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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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  • Luke Steller officially received his PhD today! Congratulations, Dr Steller!

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  • Megan Amos and Yaam Deckel travel to New Zealand at the University of Auckland to visit the labs of Professor Kathy Campbell and Professor Kim Handley to get up close and personal with some hot springs. Have a good trip!

  • Dr Fahrenbach gives the UNSW Chemical Society’s “Ex-President’s Talk” titled “Embracing Complexity in Prebiotic Chemistry: My Academic Story”. 

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  • Dr Ruiqin Yi publishes a JACS Au Full Article on carbonyl migration — and gets the cover to boot! Way to go, Ruiqin!

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  • Jeremy Tran publishes he first first-author research article in Chemical Science! We expect many more in the future, Jeremy!

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  • Dr Fahrenbach travels to Kiama, Australia to give an invited talk at the SHCHC.

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  • The Fahrenbach Group welcomes Professor Ram Krishnamurthy to Sydney as the 2023 UNSW Howard Lecturer! Ram spent about two weeks in the Sydney area giving a total of six different lectures. Thanks for the amazing talks, Ram!

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  • The Fahrenbach Group welcomes Dr Jonas Kaltbeitzel as its latest member, who just started in the lab last week. Welcome, Jonas!

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  • Members of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology treat Professor Juan Perez-Mercader from Harvard Origins Initiative to dinner after his amazing lecture on self-replicating vesicles!

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  • Dr Fahrenbach travels to Pohang, South Korea at POSTECH to give a talk with the NYU-POSTECH-KAIST-UNSW Joint Symposium!

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  • Dr Fahrenbach was interviewed by Solutions Science podcast to discuss astrobiology and prebiotic chemistry. Check it on YouTube! https://youtu.be/xPLqyhCxZB4

  • The recently published worked in Chemical Communications led by Dr Ruiqin Yi of the Fahrenbach Group was covered by Phys.org. Nice!

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