A PhD student at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga has taken out a national higher education photography award.Mr Syed Haris Omar, won the student category of an annual photography competition run by the Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS). It is a non-profit member based organisation representing higher and further education institutions within Australia and New Zealand. Mr Haris, from the School of Biomedical Sciences at CSU in Wagga Wagga, took the photo at Manchester in the United Kingdom.Mr Haris said, "I love capturing the beautiful shots in my lenses. Natural landscapes, wild-life and beautiful fauna and flora of Australia further accelerated my passion."With the theme of Elemental Sustainability, the photography competition was held in conjunction with the 15th International ACTS Conference in Geelong last month.Mr Haris is an international student doing his PhD into the potential benefits of olive fruit and leaf compounds into the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Read more in CSU News here.