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  • A/Prof. Fahrenbach takes a lecture tour of China!

    Albert takes a lecture tour of China. First stop Hangzhou at Westlake University for an invited talk at the International Astrobiology Symposium, 11-15 October 2026. Next stop was The University of Hong Kong for an invited talk at the 4th Stoddart Molecular-cum-Supramolecular Science Symposium with Nobel Laureate Omar Yaghi as the keynote speaker, 21-23 October…

  • Dev Chauhan Presents at the Australian Lipid Meeting

    Dev Chauhan was selected to give an oral presentation at the Australian Lipid Meeting 7 & 5th International Lipidomics Society Conference at Perth on October 17-21 2026. Dev talked about his work on chirality and polymorphism in lipid soft matter. Nice work, Dev!

  • The Australian Centre for Astrobiology’s 25th Anniversary

    A/Prof. Fahrenbach, current director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, organises a public panel discussion in celebration of the Centre’s 25 year anniversary. The panel, moderated by Dr Indrani Mukherjee, consisted of Professor Martin Van Kranendonk, Professor Carol Oliver, Professor Kathy Campbell, Director Darren Dougan of the Big Questions Institute and Dr Brett Biddington former…


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  • Dr Fahrenbach was recently promoted from Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor, an accomplishment impossible without the amazing work and contributions from all the group members!

  • The Fahrenbach group welcomes its newest Honours Student, Allanah Fonseca, who will be studying autocatalysis in vesicles.  Welcome Allanah!

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  • Dr Fahrenbach flew to the University of Hong Kong over the weekend to attend the Stoddart Memorial Symposium in honour of the recently deceased Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart. Read here for an obituary co-authored by Dr Fahrenbach.

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  • Dev Chauhan attends the Sydney Surfaces and Soft Stuff Meeting (SASSY) at UNSW Sydney after being selected to give an oral presentation on how lipid mesophases can be modulated for RNA delivery. Nice work!

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  • Shahid Nawaz joins the Fahrenbach group as its latest PhD student. Welcome, Shahid!

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  • The Fahrenbach group welcomes Luka Top from the Wegner group at the University of Münster. Luka will spend about 4 months at UNSW in a collaborative exchange for his Masters thesis. Welcome, Luka!

  • Bon voyage to Yazhinee Sathiyamoorthy, who will travel back to her home university in India and submit her Masters thesis. Well done, Yazhinee!

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  • Dr Fahrenbach was interviewed for Knowable Magazine for an article on prebiotic chemistry. Check it out!

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  • Bon voyage to Dr Ray DiNardi who will be taking up a new position at the University of Oxford with Professor Molly Stevens!

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  • Congratulations to DOCTOR Jeremy Tran, who officially acquired his PhD after his thesis revisions were accepted! Excellent work!

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  • Congratulations to Stan Zhuang who just attended his graduation ceremony for his Honours degree. Nice job!

  • Dev scores again with another Best Poster Award from the UNSW School of Chemistry at the Second-Year Poster Session. Congratulations, Dev!

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