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Future builders
Create a smarter future through smart transport, green economy, robotics, automation, artificial intelligence or urban design.
Aleisha Amohia
Software developer
Junior developer, Women in Tech president and VUW student Aleisha Amohia is breaking down barriers for young women studying engineering.
Henry Zhao
CommSec Developer
Coding and finance go hand in hand at the Commonwealth Bank for graduate software developer Henry Zhao.
Jackson Cleary
Financial Wellbeing Warrior
Wellbeing isn’t just about food and exercise – financial stress can be bad for you too. It’s Jackson Cleary’s job to help.
Michael Seo
Digital Metal-maker
Tech is everywhere – and scientists like Michael Seo increasingly spend as much time in front of a screen as in the lab.
Zoya Dhillon
Economist
Zoya took a chance in studying an economics degree – and it's definitely paid off in her career as a senior analyst in financial stability at the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Ben Jackman
Economist
Ben switched from biochemistry to economics after the Global Financial Crisis inspired him to make a difference
Samantha Cridland
NYSF alumni
Attending the National Youth Science Forum in 2013 was Samantha Cridland’s first step to nailing her dream job with CSIRO
Emma Gin
Chemist to consultant
Emma Gin switched from organic chemistry researcher to technology consultant and hasn’t looked back
Elizabeth Blackburn
Molecular biologist
Australian molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn is a Nobel laureate who discovered the secret to the immortality of cells
Isaac Brain
Inventive coder
Isaac Brain was one half of the duo that took home this year’s BHP Foundation Science and Engineering Award in the Engineering category, for the smart watch 'aWear'
Macinley Butson
SMART inventor
At just 18 years old, Macinley Butson has won the BHP Foundation Science and Engineering Awards twice and has been named NSW Young Australian of the Year 2018.
Kirsten Banks
Astrophysicist and science communicator
Kirsten Banks is bringing Aboriginal astronomy, Indigenous and Western science to the masses as a budding astrophysicist and science communicator at UNSW.
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