Biography

Dr Lidia Matesic is a radiochemist at ANSTO specialising in assisting industry or academic collaborators complete radiochemistry-related projects, including those undertaken by postgraduate students. Lidia works on projects that focus on the development of new radiopharmaceuticals for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as neurological disorders and cancer.

Lidia holds a Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry (Honours) degree and a PhD in chemistry from the University of Wollongong (2011). She was awarded a HOPE Fellowship from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2017) and was the inaugural recipient of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Rita Cornforth Lectureship (2017).

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