Macinley Butson

Macinley Butson is an inventor and scientist who won the 2018 NSW Young Australian of the Year and 2019 Stockholm Junior Water Prize.

Their inventions gear towards supporting radiotherapy breast cancer patients and ensuring provision of safe drinking water for developing communities. They became a part of BBC 100 Women 2020 because of their contributions and inspirational role in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia under Healthcare and Science.

Early life and education
Butson hails from Wollongong, New South Wales. They began inventing when they were six years old. They attended high school at The Illawarra Grammar School.

Career
They were 18 years old when they invented the SODIS ultraviolet radiation sticker which tests whether water is safe to drink, a breakthrough that has the potential to save lives from contaminated water. They also invented the SMART Armour which aims to protect breast cancer patients from the effects of excess radiation during radiotherapy treatment.