High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. Thissmall show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Ethan Rogers is in the final stages of his PhD write up having a full draft in hand already! A unique perspective as a trained dietitian, he is interested in Esports performance (e.g. online gaming). We discuss the background and financial success of Esports, his journey to beginning hisPhD (which I humbly forgot I supported), the outcomes of his published work on caffeine and Esports performance + health benefits, his recent trip to Europe to share his findings and his favourite re-watched show – the office. His order – Gold Coast Water (better than Brisbane water).

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Research profile

https://research.qut.edu.au/epowr/people/ethan-rogers/-

Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanrogers93/

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Brooke’s interest is in sports nutrition and separately type 2 diabetes. We discuss her career history from masters of dietetics at Griffith through to PhD at La Trobe, a research only position at ACU, back to La Trobe, and now as a lecturer at UQ. Brooke’s PhD was on sports nutrition in a team environment but showed the importance of applied interventions to individuals need e.g. caffeine intake and genetic snips. Brooke is now investigating the importance of the ‘what’ when it comes to peoples food intake who are using intermittent fasting to manage their diabetes, the use of continuous glucose monitors, and the difference between time restricted eating advice and standard dietetic practice. Her Order – Iced latte on skim milk

Researcher Profile - https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/38711

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brooke-devlin-6ba96a51/?originalSubdomain=au

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Laureate Professor Clare Collins is a famous Australian dietitian who is known by many from her appearances in the media, such as on Triple J with Dr Karl, however there is so much more to Clare than you would know and this is where to hear it. Clare was very generous with her advice on how to succeed in academia. We discuss her current research on genetics and nutrition, past research on obesity in children, dietary assessment, and biomarker assessment, media training, research funding, career history, cystic fibrosis, the juggling of dietetics work, some of the timelines with academic work, and no money no time. Her order - Innisvale tea combo.

Research profile - https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/clare-collins

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/profclarecollinsao/?originalSubdomain=au

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Postdoctoral researcher Jaqueline Moura Nadolny is interested in food science. Her unique backgrounud in chemical engineering, nutrition and food places her with a fantastic skillset to explore all questions regarding food. Specifically, Jaqueline has researched tomatoes, cold brew coffee, flour, the Australian indigeneous bunya nut and holds multiple parnterships with well know industry brands such as V2 and works with other products such as wagyu beef. We discuss her research journey which has taken her across the world to France, USA and now Australia, the various food product studies she is conducting (e.g. colour of vegan mince), her home country of Brazil and letting plant based meat become its own 'taste' category. Her order - Matcha with a twist.

Research profile - https://qaafi.uq.edu.au/profile/12407/jaqueline-moura-nadolny

LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaqueline-moura-nadolny-14896569/?originalSubdomain=au

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Postdoctoral researcher Zoya Huschtscha is interested in nutrition interventions and their impacts on muscle mass in conjunction with resistance training. Specifically, Zoya has worked with milk based beverages, Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA), and is looking into plant proteins in the future. We discuss her research career, motherhood, her transition into Lee Hamilton's lab at Deakin University with the aspirations for future funding and her new interest in PCOS and Endometriosis. Zoya is an impressive strong woman athlete, dabbling in Brazilian jiu jitsu and also runs a successful private practice based in this area (see below). Her order - water

Website https://www.thestrongdietitian.com/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_strong_dietitian/

Research profile https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/zoya-huschtscha

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. PhD candidate Jack Hetherington is interested in food waste, the food system, animal science and the agriculutral sector. Specifically, supporting the Australian dairy sector to find value in their waste, change their behaviour and improve efficiencies within this space. Jack has a rich history in animal science and agriculutral research relating to food internationally. We discuss his PhD research on cheese manufacturing and whey, the ADOPT framework, wicked problem theory and his upcoming eurotour. His order - French Press.

Jack's reesearch profile https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/jack.hetherington

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. PhD candidate Lina Breik is interested in tube feeding within the home. Specifically, how we can get good, nourishing food in the style of a grandparent home cooked meal into those who are required to be fed by a tube. We discuss her PhD proposal, private practice, mum life and studying abroad. Her order - Water

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. PhD candidate Susannah Ayre is interested in the family meal time. Specifically how parents navigate siblings during this daily ritual and how feeding interventions may be tailored to better suit their needs and priorities. We discuss her very interesting methods including Go Pros putting her as a fly on the wall in Australian family homes, her unique placement experience as an undergraduate dietitian overseas, her preliminary results of how children have been interacting with food during some of her studies and her very cool research paper title. Her order - Iced Peach Tea 

QUT - https://research.qut.edu.au/wccnr/people/susannah-ayre/

Susannah on Twitter - https://twitter.com/susannah_ayre