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2025 Industry Laureate Profile: Professor Yongsheng Gao

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Professor Yongsheng Gao 

Administering Organisation: Griffith University 

Fellowship Project Summary  

IL250100060 - Enabling Technology beyond Human Capability for Automated Farming 

Professor Gao aims to solve some of the major barriers to implementing machine solutions in agricultural environments, to transform Australia’s farming industry. This project will be used to build a world-first automated sustainable aquaculture farming factory as an exemplar for the industry. Expected outcomes include significant advancement of theories, novel technologies, and highly productive industrial processes that will be broadly applicable in the generation of other automated sustainable farming. This will bring significant economic benefits to the agriculture industry with higher yields, lower costs and environmental impact. 

Australian Research Council funding: $3,957,431 

Industry Partners: Australian Bay Lobster Producers Limited 

To find out more about Professor Gao, please visit his profile page here.  

For further information about this funding scheme, please visit the Industry Laureate Fellowships page.