Dr Amanda Wheeler is a Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO whose work focuses on the health effects of poor air quality, from bushfire smoke and wood heater pollution to indoor air and safe public spaces.
Hub researcher experiments demonstrate that a widely used plastic for drink and food containers more easily breaks down into microplastics under common household usage and from environmental exposure than previously thought.
Associate Professor Atiq Zaman is a circular economy and zero-waste expert who led the SCaW Hub's project exploring circular economy opportunities with and for Indigenous communities in Western Australia.