A F M Saiful Haque Misha - Quantum computing

From Bangladesh

“You can enjoy every second of your life here.”

A F M Saiful Haque Misha is pursuing his PhD at the University of New South Wales working in the ARC Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology. Previously, Misha studied and worked in several research groups in Bangladesh, South Korea and Australia, collaborating on projects with companies such as Samsung and SK Hynix.

Misha seized the opportunity to become a permanent resident under the Global Talent visa program, which also made his wife and son permanent residents. Misha found the Global Talent visa process to be simple, straight forward and fast.

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Maggie Liuzzi – Artificial intelligence and advanced tech

From Argentina

“I will continue to innovate and apply my data science, machine learning and product management skills to more cutting-edge industries, helping maintain and grow Australia's international relevance in deep tech markets, and working to apply research and science into products for everyone to enjoy.”

Software engineer and product manager Maggie Liuzzi specialises in deep tech, having worked in machine learning, artificial intelligence and robotics. At the University of Technology Sydney, her research focused on advancing people recognition skills on humanoid robots, contributing to a Home category win at the international RoboCup 2019.

Liuzzi is currently working for an Australian quantum technology startup where she applied deep reinforcement learning to the field of quantum computing, publishing a paper in a prestigious physics journal.

She also volunteers with Girls' Programming Network and Code Like a Girl, teaching teenage girls how to code and mentoring women in STEM.

Dr Shabih Shakeel – Structural biologist

From India

“I am an outdoor person and love nature, so having the opportunity to explore the Australian diversity in flora and fauna is awesome to have in my free time. Also, I used to be a tea drinker but since being in Melbourne I have embraced the coffee culture whole heartedly.”

As a structural biologist, Dr Shabih Shakeel looks at the architecture and design of proteins and interprets how they function. His greatest achievement so far has been working out the structure of the complex protein, Fanconi Anemia Core complex which leads to bone marrow failure if it malfunctions. This discovery helps clinicians predict the outcome for patients with Fanconi Anemia, and is of great benefit to pharmaceutical companies working on drug treatments.

Dr Shakeel is also a world-leading expert on the 2017 Nobel prize winning cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) technology, which he has used to discover the structures of several medically important proteins including human viruses and enzymes. He is training next generation microscopists in this technology and connecting Australian researchers to pioneers in cryoEM.

Dr Shakeel is now running his own lab at WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) and is an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne.