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The Institute for Future Environments brings together researchers, industry and government to develop solutions for real-world challenges.

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QUT's Institute for Future Environments is a collaborative research and innovation institute that brings together researchers, students and partners to create and exchange knowledge that makes our world more sustainable, secure and resilient.

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Our research creates real-world solutions to today's and tomorrow's challenges in agriculture and the bioeconomy, clean energy, waste technologies and practices and the protection and conservation of the environment.

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Our leadership team is committed to research and collaboration excellence.

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Professor Kerrie Wilson

Executive Director, Institute for Future Environments

"By galvanising the incredible interdisciplinary expertise across QUT and connecting that with external partners, we have become an exemplar of science for society with society."

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Professor Jennifer Firn

Director, Centre for the Environment

"I am passionately committed to developing a better understanding of how the loss of native biodiversity impacts on ecosystems and subsequently finding better ways to restore biodiversity and build more resilient landscapes."

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Professor Ian Mackinnon

Director, Centre for Clean Energy Technologies and Practices

"For future generations to come we really need to have visionary and committed indiviuals now, within this place and in the future, and train our individuals and students to become visionary and committed and to, of course, innovate exponentially. "

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Professor Leonie Barner

Director, Centre for a Waste-Free World

"My research brings together transdisciplinary researchers, industry and government to discover and design more efficient and sustainable materials for diverse applications."

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Professor Sagadevan Mundree

Director, Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy

"We look forward to advancing the needs of Australian farmers by developing crops and traits that will help maintain our competitive edge in the global arena."

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