Selfies in the field

Go behind the scenes with University of Melbourne researchers in our ongoing series as they investigate the world around them

There’s no such thing as a typical workplace for University of Melbourne researchers.

Yes, you’ll find them in labs and offices. But you’ll also find them up mountains, in the ocean, in the desert...wherever there’s a problem to solve or something new to discover.

Pursuit invited the University’s researchers to share selfies taken in their working environments.

Have a look - and feel free to comment, like and share right from this page.

Are you a University of Melbourne researcher? Take a selfie in your research environment and send it through to social-media@unimelb.edu.au with a first person blurb and we’ll be in touch!

“Here I am in sunny Potchefstroom, a university town in South Africa, where I am collaborating with local human rights...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Tuesday, 12 January 2016

"My research with the ARC Dairy Innovation Hub involves investigating whether there is any correlation between the...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Tuesday, 5 January 2016

“Check out my long-range Go-Pro selfie! I’m in the middle of two main research areas – one involving research on sheep...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Monday, 21 December 2015

“I’m at Setting The Stage, the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (MCM) inaugural entrepreneurship and career development...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Tuesday, 15 December 2015

“To make our roads safer, my master students and I are at the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructure and Land...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Tuesday, 1 December 2015

"Age is not important unless you are a cheese…. Here I am inspecting a laboratory manufactured sample of mature, ripened...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Tuesday, 24 November 2015

"I'm in Dublin, Ireland researching creative or 'liminal' spaces that bring together people from different backgrounds,...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Tuesday, 17 November 2015

"I'm part of an international, multisite trial looking into the effectiveness of music therapy with young children with...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Tuesday, 10 November 2015

“I'm working on malaria vaccine research as part of a joint venture between the University of Melbourne and The...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Tuesday, 3 November 2015

"I teach Greek prehistory at the University of Melbourne, and for the last eight years, I've been investigating the...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Wednesday, 28 October 2015

“Our Thermal Response Test unit has just arrived! It's barely at the entrance of our Geotechnical, Soil and Water...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Wednesday, 21 October 2015

"It’s a cracker…. test, that is! My research with the ARC Dairy Innovation Hub involves testing Mozzarella cheese for...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Monday, 12 October 2015

"I research Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. I analyse how the grammar and pronunciation works, which...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Tuesday, 6 October 2015

"I'm in Namibia for a conference to present my work from remote southern Madagascar to discover the processes involved...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Wednesday, 23 September 2015

"Here I am with a laboratory scale UHT unit. My research with the ARC Dairy Innovation Hub involves applying membrane...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Wednesday, 23 September 2015

"I am starting a new interesting project studying decomposition processes in soils of 8-10 cities worldwide using...
Posted by The University of Melbourne on Wednesday, 23 September 2015

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