POSTED: 01 Aug, 2023
Congratulations to our PhD researcher from Swinburne University of Technology, Jagannatha Charjee Pyaraka who passed his confirmation of candidature this week!
The COC Panel was chaired by A/Prof Chris McCarthy with Dr Michelle Dunn and Dr Andrew Ang as other panel members.
Jagan’s supervisors (A/Prof Mats Isaksson, Dr John McCormick & Dr Fouad (Fred) Sukkar) were also in attendance.
More information about his project can be found on our website: https://lnkd.in/g8ckp8bQ.

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