Sujith is a PhD student at the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney. His research interests include social identity, health and qualitative research methods, with a focus on ethnicity and sexuality. His PhD thesis explores sexuality, citizenship and belonging among Lebanese, Indian and Anglo LGBTQA+ young adults in Sydney. In his time at UNSW, he has been a member on several communities (Faculty Board, Culture and Language Working Group), collaborated on SEXtember 2019 with UNSW's Health Promotions Unit, worked as a casual tutor, and has volunteered and built connections with several LGBTQA+ organisations in Sydney, where he most recently served on an advisory working group at ACON and the CALD Gay Men's Action Group to better engage overseas students with community and health services. Sujith's work, on sexual citizenship, sexuality, media and inclusion, has been published in academic journals, news media and magazine publications (e.g., HIV Australia, Social Space).

A mum, a researcher, a science ambassador, an educator; might be some of the words that describe me. After completing my Bachelor of Optometry at UNSW, I worked as a staff optometrist in the UNSW Optometry clinic and completed Masters of Optometry. Following this, I ventured overseas for a few years and worked in private practice and in start-up companies, contributing to the development of contact lenses and new applications, publishing related articles, patents and participating in conferences. I pursued my passion for research and returned to UNSW where my past exposure to new contact lens technologies led me to my current area of PhD study. My love of science and passion for education extend to working with younger children to expose them to the joys of science and to help them in their exploratory journey. To that end I carry out science workshops and have enjoyed being part of the Women in Maths and Science Champions program. I would love to constantly give back to science, my continuously acquired knowledge and everlasting passion for science through both research and education.

I am MuhammEd Ourang, PhD candidate of Linguistics. I am researching on an endangered language of Iran, the Lari language which is my mother tongue. The language is spoken by nearly 100, 000 people in south of Iran and some other Persian Gulf countries. It has no writing system; children cannot learn Lari at schools and there is no media to promote the status quo of the language. Therefore, there is a dire need to preserve it from dying out. My thesis is aimed at writing the first reference grammar of the Lari language (with a focus on Aheli dialect). It includes a description of phonology, morphology and syntax of the language. Doing so, I can take the first small step in saving the dialect. Having recorded the data through interviews (50 of them) in Iran in 2018, I am analysing them for different chapters of thesis. I can also use the data in theatres, movies and documentaries in Aheli later on. Teaching Aheli to children at the city is another practical way to preserve the dialect which is my future plan. My supervisors are experts in this area and their constructive feedback always brightens the path ahead to me.

Cherry Zin Oo recently completed her PhD from the School of Education, Faculty of Arts and Social Science (FASS), UNSW. Her research interests include teacher education, assessment literacy, assessment for learning, and mixed-method research. During her PhD, she has presented at nine conferences locally and internationally. She has been awarded a student bursary to present at 2019 British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, and also the exceptional achievement grant from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW in 2018.  

Cherry was the chair of the Higher Degree Research (HDR) Student Committee, FASS, UNSW in 2019. Also, she was a student representative on UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Research Committee, and Educational Language and Literacy Research Group in the School of Education. She has been actively involved in organising many FASS HDR events, most notably the 2019 HDR Student Conference.

Matthew J. Gibson is a researcher in machine learning with interests in computer vision, remote sensing and computational sustainability. He is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW. He received a B.Sc.(H1) in Mathematics from the University of Auckland and an M.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Sydney.