BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:                                                                                                                              Dr Helen Stratton                                     Associate Professor\, School of Environment and Science- Bioscience A/Prof Helen Str atton has over 25 years’ experience in water and wastewater research dev eloping a comprehensive understanding of the technical\, social and econom ic issues that the industry faces. She has worked extensively as a consult ant to the water industry and has developed strong collaborative relations hips throughout Australia and internationally. Helen’s somewhat unique a bility to engage across pure science and applied engineering has resulted in multiple industry grants over the past 20 years. Helen has built an int ernational profile\, publishing over 80 refereed articles in international ly peer reviewed journals\, reports and conference papers.She has been a p assionate volunteer for the Australian Water Association (AWA) since 1998\ , with being elected to roles such as the QLD Branch president (2004-2006) and was an AWA Director for 10 years. This dedication has resulted in her being awarded the AWA Queensland Branch Distinguished Service Award in 20 15 and Life Membership in 2016. As an active member of the international w ater community\, Helen has also actively established collaborative links w ith Uni Bonn\, Germany in the past\; the Water Environment Research Founda tion in the USA\; has delivered training courses in New Zealand for Water Care\, most recently formed a MOU with Technologiezentrum Wasser and Griff ith to collaborate on water microbiology\, and is a collaborator with the International Water Centre\, hosted by Griffith University. Helen was prev iously the Executive Manager of the Smart Water Research Centre\, (August 2014 – October 2016)\, during which she set the strategic direction of t he Centre\, successfully engaged and managed a consortium of eight partner s\, lead multiple large projects\, commercialised research outcomes and co ntinued to build a training programme for the water sector. Helen develope d the Centre from concept to successful funding as a state of the art faci lity to engage with the water industry addressing current issues and devel oping world leading research. Helen is currently Discipline Head\, Bioscie nce in the School of Environment and Science\, Griffith University. She ha s been employed at Griffith University\, in various roles\, since 1997. In this current role Helen is managing the 29 staff in her team and is the P rogram Director for both Medical Science and Biomedical Science\, with ove r 300 students enrolled in the programs.   DTEND:20240305T100000Z DTSTAMP:20261024T175120Z DTSTART:20240305T080000Z LOCATION:One Table Cafe SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Eminent Speaker Dr Helen Stratton UID:3a79928e-bed3-49a5-8955-7ee70e4bdc58 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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A/Prof Helen Stratton has o ver 25 years&rsquo\; experience in water and wastewater research developin g a comprehensive understanding of the technical\, social and economic iss ues that the industry faces. She has worked extensively as a consultant to the water industry and has developed strong collaborative relationships t hroughout Australia and internationally. Helen&rsquo\;s somewhat unique ab ility to engage across pure science and applied engineering has resulted i n multiple industry grants over the past 20 years. Helen has built an inte rnational profile\, publishing over 80 refereed articles in internationall y peer reviewed journals\, reports and conference papers.She has been a pa ssionate volunteer for the Australian Water Association (AWA) since 1998\, with being elected to roles such as the QLD Branch president (2004-2006) and was an AWA Director for 10 years. This dedication has resulted in her being awarded the AWA Queensland Branch Distinguished Service Award in 201 5 and Life Membership in 2016. As an active member of the international wa ter community\, Helen has also actively established collaborative links wi th Uni Bonn\, Germany in the past\; the Water Environment Research Foundat ion in the USA\; has delivered training courses in New Zealand for Water C are\, most recently formed a MOU with Technologiezentrum Wasser and Griffi th to collaborate on water microbiology\, and is a collaborator with the I nternational Water Centre\, hosted by Griffith University. Helen was previ ously the Executive Manager of the Smart Water Research Centre\, (August 2 014 &ndash\; October 2016)\, during which she set the strategic direction of the Centre\, successfully engaged and managed a consortium of eight par tners\, lead multiple large projects\, commercialised research outcomes an d continued to build a training programme for the water sector. Helen deve loped the Centre from concept to successful funding as a state of the art facility to engage with the water industry addressing current issues and d eveloping world leading research. Helen is currently Discipline Head\, Bio science in the School of Environment and Science\, Griffith University. Sh e has been employed at Griffith University\, in various roles\, since 1997 . In this current role Helen is managing the 29 staff in her team and is t he Program Director for both Medical Science and Biomedical Science\, with over 300 students enrolled in the programs.

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