Samantha "Sam" Hall (born 1982) is an Australian environmental researcher. She is also an

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scientist and entrepreneur.

Biography

As a child, Hall had her first epileptic seizure when she was 11. In 2002, Hall graduated from

Curtin University Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...

with a bachelor's degree in commerce. Around 2007, when she was 27, she was able to have surgery for her seizures. While she was still working in Thailand, she decided she was going to pursue

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. She returned to Curtin University in 2009 and earned a master of science in

sustainability management Sustainability studies is an academic discipline that focuses on the interdisciplinary perspective of the concept of sustainability. Programs include instruction in sustainable development, geography, environmental policies, ethics, ecology, lands ...

. She went on to get her doctorate in sustainable building during 2011. In 2011, she co-founded an environmental consultancy organization in

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, called SimplyCarbon. In 2013, she was appointed by the city of Perth to investigate using

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s to improve the sustainability of local buildings. In 2016, Hall was part of the

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expedition to Antarctica. She is also a founder of a technology startup in Perth, Rate My Space.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Samantha Academic staff of Curtin University 1982 births Living people Women Antarctic scientists Australian Antarctic scientists Australian expatriates in Thailand