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SY DNE Y ALU MNI M AG A ZINE ISSUE 03 —
SEMESTER ONE 2016
WHERE START-UPS RADICAL WAYS TO SYDNEY STUDENTS WITH DEMENTIA’S
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The future starts here
CONTENTS
INCUBATE gives a University students Behind the scenes
flying start to start-ups 15 shoot for Olympic gold 18 of a famous garden 44
Updates, awards and anniversaries Newsbites 3
On my desk – Craig Barker Perspectives 6
Small wonders – Nanoscience Innovation 8
On my mind – Emily Scanlan Influence 22
My favourite – Karn Ghosh Perspectives 24
At the heart of dementia – Professor Jonathan Stone Research 26
Everyone’s favourite economist – Justin Wolfers Influence 30
Keep calm and get connected – Daniel Tasso and Hussain Nadim Influence 34
Books that changed my mind Perspectives 38
Streets of green – Romilly Madew Influence 40
Classnotes Community 48
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01
Leadership
for good
starts here.
For 165 years our students have forged
a vision at the University of Sydney and
gone on to change lives for the better.
sydney.edu.au/leadership
From left to right: John Bell, Victor Chang, Anne Summers, John Howard, Kerryn Phelps,
Michael Kirby, Samah Hadid, Gough Whitlam, Benjamin Veness, Tara Moss, Mary Kostakidis,
Nick Farr-Jones, Bruce Beresford, John Bradfield, Adam Spencer, Annabelle Chauncy,
Jack Manning Bancroft, Ethan Butson, John O’Sullivan.
02
U N I V E RS I T Y U P DAT E
PL ANNING FOR THE FU T U RE
Last month, Senate approved the refine our understanding of how to
University’s 2016-20 Strategic Plan, achieve our vision most effectively.
which regular readers of SAM will So by 2020, we will invest in
recall follows extensive consultation outstanding research, ensuring that
with our staff, students and the wider our best work – work of national,
community throughout 2015. regional and international impact – is
During those conversations, we well supported with the right people,
heard that the goal we established five equipment, and physical infrastructure.
years ago – to create a place where the We will deepen our commitment
best researchers and most promising to undergraduate education with a
students can achieve their full potential reinvigorated curriculum, so that
– still rings true. We also heard about our graduates will develop the skills, Belinda Hutchinson AM (BEc ’76),
Chancellor.
the pride people feel for our University, knowledge and values they need to
and how much they want us to succeed. thrive and lead in a rapidly changing
Our vision for 2020 is therefore world. And we will build a University-
unashamedly aspirational, aiming to wide culture in which our staff and
position the University of Sydney as students can realise their full potential.
the best university in Australia and a Through enabling Sydney to embody
leading institution globally. It continues the best that a university can be, this
the trajectory that began almost is a vision that we hope will inspire
170 years ago with our twin founding our fellow alumni. We encourage you,
commitments to excellence and public as a valued member of the University
service. And it builds on our work since community, to find out more about
2011, which has both strengthened our exciting new initiatives at:
the University on every academic and sydney.edu.au/strategy Dr Michael Spence (BA ’85 LLB ’87)
financial measure, and enabled us to Your feedback is always welcome. Vice–Chancellor and Principal
INFLUENCE
A GR AD UATION AND A NE W BEGINNING
On 11 May 1966, Charles Perkins It attracted national and Perkins’s trailblazing ideas are
walked the steps of the Great Hall international media attention. embodied in the University’s Charles
to receive his academic testamur, His dedication, determination Perkins Centre. It embraces his vision
marking a milestone in Australia’s and activism continued well after his by looking for solutions beyond the
history. Perkins was the first studies, as he played a pivotal role in traditional as it provides fresh hope for
Aboriginal man to graduate from the 1967 referendum that amended the health of all Australians.
any university in Australia. the Constitution to include Aboriginal
This year marks the 50th people in the census and allow
anniversary of that singular event, Parliament to create laws for them.
and its influence is still being felt. Perkins made history again in
While studying for a Bachelor of 1984 when he was appointed Secretary
Arts, Perkins led the historic 1965 of the Department of Aboriginal
Freedom Ride through western Affairs, the first Aboriginal Australian
NSW with a group of fellow students, to hold such a position.
drawing attention to racism against Perkins was a tireless champion
Aboriginal people. of progress and justice. He passed
Above: Charles Perkins has been one of
away in 2000. the University’s most influential graduates
03
A R T S A N D C U LT U R E RE S E A RC H
IDE AS TAKE CENTRE S TAGE WHAT THE H U H?
Nicole Kidman made her professional debut there. We congratulate Nick Enfield, Professor of
Geoffrey Rush, Jacki Weaver, Judy Davis, Russell Crowe, Linguistics at the University of Sydney, who has
Cate Blanchett and Mel Gibson have all trodden its boards. won an Ig Nobel Prize for breakthrough research.
And last year, the Seymour Centre, built after a significant And no, that “Ig” is not a misprint.
bequest from Sydney businessman Everest York Seymour, The Ig Nobels are a parody of the Nobel Prize;
celebrated its 40th Anniversary. they are awarded for work that makes people laugh
This year the Seymour Centre’s program includes the and think. Enfield was honoured for his linguistic
Great Ideas Performance Series, with post-performance forums insights into the word “huh”.
conducted by some of the University’s leading academics. With co-authors Dr Mark Dingemanse and
Tim Jones, Artistic Director of the Seymour Centre, believes Dr Francisco Torreira from the Netherlands,
this reflects an audience evolution. “Audiences are increasingly Enfield established that “huh” and its variants
seeking theatrical experiences that not only entertain, but also appear in 31 languages where its use is to
engage on a cerebral level,” he says. fix misunderstandings. More than this, it
suggests universal principles that underpin all
Upcoming academic-enhanced productions include: human communication.
The Hansard Monologues: Age of Enlightenment “Our findings could help computers to
5 – 13 August communicate in more ‘human’ ways,” Enfield says.
Written using the Hansard-recorded words “They also have applications in language teaching
of our federal politicians. and cross-cultural communication.”
The research is part of a five-year European
Letters to Lindy Research Council project led by Enfield.
2 – 10 September
Based on the 20,000 letters Lindy Chamberlain received
during her trial and wrongful imprisonment in the 1980s.
INFLUENCE
Take advantage of the special alumni ticket offer on these
performances by using the promo code ‘SYDALUMNI’
when you book at: www.seymourcentre.com
NEW ALUMNI AWARDS
At the University of Sydney we’ve added two
categories to our annual Alumni Achievement
Awards to make them even more representative of
the great work our alumni do.
The new categories are Cultural Contribution
and Innovation and Entrepreneurship. They
join International Achievement, Professional
Achievement, Outstanding Achievements of
Young Alumni and Service to Humanity.
This year’s winners include artist and activist
Ben Quilty (BVA ’96) whose work changes hearts
and minds; and Tom Beer (BSc ’67), a scientist
whose work with the International Panel on
Climate Change contributed to a Nobel Prize.
Every year the awards recognise graduates who
Top: In 1975, the Seymour have made a significant contribution to society
Centre forecourt was
temporarily a carpark. through innovation, dedication, leadership and
Left: The Seymour Centre
today is a vibrant performance
community spirit.
facility. Photos: Supplied by the sydney.edu.au/alumni/awards
Seymour Centre.
04
A DV E R T I S E M E N T
INSPIRED_
has reached
$600 million
The campaign to support the
University of Sydney has reached
its goal two years early. What
inspires our donors, inspires
our students, inspires our
researchers and inspires our
staff. Here are just some of the
people who have contributed to
or benefited from INSPIRED.
What are you inspired to do?
sydney.edu.au/inspired
05
P E RS P EC T I V E S
ON MY DESK:
CR AIG BARKER
DR CRAIG BARKER (BA ’96 PhD ’05)
Archaeologist and Manager, Education and
Public Programs, Sydney University Museums
Photography by Victoria Baldwin (BA ’14)
Dr Craig Barker’s office is right outside the door of the
Nicholson Museum so he doesn’t have to travel far when school
groups, students, staff and tourists arrive for one of his classes
or tours. When Barker’s not there, he could be in Cyprus at the
Paphos archaeological dig that has fascinated him for more than
20 years. We asked him to dig around his desk, and a few of his
other obsessions turned up.
CY PRIOT FIG U RE
I’ve spent five weeks a year working in
Cyprus for the past 20 years. During
that time, we’ve worked closely
with the Cyprus Department of
Antiquities, which has given us various
AG ATHA acknowledgements for the work we’ve
CHRIS TIE done for the country. This one was given
to us by the President of Cyprus. It’s just
P OS TCARD a little handmade replica of a 4500-year-
I’ve been reading Agatha old figurine, but it was great to receive
Christie’s books since I was it. You couldn’t imagine an Australian
a teenager and these days Prime Minister giving a gift to a French
I give talks about her. She team excavating Australian sites. But in
worked as an archaeologist, Cyprus, they really value what we do.
with her second husband, in
what is now Iraq and Syria.
Part of the reason she was
so prolific was that she was
stuck in a desert dig house
for four months of the year with nothing to do but bang out a
book on a typewriter. What’s amazing for me is that we have
material in the Nicholson collection that Christie actually
cleaned. The card has a joke on it that was attributed to
Christie but it was really written by her publicist. It says that
every girl should marry an archaeologist because the older
she gets, the more interested in her he’ll become.
06
A PEB B LE FROM A
B E ACH IN CY PRUS
I just picked this up randomly on a
beach in Cyprus and put it in my pocket.
It doesn’t look like much, and it isn’t.
But if I’m having one of those days, I
can look at that pebble and know that
there’s still Cyprus. It reminds me of
great times I have there with friends
and colleagues. It’s probably the most
valueless thing here, but in some ways
DIG BOOKS
it’s the most sentimental for me. Near These books represent 20
where I picked this up is a beach where years of my excavations and
local myth says Aphrodite was born. research. At the moment I’m
going back through them and
asking lots of questions like:
“What were we doing back in
1999 when we were digging
M U MM Y BANDAGES trench 1ZZ?” What we
thought then was a Roman
These bandages are about our school
wall in Cyprus we now know
holiday programs where we have kids
was a Medieval wall that was
wrap themselves up as mummies.
reusing Roman architecture.
It’s interesting that alongside my
These books let me revisit
academic research I’ll often have kids’
my thinking when we first
colouring‑in sheets – it shows the
uncovered those structures.
duality of what I do. I also run a lot of
The popular perception
Master of Teaching courses here about
is that archaeology is five
object-based learning. To be honest, all
weeks out in the field having
a museum really needs to run a great
fun then that’s it. There’s
school program for kids is a mummy
actually far more time spent
and a dinosaur. You’re off and running.
in the library, laboratory and
in museums than in the field.
REPLICA INDIANA TARDIS
J ONES FEDOR A USB
A lot of the Agatha Christie books popularised I’m happy to call
archaeology and, of course, so did Indiana Jones. myself a nerd. One
I’m a real movie buff and I don’t think educators of the things you
should be afraid of using popular culture to learn teaching
engage people in what they’re talking about. children is that
That hat is great for engaging kids. We just have you’re never going
to point out what’s accurate in the movies and to be cool so you
what’s not. I’d give Indiana Jones a high score for may as well just go
fun and a low score for archaeology – he doesn’t with it. So yes, I’m
spend nearly enough time in the library. a Doctor Who fan.
07
08
I N N OVAT I O N
At the newly opened, ultra high-tech Sydney Nanoscience
Hub, we talk to six researchers who are looking for
big breakthroughs – at the smallest of scales.
Small wonders
Written by Katynna Parry (BSc(Adv)(Hons) ’01)
Photography by Victoria Baldwin (BA ’14)
A revolution is unfolding in nanoscience Imagine a world where diamonds air‑conditioning gives exact
and nanotechnology. This is where help cure cancer, aircraft are super temperature stability and humidity
researchers work at the scale of the light and water is used as fuel. control; air flow is imperceptible so
nanometre – one billionth of a metre or Launched in April 2016, the it doesn’t affect experiments; and
roughly the size of 10 atoms – to create Australian Institute for Nanoscale laboratories are electromagnetically
previously unheard of technologies. Science and Technology at the shielded so there’s no interference
At the exceedingly small nanoscale, University of Sydney has been designed either from outside or from the
the very properties of light and matter to meet the supremely exacting needs building’s wiring.
that we all know are significantly of nanoscience research. We spoke to six University
different, offering researchers Floors are decoupled from the researchers who are already making
opportunities to turn science fiction building to create a stable environment big breakthroughs at the nanoscale.
into science fact. for high-precision measurements;
09FU T U RE FU EL Q UANT U M LE AP DIAMOND DAYS
Professor Thomas Maschmeyer Associate Professor Michael J Biercuk Professor David Reilly is the Director of
(BSc ’91 PhD ’95) is the Director of is the Director of the Quantum Control the Quantum Nanoscience Laboratory.
the Australian Institute for Nanoscale Laboratory. He’s an experimental He’s an experimental physicist working
Science and Technology (AINST). He is physicist working to develop a new at the interface of quantum science and
an experimental chemist investigating generation of technologies powered nanoscale hardware systems.
how to selectively speed up (catalyse) by quantum physics. Aligning the polarisation of
chemical reactions. “We’re studying nature at the most individual atoms inside a synthetic
Soon everyone will want a fundamental levels, and exploring how diamond is the very definition of
battery powered house. The work to control systems obeying the strange a painstaking process. But Reilly
of Maschmeyer and his team means laws of quantum physics,” Biercuk and his team are motivated by the
houses can be built with fast-charging says. “We hope to build technologies possibility that it could revolutionise
batteries as part of their structure, that use quantum effects, much like the early detection of cancer and the
ready to take advantage of rapidly we power today’s technology with the management of treatment.
improving solar energy technology. flow of electricity.” “The process is called
“The starting point is faster, The potential is largely unknown. hyperpolarisation,” Reilly says. “And
cheaper, zinc-bromine batteries,” Working at the edge of knowledge is when you do that to nanodiamonds,
Maschmeyer says. “But we’ve filled the exciting to physicists such as Biercuk they give off a signal that can be
batteries with a nanostructured gel and his team, and the applications detected inside the human body by
instead of the usual liquid.” already identified are powerful. using a standard magnetic resonance
This world-leading innovation makes “We’re working to develop imaging machine (MRI).
batteries that are more robust. The gel special‑purpose quantum computers “Attaching these hyperpolarised
is even fire retardant, so no wonder the known as quantum simulators, with nanodiamonds to molecules that are
building industry is excited. immense computational potential,” drawn to cancer cells means an MRI can
Maschmeyer and his team are also Biercuk says. “With just 300 interacting see cancers at a very early stage, before
designing nanoparticles to convert quantum particles we would need a they become life threatening. Because
waste biomass into biofuels, and supercomputer larger than the known nanodiamonds are non‑reactive
nanostructures to split water into universe to match it.” and largely non-toxic, they are
hydrogen and oxygen using solar energy But this is only one idea. “Quantum also of great interest for delivering
so the hydrogen can be used as fuel – mechanics underpins smartphones chemotherapy drugs.
perhaps the ultimate green power. and global positioning,” he says. “But “We’re effectively tackling a
When he’s not in the lab, so much more is possible if we learn pharmaceutical problem with physics.”
Maschmeyer is busy as the Director of to harness quantum physics fully.” With such promising early
AINST. “We have people with expertise The Quantum Control Laboratory is breakthroughs, nanodiamonds
in physics, chemistry, engineering the scene of experiments at the atomic might one day become part of the
and the medical sciences all working level that are enabling new discoveries oncologist’s toolkit.
together in this amazing new building,” about how we can coax weird quantum
he says. “It’s purpose-built, with the systems into performing useful tasks.
tightly controlled conditions we need “These are insights with scope to
to do our work.” change the world,” Biercuk says.
Previous page: The Nanoscience Hub has yellow light in the clean room for
conducting nanolithography, as white light could damage the chemicals used.
10Clockwise from top left: Professor David Reilly, Director, Quantum Nanoscience Laboratory; Professor Zdenka Kuncic, Director,
Community and Research, AINST; Professor Thomas Maschmeyer, Director, AINST; Associate Professor Michael J Biercuk,
Director, Quantum Control Laboratory; Professor Simon Ringer, Director, Sydney Nanoscience Hub and Research and Prototype
Foundry; Professor Ben Eggleton, Director, Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS)
11A nanometre is a billionth of a metre. It’s like a
tennis ball compared to the Earth (not to scale). Photo: iStock
“We have people with expertise
in physics, chemistry,
engineering and the medical
sciences all working together
in this amazing new building.”
Professor Thomas Maschmeyer
Director of the Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Above: The newly opened Nanoscience Hub
is one of only five such facilities in the world.
Right: Behind the scenes at the Hub is
highly sophisticated equipment precisely
controlling the working environments.
12CLE AR DIAGNOSIS SUPER-STRONG STEEL LIGHT WORK
Professor Zdenka Kuncic (BSc ’92) is the Professor Simon Ringer is the Director Professor Ben Eggleton (BSc ’93
Director of Community and Research, of the Sydney Nanoscience Hub and the PhD ’97) is the Director of the Centre
AINST. She is a physicist whose work AINST Research and Prototype Foundry. for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for
lies at the interface between physics He is a materials scientist working Optical Systems (CUDOS) and is an
and the life sciences. on the design of next-generation Australian Research Council Laureate
“Entangled particles” is such a tricky nanostructured materials. Fellow. He is an experimental physicist
quantum idea it even challenged Albert It used to be a fact of working on creating the next generation
Einstein. He called it “spooky action at steelmaking – it could be either of light-based technologies.
a distance”. But Kuncic and her team strong or malleable. It couldn’t be Your mobile phone could soon do
are exploring how it can be used to both. Professor Ringer and his team much more than you ever thought
create a new generation of medical are changing all that by creating what possible. Eggleton and his team are
scanning technology. they call third‑generation steels. working on technologies that could
“Very basically, entangled particles “It is crazy strong,” Ringer says. leapfrog way beyond 5G into a future
are connected even when they’re far “But a lot more versatile. So now of massive download capabilities that
apart,” Kuncic says. ”It’s a bizarre cars and trucks can be designed will transform mobile communication.
concept but it could help us move so they’re much lighter.” “But that’s only a small part of the
well beyond the current medical Ringer is studying small groups story,” Eggleton says.
technology of PET scans.” of atoms in special architectures Right now, the integrated circuits
Positron emission tomography (PET) called atomic clusters that can in phones are passive information
already detects quantum particles create materials with remarkable processors and sensors. Eggleton is
to trace out a picture of organs and properties. His findings can be working to combine the capabilities
tissues at work in the body. Kuncic and applied to the production of of light, sound and electronics in
her team are looking for a way to use semiconductors for nanoelectronics, nanoscale circuits. These circuits will
the entanglement of these particles to catalyst nanoparticles, and the new be able to respond to and influence
achieve a level of detail in PET scans ultra‑strong lightweight steels. their environment.
that could revolutionise the detection, The steel innovation is significant. Think of a future in which an entire
diagnosis and treatment of disease. Reduce the weight of a car by 100kg medical diagnostics lab could be held
As the Director of Community and you reduce CO2 emissions by about in the palm of a hand. What now takes
and Research at AINST, Kuncic is six grams per kilometre and fuel usage a visit to hospital could one day be
keenly aware of how valuable the new, by about half a litre of fuel per 100 km. done at home.
purpose-built research space is to Extrapolated globally, the potential Other applications are all around
nanoscience research. “There is no impact would be gigatonnes of CO2 us. The massive amount of equipment
margin for error when you’re working emissions, gigalitres of fuel and vast needed to fly an aircraft could be
at the nanoscale,” she says. amounts of particulates that are not reduced to a tiny chip. Easy monitoring
released into the atmosphere. of pollutants such as carbon dioxide,
“Think back to when smog shut methane and coal particles could
down Beijing,” Ringer says. “Emissions change the economics of transport,
targets are being set around the world. mining and manufacturing.
Designing new materials at the atomic “The nanofabrication revolution of
scale will help us achieve targets that the last decade has transformed what’s
are good for our lungs and good for the possible,” Eggleton says. “We’re looking
atmosphere.” at nationally significant outcomes.”
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S O C I A L V E N T U RE S
From bright idea to budding business,
INCUBATE has a strong track record
of seeding successful start-ups.
Innovation
nation
Written by Katie Szittner (BA (Media & Comm) ’11)
Photography by Victoria Baldwin (BA ’14)
More than a persistent buzzword, more than $25 million. “We look for the that we don’t have extensive support
“innovation” is hailed as the most talented entrepreneurial students networks for entrepreneurs. Often
key to Australia’s future: the who have innovative, technology-based the advice budding entrepreneurs get
knowledge‑fuelled cash cow to which ideas and want to build a business,” is dubious because it comes from the
the Turnbull government has pledged says INCUBATE Co‑founder and perspective of people who have no
its identity and resources. Program Manager James Alexander experience in building businesses.”
A growing and enthusiastic group of (BCST (Hons) ’13). INCUBATE, one of only a handful of
alumni, students and staff at INCUBATE Hundreds of applications are university-based start-up accelerator
began taking advantage of the mood whittled down to eight for each programs in the world, now counts
for innovation in 2012. INCUBATE is a INCUBATE session. Each receives more than 100 mentors as part of
14-week start-up program for gifted $5000 of seed funding, working space its team; they provide professional
students, staff and recent alumni of the on campus, advice from industry expertise, networking opportunities
University that transforms innovative experts and mentoring from some of and guidance.
ideas into viable start-ups. The program Australia’s most experienced business “We want our start-ups to make
was founded by two entrepreneurial minds and University of Sydney alumni. new mistakes, not the same mistakes,”
students and developed by the “We see students who have very Alexander says. “We want our mentors
University of Sydney Union. innovative ideas but lack the support to tell them what to avoid.”
Just a few years later, INCUBATE- to take them to market,” Alexander INCUBATE has already spurred
assisted start-ups are collectively worth explains. “A big problem in Australia is the success of a broad diversity of
15start‑ups, from Tzukuri’s unlosable By helping exceptional young
sunglasses to Abyss Solutions’ people fast-track their ideas into
underwater robots, Fluid Education’s thriving businesses, mentors at
school-scheduling software, INCUBATE are giving a leg-up to both
Breathewell’s interactive medical device the next generation and the economy.
for lung cancer patients and Persollo’s “We’ve got to move beyond a
single-click payment tool. resources-based economy,” says
For mentor Dr Michelle Deaker McInnes, who has also chaired an
(BSc ’88 MSc ’91), a tech entrepreneur international working group on
who is Chief Executive and Managing transferring technology between
Director of leading venture capital firm universities and industry.
OneVentures, INCUBATE represents “In economics, innovation is the
a major change in the culture of free kick. Innovative start-ups tend
entrepreneurship in Australia. to create high-value jobs. We’re
“The world has really changed since in an environment where jobs that
I started as a young entrepreneur,” don’t actually add value can be sent
Deaker says. “At that time there offshore or automated. So it’s more
was absolutely no infrastructure for and more important that the jobs we
entrepreneurs. People didn’t even create are high value.”
really discuss what it was.” Deaker agrees: “Generally speaking
INCUBATE mentor Rob McInnes it’s the new, up‑and-coming businesses
(BSc ’86 LLB ’88), a leading intellectual that are the net employers in this
property specialist and partner at law country,” she says. “Technology is
firm DibbsBarker, has also witnessed disrupting so many jobs in our economy.
the cultural shift in entrepreneurship. We need disruptive businesses to come
“It used to be that people would through and create new jobs, which
join a big organisation at 23 and be is why entrepreneurship is so critical
INCUBATE mentors Rob McInnes (top) expected to retire at 65 with a gold in Australia.”
and Michelle Deaker.
watch,” McInnes says. “There wasn’t McInnes and Deaker are also both
Previous page: James Alexander co-founded really a management or business track quick to extol the personal benefits of
INCUBATE to help people turn great ideas
into great businesses. for science graduates, let alone a mentoring at INCUBATE.
start‑up track where you would start “Every time I go to INCUBATE, I come
your own business straight out of back energised,” Deaker says. “There is
university. Now I think it’s fantastic that an enormous amount of satisfaction in
becoming a business owner is seen as contributing to a legacy of developing
within the realm of possibility in the the next generation of entrepreneurs
short term for a university graduate.” and businesses. It gives you an
According to Alexander, the additional sense of purpose, and you’re
University and its community are continuing to develop and sustain your
uniquely placed to take advantage own professional career.”
of the Turnbull government’s McInnes agrees: “What INCUBATE
“ideas boom”. has proved is that you don’t need a lot
“We’re at a turning point in of resources and industry experience
Australia’s history – our current to come up with a great idea. You
government’s push on innovation and just need some modest but efficient
its emphasis for universities to be support and help from people like me
involved is a big opportunity,” he says. and the INCUBATE team.”
“INCUBATE is part of a INCUBATE is looking for mentors to
transformation at the University from provide expertise to the next generation
a traditional education and research of start-ups. Find out more at
institution to one that takes these incubate.org.au
skills and creates a meaningful impact
on society.”
16Here are just three of the many businesses, guided by alumni mentors, that have successfully taken the INCUBATE path.
ABYS S SOLU TIONS PE RSOLLO FLU ID ED U CATION
Abyss Solutions uses state-of-the-art Persollo is a simple payment facility Fluid Education founder and current
aquatic drones and data analytics to for anyone looking to sell something. Bachelor of Arts student Giorgio Douehi
conduct underwater inspections of It provides a link that can be shared conceived the company’s flagship
critical assets such as dams, bridges, anywhere, including on Facebook, product, Backpack, while still in high
boats and reservoirs. Twitter, blogs or via text message. school. In his first year of university,
“We were all academics – we’d In a single click, customers can view Douehi took the idea to INCUBATE.
been trained to look at a problem and products and process payment, with “Backpack is a scheduling platform
solve it, but we didn’t really know how no need for elaborate frameworks or for schools, built by students. It
to do business,” says Co-founder and third party sites. allows teachers to notify students
Chief Executive Nasir Ahsan (PhD 15). “We crafted Persollo to empower and parents of upcoming events or
“INCUBATE helped us take our idea merchants, bloggers, freelancers, activities, and can be seen from a
out of the research world and into writers, developers and artists who simple feed anywhere.
the commercial world.” want to sell their work directly to their “I found that parents were
The company now counts Sydney audience anywhere, any time,” says missing out on vital information at
Water as a client and is in talks with Co‑founder Olga Oleinikova (PhD ’16) school, like upcoming exams or if
other large companies in Australia Persollo now has more than sports were cancelled due to wet
and overseas. 100 active users in Australia, Japan, weather,” Douehi says.
abysssolutions.com.au the US and the UK. “Backpack is unique because it
persollo.com was built by people who experienced
first‑hand the troubles of using the
current education technologies.”
fluideducation.com
Other University resources helping new entrepreneurs:
SY DNE Y GENESIS ATP INNOVATIONS
Many INCUBATE participants started INCUBATE participants who have a
here. Genesis is a cross-faculty start-up deep tech idea with international
program supported by the University of potential might be invited to join
Sydney Business School. It has helped ATP Innovations (ATPi).
more than 700 first-time entrepreneurs, ATPi is a technology business
students and alumni focus their ideas incubator that is 25 percent owned
so they’re ready for pitching to the by the University of Sydney. In
marketplace. return for a small equity share of
It also runs in Indonesia, Myanmar up to 5 percent, ATPi partners with
and Vietnam in partnership with local technology‑based start-ups to help
education organisations. them grow, achieve success and
Like INCUBATE, the program uses find investment through in-house
mentors who share their real-world personalised assistance and mentoring.
experience. The program itself is Currently it is guiding 70 businesses
free, but has high expectations of that will step away from ATPi when they
those taking part. have developed their own momentum.
Applications open each semester. ATPi was recently awarded Best
To find out more about the program Incubator in the World in a field of
or to become a mentor: 2800 other incubators.
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17P E RS P EC T I V E S
As the world turns its gaze to the 2016 Olympics
in Brazil, five University of Sydney students
are going for gold – while studying hard.
We go to Rio
Written by Emily Jones (BA (Media&Comm) ’12)
Behind every Olympic statistic turned the young hurdler into an With an Olympic qualifying time
is a story. Scratch the veneer of overnight star with 27 million views – at already secured and a personal best in
headline‑grabbing medal counts one point gaining 2 million hits per day. the 100 metres of 12.82 seconds – the
and you’ll find countless tales of grit, “It’s not something I thought would second fastest time by an Australian
dedication and courage. Meet the happen – people recognising me on the women’s hurdler ever recorded, behind
University of Sydney students you may street or little athletes coming to me on Sally Pearson – Jenneke now needs
see on the podium in Rio later this year. the track wanting to get my photo,” the to impress at Olympic trials in April to
22-year-old says. “All of that has been book her ticket to Rio.
Michelle Jenneke, hurdler pretty surreal.” “In the next couple of years I’m
Bachelor of Mechatronic Engineering, Jenneke has since moved from obviously looking to finish my degree
fourth year jiggling to juggling, managing a full and also to keep running,” Jenneke
Michelle Jenneke is a bona fide training schedule alongside her says. “I’d love to keep going until the
YouTube sensation. A quick warm-up mechatronic engineering studies. next Olympics in Tokyo. So that’s
pre-race ‘jiggle’ at the World Junior The hands-on course has seen her where I’m at: I’ll keep getting faster
Championships in Barcelona in 2012 design robots and code systems. and smarter.”
18Michelle Jenneke, hurdler. Photo: Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness
Joshua Clarke, sprinter a personal best of 10.15 seconds, is busy timekeeping both on and
Bachelor of Commerce, second year Clarke will become the first Australian off the track. He plans to turn his
Joshua Clarke was five years old male to compete in the 100-metre number‑crunching skills into a career
watching the 2000 Olympic Games sprint since the Athens Games in 2004. through a commerce degree.
in Sydney when his dream was born. Clarke joins his personal heroes “It’s good getting exposed to all
Sixteen years later, the sprinter is well Matt Shirvington and Patrick Johnson the different aspects of commerce,”
on his way to joining his running icons. on the list of Australia’s fastest men. he says. “Accounting is probably
In March 2015, Clarke won the Yet he laughs at the parallels. “My my favourite.”
Open Nationals with a time of 10.19 friends and family still treat me just the Clarke is determined to make his
seconds, earning him the title of same,” the 20-year-old student from hard work count. “My mum and dad
“Australia’s Usain Bolt”. Bella Vista, in Sydney’s north-west, [have] sacrificed so much for me
He has since gone from strength says. “It’s nice, but I try to go about my since I could put on a jersey,” he says.
to strength: after achieving an business as if I were a normal athlete.” “It would be nice for them to see their
Olympic-qualifying time at the ACT Preparing for Rio with daily efforts haven’t gone unrewarded.”
Championships in February 2016 with six‑hour training sessions, Clarke
19From left: Basketballer Katie-Rae Ebzery (with ball); rugby player
Chloe Dalton; sprinter Josh Clarke (centre); and swimmer Te Haumi Maxwell.
Photos: Geoff Tripp; Getty Images, Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness
Chloe Dalton, rugby sevens selections in July, all while putting court” – both her mother and cousin
Bachelor of Applied Science her physiotherapy studies to good use are former elite players – Ebzery aims
(Physiotherapy), fifth year throughout her own rehabilitation. to share her love for sport as a high
“Laying your body on the line” “I feel like it would be such an school physical education teacher.
may read as sporting hyperbole, incredible honour to wear the green “I love sport and the influence
but it could be the title of Chloe and gold at the biggest sporting event it can have on kids growing up,” she
Dalton’s autobiography. in the world,” she says. “It would be says. “Sport is a really good advocate
The gifted sportswoman’s rapid, the pinnacle.” for being sociable and teamwork and
180-degree switch from basketball all of those values we want to instil in
to rugby sevens two years ago came Katie-Rae Ebzery, basketball young kids.”
at an immense physical cost. Last Bachelor of Education When Ebzery made her Opals
year the 22-year-old made headlines (Human Movement), third year debut in August 2015, she helped the
after playing 12 games – or two As Katie-Rae Ebzery’s voice team beat New Zealand in the Oceania
entire tournaments – in London and crackles down the line of a Skype Series and gain Olympic selection. She
Amsterdam with a fractured forearm. call from Brazil, there’s just a hint now has a one-in-12 chance of joining
It was the second break to her left of fatigue. The 26-year-old has just the final line-up. “I just have to keep
arm since an initial fracture the endured a 30‑hour flight to Rio to working hard and take my opportunities
previous year. prepare with the Opals, the Australian and really go for it,” she says.
“I think because Olympic national women’s basketball team,
qualification was on the line, I was for a whirlwind Olympic test against Te Haumi Maxwell, swimmer
so focused on trying to get the team Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela. Bachelor of Science, third year
through those couple of tournaments,” Ebzery and her teammates are By the age of just 13, Te Haumi Maxwell
Dalton says. “The adrenaline of it all already proving hugely popular was already being hailed as the next
seemed to help, but it pushed my off‑court among the home crowd. Ian Thorpe.
rehab back a fair bit.” “We can’t go out walking too Nicknamed ‘Tsunami’, the New
Dalton fractured her arm again much – we stick out like a bit of a Zealand-born student began making
in December 2015. But just weeks sore thumb at the moment,” says the waves in the swimming world when
after her latest operation, the 178 centimetre-tall guard, one of the he shaved almost three seconds off
tenacious athlete is already back in shortest on her team. Thorpe’s time in the 50-metre freestyle
the gym preparing for Olympic squad Having “grown up at the basketball at the same age level.
20“When I was younger I guess I didn’t
understand the magnitude of that kind
O U R OLY MPIC HONO U R ROLL
of title,” the 20-year-old says. “It didn’t The University’s first Olympian was Nigel Barker, an
hit me too much, but I guess as I got Engineering student, who won bronze in the 100m and
older I understood it.” 400m running events at the 1906 Athens ‘Interim’ Olympic.
Mounting a fresh campaign to Our most successful Olympics was the 2000 games
become a Rio contender, Maxwell has in Sydney at which our students won four gold, four silver
been preparing with celebrated trainer and two bronze medals.
Grant Stoelwinder, the former coach
of swimming legends Geoff Huegill, 146 Number of University of Sydney Olympians
Libby Trickett and Eamon Sullivan. 58 Number of medals
From pushing himself to the limits 12 Number of gold medals
in the water, it follows that Maxwell
is fascinated by how the human
body performs.
“I’m quite interested in
neuroanatomy and how the brain
works, even though it’s quite annoyingly
complicated at times,” he laughs. ELITE ATHLE TE PROGR AM
“My plan would be to try to get into
The five Olympic hopefuls in this story and many other
medicine after graduating. I’ll try to
gifted University athletes have been part of our Elite Athlete
keep my doors open to future studies.”
Program. Participants are offered support such as financial
There are high hopes for Maxwell,
assistance, tutoring, travel grants and counselling.
and he is unwavering in his mission
So far, the program has helped about 400 students from
to excel both athletically and
more than 35 sports. Started in 1990 by Sydney Uni Sport &
academically. “It will be a tough haul,
Fitness (SUSF), the program helps participants achieve their
but no one said it would be easy, so I
very best, both athletically and academically.
may as well grab the bull by the horns
If you were an Elite Athlete, please share your story
and try my best.”
with us: alumni.office@sydney.edu.au
21INFLUENCE
ON MY MIND:
EMILY SCANL AN
Registered psychologist Emily Scanlan (BEc(SocSc)
(Hons) ’01) MInternatLaw ’03) says about 10 percent
of her clients fall outside standard treatment
models. She’s calling on her profession to explore
connections with philosophy.
When I hear some of my clients talk
about depression, I find myself standing
training in philosophy-based questions
around meaning and purpose. This “It takes courage
in a desert. It looks red and hot with
burning sand and sharp winds. There
can mean that clinical psychologists
are maybe too careful of going beyond
to endure this
is nothing in this place but despair.
Nothing will grow here.
the bounds of what is measurable and
statistically valid. Yet this is exactly
constant evolving
I sat with one of these clients
just this week.
where the existential client needs to go.
I am grateful for my studies
but it may lead to
“Is it so bad to wish that my life in government at the University finding a purpose
had meaning?” the client asked. of Sydney which included ancient
“All I wanted was to contribute Greek philosophers such as or calling.”
something but everywhere I turn Aristotle, Plato and Socrates.
people are motivated by greed and ego. Sociology brought in the existentialists:
The world isn’t interested in my ideas. Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir
I spend all my energy coping with the and Friedrich Nietzsche.
pain of rejection.” This crew boldly asserted that
This client is male, highly intelligent nothing is for certain and meaning
and sensitive. He’s been trying to is what you make of it. Defining the
build a charity. He sees this work as existential approach is difficult as
his “calling”, but it’s been a long time theorists disagree on much. Bridging
since it bore fruit. He has a resounding it to therapy is even harder. However,
thought: “I don’t belong here.” This the existentialists would agree with my
client in the desert could be understood client that yes, the world is meaningless,
as the “existential client”. He wants to random and chaotic. Death is inevitable
find meaning in his life or give up on and its timing uncertain and anxiety
it altogether. provoking. In addition to these
Here’s the problem: many hardships, we are ultimately alone.
psychologists make it through to For a small number of clients
registration without substantial this world view makes sense. Some
22philosophical enquiry about not non-clinical young adult population also lead to frustration, disillusionment
finding a point to their lives can be reported that individuals with high and unhappiness.”
deeply therapeutic. levels of meaning tend to have fewer Webb found that this cohort
The therapist can approach the symptoms of depression, are more benefits from an exploration and
existential angst with respect: “So you stable and more motivated. strengthening of meaning “so that they
wanted there to be a point to your life. Earlier this year, the University of do not feel alone and helpless in a world
What did that look like?” Sydney Alumni Council asked me to that seems so paradoxical, arbitrary,
In the clinical setting, most clients talk to the veterinary science students and even absurd”.
are helped very much by cognitive about mental health. Universities offer subjects to
behavioural therapy techniques that The faculty was interested in students from all disciplines that
seek to name mental processes so ways to build resilience in this highly encourage philosophical inquiry into
they can be considered and treated. intelligent group, many of whom felt meaning and purpose. The University
Here, my client might be said to have a they had a calling to work with animals of Sydney incorporates discussion of
tendency towards catastrophising and these ideas into its broader study units.
negativity bias. Internationally, Harvard, Stanford and
But for the client in the desert, Pennsylvania University offer these
labelling his thinking in this way would subjects as part of a movement towards
be a further degradation in a world positive education (emphasising
where he already feels misunderstood. individual strengths and personal
His desire to understand the point of his motivation to promote learning).
life is real, not a glitch in his brain. It’s my hope that as existential
Fortunately, existentialism isn’t just theory gains traction in tertiary
brutal realism. It throws us a lifeline institutions, in particular the
with the concepts of “authenticity” health and science faculties, clinical
and “freedom”. psychologists will embrace these
The authentic self is not ideas and include them more easily
predetermined by genes or roles (such in their practice. Certainly, I believe
as mother, engineer). Rather, Sartre that the existential can, in some cases,
says we are “condemned to be free”, both complement and deepen other
which means we are perpetually having treatment models.
to rechoose or recommit ourselves When I recognise the existential
to who we are and what we do. We client in front of me, I feel a heavy sense
create our own meaning through of responsibility. This person wants
relationships, spirituality, work, even Emily Scanlan also mentors University of Sydney students.
desperately to make a contribution.
connection with the Earth (such as Photo: Nuran Zorlu Their experience of depression is
gardening or harvesting). crippling them and the world is all
It takes courage to endure this about rejection.
constant evolving but it may lead to but were unprepared for the pressures “The way you describe your life right
finding a purpose or calling. It also of the profession. Many struggled now, it feels like it has become a desert,”
provides hope and resilience that can with depression in the early stages I say. “I hear you telling me you are tired
be life sustaining. As Nietzsche puts of their career. and you want out. I will stay with you on
it: “He who has a why to live can bear Professor James T Webb, who this journey but you must keep walking.
almost any how.” founded Supporting Emotional Needs Slowly but surely there will be shoots
A connection between resilience of the Gifted , observed existential and soft green leaves and sprays of
and existential meaning has also been depression to be more common in very colour and you will find yourself waking
found by researchers Mascaro and bright children and adults. He says they up in a place that you want to be in.”
Rosen (2005) from the Department of can be “intense, sensitive, idealistic,
Psychology at Texas A&M University, and this can help them create good cbdpsychologyandwellbeing.com.au
in the United States. Their study of a things”. However, he adds: “This can
YO U R SAY
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23KARN GHOSH
Karn Ghosh (BAppSc (Physiotherapy) (Hons) ’10)
was an award-winning student with an entrepreneurial
spirit. He’s now Founder and Chief Executive
of Hit 100, an Australian health-tech start-up
committed to tackling the diabetes epidemic via a
home-delivered meal solution and 100-point food
system. Here Karn shares some of his favourite things.
Photos supplied by Karn Ghosh
MY FAVOURITE
01. GOLF
I love the never-ending pursuit of perfection in the
sport of golf. It’s my form of meditation in the great
outdoors. This photo was taken a couple of years ago on
a father-and-son golf trip to Queenstown, New Zealand.
03. CONQUERING
FEAR
I’m pretty terrified of
heights, but I’m even more
terrified of living a safe
and mediocre existence.
In the past few years I’ve
sky dived, jumped into the
02. SPORT ocean from an 18-metre
cliff, and bungee jumped
I’m a sports tragic. I love my rugby and cricket, (I would not do them again!)
but really I follow all sport. I took this image
of a stunning sunset over the Adelaide Oval
while watching India beat Pakistan in cricket’s
World Cup last year.
2406. TRAVEL
We had a great family
Christmas in Tuscany
in 2014. The Leaning
Tower of Pisa makes my
handstand look really
upright! I’m looking
forward to exploring
more interesting
04. COOKING corners of the globe.
I made this spaghetti alle vongole with fresh clams from
the Sydney Seafood Market. Spaghetti, clams, garlic,
chili, cherry tomatoes, parsley and white wine – so
simple. Food and cooking is central to my life and
gives me great joy.
05. WORK
Work is where I find purpose. I’m incredibly
fortunate to do work that is as worthy as it
is needed. Hit 100 encourages meaningful,
healthy behaviour change at an individual,
family and community level. We’re also proud
to commit 10 percent of profits and 1 percent
of company equity to charity.
08. FAMILY
My family and my beautiful girlfriend, Jess, have been
there to support me every step of the journey. As for our
dogs Neisha and Frodo – my goal is to be as good a human
as they think I am.
07. CITY
No matter where I travel, Sydney will always be
home. It’s such an amazing global city that has
something for everyone. I took this photo from my
old office as the storm clouds rolled in at sundown.
25RE S E A RC H
Professor Jonathan Stone has uncovered important
new insights into the cause of dementia. His findings
are both powerful and controversial.
At the heart
of dementia
Written by George Dodd
Photography by Victoria Baldwin (BA ’14)
Professor Jonathan Stone (BSc Med ’63 For Stone and his colleagues, idea that it’s caused by the beating of
PhD Med ’66 DSc ’77) talks in a quiet the evidence points to dementia the heart – that takes us somewhere
and thoughtful way, but his ideas are being caused by the beating of the else completely.”
attention grabbing. human heart. The heart is heavy with symbolism,
The implications of his research “Many workers in the field still representing love, nurture, courage
into the causes of dementia aren’t just at least hope that dementia is caused and, indeed, life. But Stone’s research
medical, they’re existential as they draw by something you can design a drug suggests even a healthy heart can be
an unlikely culprit into the light. against, something you can face square the enemy of life as it pummels the
on and overcome,” Stone says. “The delicate architecture of the brain
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Above: Professors Stone’s research also looks at
mechanisms of resilience. Photo: Victoria Baldwin (BA ’14).
Left: Professor Stone believes amyloid plaques (in
orange) form where capillaries are already damaged.
Photo: Shutter Stock.
“What protects with a relentless pulse. The brain
is particularly susceptible to this
pulse becomes more intense and it
starts to destroy the capillaries.”
the brain in pulse‑induced damage because every
part of it must be richly supplied
When capillaries are damaged,
plaques begin to form. As the damage
younger people with blood so it can do its work. This
means blood must penetrate into the
accumulates, symptoms appear and
the terrible consequences of dementia
is a brilliant brain’s furthest recesses with the least assert themselves. This is all based on
a completely natural part of the ageing
resistance possible.
piece of evolved “For most people, across most of process, so the implication of Stone’s
engineering in
their lives, this works beautifully with work is that a long life makes dementia
only minimal damage,” says Stone. not a disease but an inevitability.
the aorta.” “What protects the brain in younger Right now, dementia is the second
people is a brilliant piece of evolved largest killer of people in Australia,
engineering in the aorta.” behind heart disease. About 330,000
The aorta is the largest artery, people currently have dementia, with
taking blood to every part of the body, 1.2 million more people involved in
but it has another talent. The aortic caring for them.
tissue contains elastin that, as the name By 2050, it is estimated 900,000
suggests, allows it to expand by about people will have dementia. The burden
15 percent with every pulse, thereby this will place on the community is hard
absorbing some of the pulse’s energy. to contemplate.
It’s a buffer that protects the fine Not everyone agrees with Stone’s
capillaries of the brain. view of the evidence. Most research and
But with age, some dangerous indeed funding for dementia currently
changes get under way. “As a person goes to projects that focus on protein
gets older, the aorta begins to lose its plaques that form in the ageing brain,
vital elasticity,” says Stone. “It follows each damaging a patch of tissue.
that the blood pressure goes up, the
28“The work on the protein theory Researchers at the University of Stone is also thinking of ways
is elegant and powerful,” Stone says. Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre used a forward with dementia by pursuing
“But it’s only part of the story. Our dog’s own stem cells to cure it of Canine another line of research that he calls
evidence indicates that plaques form Cognitive Dysfunction, a condition very “acquired resilience”. His team is
around the sites of the damage that the similar to human dementia. investigating a hidden mechanism of
pulse is causing to the capillaries.” This is a game-changer for resilience in the human body that is
For Stone, the protein theory dementia researchers and the project somehow triggered by a diverse array
struggles to answer two questions. leader, Associate Professor Michael of interventions including plant toxins,
Why do the plaques appear scattered Valenzuela, of the University’s Brain red light, exercise – and saffron.
throughout the brain? And why do the and Mind Centre, sees the implications. “Understanding this mechanism
plaques appear in old age? Professor “We used to think that we didn’t could radically change current
Stone believes his theory answers have the capacity to grow new brain treatment regimens for dementia and a
both questions. cells,” Valenzuela says. “But we now number of other conditions,” he says.
He views it as significant that know that’s not true. We hope we can As he makes his way to his office
improving cardiovascular health, turbocharge the natural process of on the upper floors of the University
and lowering blood pressure through neuro-regeneration by transplanting of Sydney’s historic Anderson Stuart
exercise, weight loss and medication, customised cells.” building, Stone passes through its
also delays dementia. These results have Stone grand Victorian hallways.
The thinking that brought Stone to exploring new questions. “We need These hallways were once crammed
this line of research began for him at to know whether the stem cells are with makeshift offices that obscured the
the University of Sydney in the early repairing the brain circuitry itself, building’s magnificent stained-glass
1990s. Along the way, his work was or perhaps its blood vessels. This is windows. Stone has been a key player
advanced by the insights of colleagues, a striking observation that deserves in opening up these spaces and letting
including Dr Karen Cullen (Anatomy) thorough exploration.” in the light. Many believe his work on
who showed that plaque formed around dementia is doing much the same thing.
small blood vessels, and Professor
Michael O’Rourke (previously a
physiology student, now a program
leader at the Victor Chang Cardiac
Research Institute), who discovered
how and why the pulse increases its
intensity with age.
Most recently, Stone’s research
has benefited from a team of gifted
University of Sydney researchers from
anatomy, physiology and medicine.
Dementia researchers are always
wary of discussing the idea of a cure.
Unlike other parts of the body where
damaged cells are routinely replaced,
the brain does very little in the way of
self-healing. But a recent breakthrough
offers hope.
Page 27: The substantia nigra, a structure in the midbrain,
where motor problems can originate. Photo: Dr Daniel
Johnstone, ECR Fellow in Physiology, and Dr Louise Cole,
manager, Bosch Institute Advanced Microscopy Facility.
Right: Professor Stone in one of the Anderson Stuart
building’s grand Victorian hallways.
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