For National Science Week 2024, “Living Water Oration Series: The Kevin Marshall Lecture” will reflect on the pioneering studies of microbial ecology by Professor Kevin Marshall and how his work continues to influence water research at UNSW. Speakers will reflect on how their work is informed by concepts of microbial colonisation of surfaces that were eloquently described in Marshall’s seminal monograph “Interfaces in Microbial Ecology”.

Renowned environmental biologist, Professor Nick Ashbolt from the Cooperative Research Centre for Solving Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Agribusiness, Food and Environments (SAAFE) will give the inaugural lecture. Panellists include Professor Adriana Verges, Professor Michael Manefield, Dr Raphael Paulino, and Dr Kaye Power.

“The Kevin Marshall Lecture” is the first oration in a four-part series as part of the Library exhibition Living Water: 75 years of water research at UNSW that recognises and celebrates past and present pioneers of water research at UNSW. While the exhibition surveys current UNSW work, the lecture series will, in turn, acknowledge the ongoing legacy of influential figures and impactful projects that continue to inform and shape water research today.

Living Water is a collaboration between UNSW Library and UNSW Global Water Institute with funding support from the Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture, Faculty of Business, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Law & Justice, Faculty of Science, and UNSW Library.

Light lunch will be provided. RVSP is essential.

Program:
11.30am-12.30pm - Lecture
12.30-1.00pm - Networking and light lunch

Accessible access to the Main Library is via a ramp located at the front entrance opposite the Library lawn, see UNSW Kensington accessibility routes map for more information. Please let us know of any accessibility requirements before the event by contacting lib.exhibitions@unsw.edu.au.

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Image: Professor Kevin Marshall, School of Microbiology (1989). Photograph by UNSW News Service. UNSW Archives. 98A1/15/04/17.

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