Dr. Renee Goreham hails from a small town in South Australia. She now studies some of the smallest things imaginable. To put it into perspective, if you sliced a 30 cm ruler 30 billion times, you would end up with a nanometer. Objects that are this tiny are called "nanomaterials."

Renee uses nanomaterials to detect diseases, and she is developing a breathalyser for early lung cancer detection. There is no current screening process for lung cancer. A breathalyser screening device would be cheaper, less invasive and more accessible.

As a Senior Lecturer in Physics at the University of Newcastle, Renee is an expert in Nanotechnology. After earning her PhD in 2014 from the University of South Australia, she started her current position in 2019. She received the 2023 Australian Institute of Physics NSW Community Outreach Award for her remarkable efforts in sharing science with the community. Renee's diverse research advances scientific knowledge and aims to develop practical solutions for real-world challenges.