The Faculty of Science Postgraduate Poster Competition featured engaging academic posters displayed at the Science Foyer, opportunities to hear about current postgraduate research and a chance to enter the prestigious School of Graduate Studies Research Showcase.

We were also delighted to have masters students at the Faculty of Arts and Education and the Faculty of Engineering and Design joining this year’s poster competition. Check out the 2025 Postgraduate Poster Competition results below.

First place – Yuan Li
Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science
The Time Dilation of High Redshift Quasars: Insights from Bayesian Inference

Second place - Kiki Zhou
School of Music, Faculty of Arts and Education
Every Child Deserves the Right to Music

Third place - Minwoo Lee
Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Design
Bridging the Care Gap: Enhancing Polypharmacy Management for Ageing Populations 

First place (Masters)  – Orla Harris
School of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science
Strand by Strand: Deciphering DNA from Hair Proteins

First place (PhD) – Keely Bowler
School of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science
Matai tree-tment: Lignan in the heartwood of healing

Second place - Athena Brown
School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
Chart Toppers: Two decades of song trends on a humpback whale migratory corridor

Third Place - Inka Pleiss
School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
Carbon Crumbs: Tracing tītī diet and stress through feather chemistry 

Cynthia Andriani – Department of Physics
Elise Bailey – School of Chemical Sciences
Josefina Andrea Barrera Morelli – School of Chemical Sciences
Keely Bowler – School of Chemical Sciences
Athena Brown – School of Biological Sciences
Bowen Chen – School of Computer Science
Chun Fai Martin Cheng – School of Biological Sciences
Annabelle Cranswick – School of Biological Sciences
Cynthia Gao – School of Biological Sciences
Sukhpreet Gill – School of Chemical Sciences
Hea Jeong Kim – School of Chemical Sciences
Emma McGuigan – School of Biological Sciences
Miriama Narayan – School of Chemical Sciences
Pomona Osmers – School of Environment
Bo Pang - School of Chemical Sciences
Kamya Patel – School of Biological Sciences
Inka Pleiss – School of Biological Sciences
Hui Zhen Tan – School of Biological Sciences
FangFei Tham – School of Biological Sciences
Simon Thomas – Institute of Marine Science
Marco Vas – School of Chemical Sciences
Ann Way – School of Psychology
Kourtney Yang – School of Chemical Sciences
Cindy Yi – School of Chemical Sciences
Olivia Yugovich – School of Chemical Sciences 

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