cutting-edge science derived from electrochemical and green chemical concepts; provide commercial opportunities for new and mature chemical industries; expand postgraduate training; and promote technology exchange with Australian and international leading-edge research organisations.Read moreRead less
Metabolomic and genetic approaches to the discovery of genes that direct carbon partitioning in plants. Plants make starch, sucrose, cell walls (fibre), oil, organic acids, vitamins and other products of great economic and social importance. The partitioning of carbon resources into such products determines crop productivity and quality. This partitioning is strongly influenced by nutrients, water and salinity. The powerful genomics resources of Arabidopsis including the new discipline of metabo ....Metabolomic and genetic approaches to the discovery of genes that direct carbon partitioning in plants. Plants make starch, sucrose, cell walls (fibre), oil, organic acids, vitamins and other products of great economic and social importance. The partitioning of carbon resources into such products determines crop productivity and quality. This partitioning is strongly influenced by nutrients, water and salinity. The powerful genomics resources of Arabidopsis including the new discipline of metabolomics, will be deployed to understand the regulation of carbon partitioning in leaves and to discover genes that direct partitioning. National research capability will be enhanced and new resources will be generated to breed crops with improved yield potential and product quality under varied environmental conditions.Read moreRead less
Logic and language: Foundations of cognitive growth. This project investigates children's competence in using language, from a biological perspective. The past twenty years has witnessed innovative developments in behavioral measures (e.g., eye-movement recording) and computational models of language development. I propose to integrate this research with the study of the neural basis of cognitive processes, using a new methodology for functional brain imaging, magnetoencephalography (MEG), The p ....Logic and language: Foundations of cognitive growth. This project investigates children's competence in using language, from a biological perspective. The past twenty years has witnessed innovative developments in behavioral measures (e.g., eye-movement recording) and computational models of language development. I propose to integrate this research with the study of the neural basis of cognitive processes, using a new methodology for functional brain imaging, magnetoencephalography (MEG), The project combines behavioral, computational, and biological methods to better understand (a) the nature of linguistic knowledge, (b) how logical expressions are acquired, and (c) how knowledge of logic and language are put to use by children in production and comprehension.Read moreRead less