 My time at ANU was a pivotal moment in my life. Every single person that I met at ANU was going places and that's incredibly inspiring. All of a sudden you're exposed to people who you've not met before, ideas that you've not been presented with before, arguments that you've not heard before, and the educative experience is that you become more equipped to deal with both the challenges and vagaries of life. ANU is a rigorous learning environment. I remember going from high school and being near the top of my class to going to ANU and just thinking, wow, the type of people that are around me are very, very capable and smart. I found the ANU to be a community of inquiry but also of action and I think at its best it was a place of profound possibility. The Australian National University has been, for me, one of the most exciting and productive times of my life. It was quite clear that at that particular moment in time, this was a mecca for electrophysiology. ANU is probably the best place for people like me who are interested in policy questions, big picture issues. When I was looking for a place where I could study and make a contribution to public policy and law, it wasn't a difficult choice. Where else would you study? You've been in the nation's capital at the National University. Because it is the National University of Australia, there's a lot of diversity there. It attracts a lot of international students from all around the world as well as students from all around Australia. I've found the contact with students are really, really important part of my life. This is why I leave my door open. This is why I'm in every day because I think students should feel as though they see research being done. Studying at ANU really opened up international employment opportunities. I'm now working in Cambodia in Phnom Penh on a solar energy project. ANU has given me a disciplined mind, a strong intellectual capability and a clear purpose about life. This helps me to fulfil my mission, to help people succeed in life and to live a life of significance through education. The overall environment was incredibly supportive of excellence and learning. I think I've drawn on the experience that I gained from ANU almost every day of my life since I left the place. My study and research at ANU was really the foundation of the research or policy work I did later on in my different roles in different parts of the world. That kind of analytical framework was probably the most important knowledge I ever acquired. A university is defined by the quality of its alumni and their contributions to society. We have much to be proud of and the alumni awards give us a chance to thank our outstanding alumni. The ANU community is proud of you and I am proud to say congratulations to all of the nominees and recipients.