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Dr Saffron Bryant is a research fellow at RMIT University where she is investigating novel methods of cryopreservation. Saffron has experience in a variety of scientific disciplines, having gained her bachelor’s degree in biomedical science, her Ph.D. in chemistry, and currently working in a physics department. She completed her Ph.D. in 2017 under the supervision of Professor Gregory Warr where she examined amphiphile self-assembly in ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents. She is especially interested in applying her experience with neoteric solvents to health-related and real-world problems.

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