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CEPA is back after a lull in student life due to the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic. The CEPA Interim Committee consists of 3 postgraduate students.
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CEPA Committee
Declan McNamara
President
Declan is a second-year PhD candidate from Melbourne working on anode coatings for lithium-sulphur batteries under Matthew Hill and Mainak Majumder. In his free time he enjoys Thai kickboxing, calisthenics, half learning languages (he’s up to four) and listening to very shouty music.
Michael Scalzo
Vice President
Michael is a second-year PhD student from Melbourne working on alkane-alkene separations for the hydrogen economy under Matthew Hill and Tim Scott. In his free time, he partakes in futsal, Thai kickboxing, marathon running, camping and hiking.
Laila Halim
General Member
Laila is a first-year PhD student from Melbourne working on efficient recycling of polymers. In her free time she enjoys stamp collecting, memorising dinosaur names and making ice-cream soup.