As the world transitions towards the integration of bioplastics into a more sustainable plastics economy, there is a real opportunity for Australia to transform our existing plastics industry, and to become a major global bioplastics player within the next decade.
The ARC Training Centre in Bioplastics and Biocomposites will develop industry-ready specialists to underpin Australia’s transition to a globally significant bioplastics and biocomposites industry.
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Associate Professor Steven Pratt
e: s.pratt@uq.edu.au
We will achieve this through:
- Delivering advances in technology for the development of bioplastic and biocomposite products for the new bioeconomy;
- Training a cohort of industry‐ready researchers, laying the foundations for accelerated growth in Australia’s bioplastics and biocomposites industry; and
- Establishing linkages between leading research groups and partner organisations to strengthen the capabilities of Australian industry to service rapidly growing local and international markets in bio-derived and biodegradable products.
Queensland is the hub for world-leading research in bioplastics and biocomposites
Chief Investigators
Investigators
- Director – A/Prof Steven Pratt (Training Centre Director) The University of Queensland
- Theme 1 – Prof Ian O'Hara, Queensland University of Technology
- Theme 2 – Prof Paul Lant, The University of Queensland
- Theme 3 – A/Prof Bronwyn Laycock, The University of Queensland
- Theme 4 – Prof Helen Ross, The University of Queensland
- Prof Peter Halley, The University of Queensland
- Dr Marguerite Renouf, Queensland University of Technology
- Prof Darren Martin, The University of Queensland
- Dr Luigi Vandi, The University of Queensland
- Dr Adrian Oehmen, The University of Queensland
- Prof Kevin Thomas, The University of Queensland
- A/Prof Paul Jensen, The University of Queensland
- Dr Laleh Vash, Queensland University of Technology
- Dr Anna Phelan, The University of Queensland
- Prof Kathryn Fairfull-Smith, Queensland University of Technology
- Prof William Clarke, The University of Queensland
- Dr Severine van Bommel, The University of Queensland
- Prof Peta Ashworth, The University of Queensland
Partner Investigators
- Mr Peter Brisbane, Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation Ltd
- Dr Manuel Brunner, Minderoo Foundation
- Mr Michael Burke, Queensland State Government
- Mr Ethan He, Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Ltd
- Dr Katie Macintosh, Council of the City of Gold Coast
- Adj A/Prof Nicholas McCaffrey, Plantic Technologies Limited
- Dr Alan Werker, Promiko AB