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UWA staff, students and programs are again finalists in the Western Australian Science Awards.Winthrop Professor Stephen Powles and Winthrop Professor Mark Randolph have been selected as finalists in the Scientist of the Year category.

Known in agricultural circles as ‘the undeniable global leader in herbicide resistance', Professor Powles is Director of the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative and has influenced Australian and international thinking on the need for more sustainable herbicide usage.

Internationally recognised geotechnical engineer Professor Randolph has helped put Perth on the map as an internationally recognised hub of excellence in geotechnical engineering.

The Woodside Early Career Scientist of the Year finalists include Assistant Professor Hayley Christian (Centre for the Built Environment and TICHR), and A/Professor Shazzad Hossain, ARC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems.

Professor Christian's work focuses on developing, evaluating and translating strategies for increasing physical activity and wellbeing in adults and children.

A geotechnical engineer pioneering a new field of mine tailings rehabilitation research, Professor Hossain's work is likely to be incorporated into the WA guidelines on safe design and operating standards for tailings storage.

UWA PhD scholars Tristan Clemons and Matthew Fraser are finalists in the ExxonMobil Student Scientist of the Year category.

Winthrop Professor David Pannell and Professor Myra Keep are finalists in the category of Science Ambassador of the Year.  And the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology is a finalist in the category of Chevron Science Engagement Initiative of the Year.