Name: Andrea Iris Schäfer
Country of Origin: Germany
Place of Study: University of New South Wales
I am currently finishing my PhD in Chemical Engineering in the UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology in the
My initial degrees are an Honours in Physics Engineering (
The UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology was famous for what I wanted to do, while the Photovoltaics Special Research Centre at UNSW served the other half. So here we were, yet to face many difficulties associated with red tape and moving far away from home for a very long time. But we made it, now both with scholarships, finances to go to conferences overseas, and what I really love is the freedom to do what I want. I always wanted to work with or supervise visiting students and although this is not usual in the Australian system, I am able to do this and achieved a much broader experience that way. What is very nice as well is the incredibly good library at UNSW and the fact that I can access analytical instruments all over the campus and generally people are helpful.
To write up my PhD I moved out of the city air to the coast near








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