A better future for our environment
Our experts are preserving the environment for generations to come.
UQ is focused on supporting an Olympic and Paralympic legacy that embraces sustainable practices and innovative technologies to preserve and promote our environment for generations to come. UQ experts are working to uphold this legacy.
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UQ experts
Games and legacy
- Dr Anthony Halog – School of the Environment
- Professor Kevin Thomas – Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences
- Professor Susanne Schmidt – Agriculture and Food Sustainability
- Dr Tony Heynen – School of Chemical Engineering
- Professor Tom Baldock – School of Civil Engineering
- Dr Ray Maher – School of Architecture, Design & Planning
- Associate Professor Paola Leardini – School of Architecture, Design and Planning
- Dr Natalie Jones – School of the Environment
- Professor Alan Rowan – Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
- Professor Tapan Saha – School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
- Associate Professor Steven Pratt – UQ School for Chemical Engineering
- Professor Jochen Mueller – Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences
- Dr Richard Bade – Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences
Systems transition and policy
- Dr Jennifer Yarnold – Centre for Policy Futures
- Dr Saphira Rekker – School of Business
- Dr Lynette Molyneaux – Centre for Policy Futures
- Dr Chamari Pushpamali Narayana Naidelage – Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
- Dr Alisa Becker – Research Partnerships Office
Key organisational units
- Centre for Policy Futures (Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences)
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences
Faculty of Science:
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
- Centre for Marine Science
- Threatened Species Recovery Hub
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies
- Australian Research Council Training Centre for Bioplastics and Biocomposites
School of the Environment:
Sustainable Minerals Institute:
- Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
- Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation
- Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology:
- Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology
- Clean Energy and Water Research Group
- Water-Energy-Carbon Research Group
- Power, Energy and Control Engineering (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
School of Civil Engineering:
School of Architecture, Design and Planning: