Sectional Committees
Meet the Sectional Committee members for the 2026 election round.
SC1 - Mathematics
- Professor Aurore Delaigle FAA | Chair
- Professor Andrew Hassell FAA | Member
- Professor Noel Cressie FAA | Member
- Professor Kate Smith-Miles AO FAA | Member
- Professor Jessica Purcell FAA | Member
SC2 - Physics and Astronomy
- Professor Joss Bland-Hawthorn FAA | Chair
- Professor Christine Charles FAA | Member
- Professor Igor Bray AM FAA | Member
- Professor Mark Krumholz FAA | Member
- Professor Margaret Reid FAA | Member
SC3—Chemistry
- Professor Frank Caruso FAA FTSE FRS | Chair
- Professor Maria Forsyth AM FAA | Member
- Professor Dmitri Golberg FAA | Member
- Emerita Professor Mary Garson AM FAA | Member
- Professor Elaine Holmes FAA | Member
- Professor Rich Payne FAA | Member
SC4—Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Professor Hugh O'Neill FAA FRS | Chair
- Professor Nerilie Abram FAA | Member
- Professor Hrvoje Tkalčić FAA | Member
- Professor Craig Simmons FAA FTSE | Member
- Emeritus Professor Greg Houseman FRS | Member
- Emeritus Professor Zheng-Xiang Li FAA | Member
SC5—Engineering sciences
- Professor Liming Dai FAA FTSE | Chair
- Professor John Carter AM FAA FTSE | Member
- Professor Yuri Estrin FAA | Member
- Dr Anita Hill FAA FTSE | Member
- Professor Tony Weiss AM FAA FTSE FAHMS | Member
- Professor Xiaojing Hao FAA FTSE | Member
SC6—Information and communication sciences
- Professor Albert Zomaya FAA | Chair
- Professor Ian Petersen FAA | Member
- Dr Greg Clark AC FAA FTSE | Member
- Professor Xinghuo Yu FAA | Member
- Emeritus Professor Rick Middleton FAA | Member
- Professor Rob Evans FAA FTSE | Member
SC7—Plant and animal sciences
- Professor Leslie Weston FAA | Chair
- Dr Jean Finnegan FAA | Member
- Professor Anna Koltunow FAA FTSE | Member
- Professor Robin Gasser FAA | Member
- Professor Ute Roessner AM FAA | Member
SC8 - Ecology, environment and evolution
- Professor Hugh Possingham FAA FRS | Chair
- Professor Mark Burgman FAA | Member
- Professor Linda Blackall FAA | Member
- Professor David Keith FAA | Member
- Professor Belinda Medlyn FAA | Member
- Professor Nicole Webster FAA | Member
SC9—Molecular and cell biology, and human genetics
- Professor Susan Clark FAA FAHMS | Chair
- Professor Rob Parton FAA | Member
- Professor Chris Mitchell AO FAA FAHMS | Member
- Professor Jozef Gécz FAA FAHMS | Member
- Professor David Komander FAA FRS | Member
SC10—Immunology, microbiology and haematology
- Professor Mariapia Degli-Esposti FAA FAHMS | Chair
- Professor Stephen Nutt FAA | Member
- Professor Gabrielle Belz FAA FAHMS | Member
- Professor Jian Li FAA | Member
- Professor Jeff Errington FAA FRS | Member
SC11—Physiology and neuroscience
- Professor Sam Berkovic AC FAA FAHMS FRS | Chair
- Professor David Gardner AM FAA | Member
- Professor Lois Salamonsen FAA | Member
- Professor Matthew Kiernan AM FAA FAHMS | Member
- Professor Pankaj Sah FAA FAHMS | Member
SC12—Medicine, dentistry and health sciences
- Professor Arthur Christopoulos FAA FAHMS | Chair
- Professor Patrick McGorryAO FAA FAHMS | Member
- Professor Michelle Haber AM FAA FAHMS | Member
- Professor Andrew Wilks FAA FTSE FAHMS | Member
- Professor Helen Christensen AO FAA FAHMS FASSA | Member
SC13—Interdisciplinary
- Professor Geoff McLachlan FAA | Chair
- Dr Jenny Stauber FAA FTSE | Member
- Professor Budiman Minasny FAA | Member
- Professor David Burke AC FAA FTSE | Member
Corresponding Member and Special Election Committee
- Professor John Shine AC FAA FAHMS(Hon) FRS | Chair
- Professor Marilyn Anderson AO FAA FTSE | Member
- Professor Helene Marsh AO FAA FTSE | Member
- Professor Colin Raston AO FAA | Member
