Areas of Expertise

Areas of Expertise

The school has several key teaching areas, which include:

• biological and chemical sciences
• medical science
• forensic science
• animal science
• food nutrition and biotechnology
• environmental health, management and science
• agriculture and horticulture.

We have a long history of externally funded research success and a number of active research groups, with over 100 Honours and Post-graduate research students contributing to all areas of research within the school. Our research activities are undertaken in collaboration with partners within Australia and a diverse range of international organisations.

The Centre for Plants and the Environment is a research centre with an international reputation. The peri-urban node of the Cooperative Research Centre for Irrigation Futures is part of our school and is developing innovative approaches to the management of scarce water resources in Sydney (including water capture and re-use). Other areas of research strength, which underpin our teaching programs and link our research and teaching activities, include:

• geochemistry
• tear formation in the human eye
• design, properties and applications of nanoscale systems
• landscape and ecosystems management
• native animal ecology
• environmental health
• confocal microscopy

This research is embodied in a Weekly Seminar Series in which staff and research students present their work in a public forum designed to stimulate active debate and discussion.