I was interested in physics since I was young. I loved astronomy mainly. And I think that travelled through mine enjoyment of science through high school. My favourite subjects throughout HSC was probably maths and I thought that I wanted to still do something that helped people.
Physics is the study of nature, and it is very thrilling.
It always inspired my curiosity to try to understand how our world, but also the universe at work. Physics is very different at university than it is in high school, and high school physics is very narrow. And the actual world of physics is far more broader and way more interesting.
I loved the challenge to develop with the technology of tomorrow to solve problems which should go from human missions to Mars to fight against cancer down to climate change.
A lot of the lecturers that we have have been into the industry or worked as part of medical physics or even just in the physics field before coming in and teaching.
They have the opportunity to work with the top researchers at UOW, but also to use the ongoing fruitful collaboration with the industry. Hospitals in Wollongong, in Sydney, we the ANSTO and CISRO.
My research has enabled me to go to a lot of different places and do different things. And one of those places is the synchrotron in Melbourne. And I really enjoy the research that we're able to do down there.
Students can use our international collaboration. So for example, I collaborate with CERN in the United States. We have a collaboration so with the Massachusetts General Hospital. So the students can use a very international cutting edge research environment.
I come back every day because I know that or I believe that what I'm doing will be useful and will change the lives of people. Maybe not next year or five years, but I do believe that in 10 years we should be able to see a better and more effective treatment. The really difficult to treat cancers. And that's something that I'm really proud of to be a part of.