EngineeringEnvironment & Sustainability
Kay Song
2019 BHP John Monash Scholar
Scholarship studyDoctor of Philosophy in Engineering Science
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Current rolePostdoctoral Fellow,
The University of New South Wales (UNSW)
The University of New South Wales (UNSW)
About Kay
Kay has a Bachelor of Philosophy (Science) with Honours in physics from the Australian National University. With her John Monash Scholarship, Kay completed her DPhil in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, researching the effects of irradiation damage to steels for use as structural materials in next generation nuclear fusion reactors. She is passionate about clean energy and believes that nuclear fusion is the clean, safe and reliable energy solution the world needs. Kay’s vision is to expand the scope of Australian fusion research and its impact on the global community.Currently, Kay is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of New South Wales. She is part of the Nuclear Innovation Centre, researching on novel shielding materials for nuclear fusion reactors.