Dana Cordell is a Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the

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, where she directs and undertakes international and Australian research on sustainable food and phosphorus futures. Cordell's work in sustainability research has been recognised with the

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for Environmental Research (2012), a Banksia Mercedes-Benz Environmental Research Award, the Advance Food and Agriculture Award (2016) and she was named one of Australia's 100 Women of Influence (2013).

Education

Cordell was awarded a PhD in Sustainable Futures from the University of Technology Sydney and a PhD in Water and Environmental Studies from

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, Sweden, as part of a ''cotutelle'' agreement between the two universities with her thesis "The Story of Phosphorus: Sustainability implications of global phosphorus scarcity for food security".

References

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