February 2020 before the spread of COVID-19 become massive, the Graduate School of Universitas Diponegoro, hosted a StudiumGeneralewith the theme “Nuclear Science and Technology as Sustainable: Natural Science Applications From the 20th to the 21st Century”. The main speaker for this event was Professor Henk Heijnis a Geoscientist from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO). ANSTO is one of Australia’s largest public research organizations and is widely recognized as an international player in the field of nuclear science and technology
During the presentation, Prof Heijinis explained on how the Nuclear technique developed at ANSTO can be applied in many fields such as health, environment, and industrial research. For examples ANSTO has been contributed to develop nuclear medicines that can be used to diagnose cancer and treat many cancers. The other important field of Nuclear technique application is to be used in environmental sciences which is a relatively brand-new field of science as it started at 1960s. He added that until 1950s, most environmental and archaeological events were based on relative chronologies or historical sources. ANSTO Environmental Radioactivity Measurement Centre (ERMC) offers high resolution analysis of geological records. This data is very useful to support the climate modelling and prediction.
This studium generale is one of series visiting professor activities organized by team leads by Prof. Prof. Dr. Tri Retnaningsih Soeprobowati which aims to strengthen the quality and international competitiveness of the Graduate School, particularly, in the field of Environmental Science.
