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Research
Science research changes lives and leads to a deeper understanding of our world.
From the development of new materials and technologies, studying environmental sustainability and biodiversity to measuring gravitational waves - our researchers are tackling issues of global significance.
Research Centres
- Centre for Quantitative Finance and Investment Strategies
- Centre for Atomically-Thin Materials
- Centre for Geometric Biology
- Monash Academy for Cross & Interdisciplinary Mathematical Applications
- Centre for Modelling of Stochastic Systems
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET)
Our research changes lives
Professor Jordan Nash Dean, Faculty of Science, Monash University
Our Researchers
Monash scientists are global research leaders at the forefront of innovation and discovery.
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Latest research news
Monash biologist awarded over $130,000 to investigate bacteriophage therapy
Research on bacteriophages has won Monash biologist Dr Jeremy J. Barr a Ramaciotti Award for Biomedical Research with a grant of $137,534.
Discovery by Monash and Toyota scientists could make batteries better
Work by Monash University chemists and materials scientists at Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA) on developing non-volatile, non-flammable and electrochemically stable electrolytes, based on liquid salts, could be applied to batteries. The discovery of the new application is outlined in a study published in the leading international journal, Energy and Environmental Science.
Enigmatic Tasmanian rocks provide new insights on how the ‘supercontinent’ developed
An international study led by Monash scientists has found that Tasmania was likely to have been originally ‘attached’ to the western United States.
Monash chemist awarded 2018 Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation
An internationally renowned chemist whose work is revolutionising Australian renewable energy exports, has been awarded the 2018 Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation in the physical sciences.
The trouble with Hubble – new study investigates expanding universe
Scientists have long known that the Universe is expanding, but determining whether the expansion rate is the same in different parts of the Universe has been unclear.