Farzana Kastury

Fellowships/Scholarships
• Fulbright Future Postdoctoral Scholarship, Australian-American Fulbright Commission
• Vice Chancellor and President’s Scholarship, UniSA
• MF and MH Joyner Scholarship in Science, UniSA

Awards

•Finalist in Women of Colour in STEM Awards – Environmental Impact Category by STEM Sisters (2025)
•Winnovation “Regional, Rural or Remote” award by Women in Innovation SA (2023)
•Early Career Researcher Oral Presentation award by Metals Environmental Research Associations at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Australasia Conference, Townsville, QLD (2023)
•Young and Early Career Scientists Awards by International Union of Crystallography (2023)
•Ian Wark Research Medal by Future Industries Institute, UniSA (2019)
•Student Seminar Award (second place) by Future Industries Institute, UniSA (2019)
•Best student presentation in Environmental Chemistry at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Australasia (SETAC AU) Conference, Gold Coast, Australia (2017)
•First prize in Three Minute Thesis competition (School level), UniSA (2017)
•People’s Choice Winner in Three Minute Thesis competition (School level), UniSA (2016)
•University Medal in Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology), UNSW (2015)
•Best poster presentation at the Ecoforum Conference and Exhibition, Gold Coast, Australia (2014)
•Vacation Scholarship by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia (2014)
•Honours Year Scholarship, UNSW (2014)
•Shelston IP Prize, UNSW (2013)
•Talented Student Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement in Year 2, UNSW (2013)
•Summer Scholarship by Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, Adelaide, SA (2013)