An international nanophotonics leader and experts in cancer, plant biology, polymers, sensory ecology, mathematics, space science and science communication are among 21 new Fellows to be admitted to the Australian Academy of Science.
Representing Australia’s leading research scientists, the Australian Academy of Science annually honours a small number of Australian scientists for their outstanding contributions to science, by election to the Academy.
The new Fellows hail from institutions around Australia and have made internationally significant achievements in a broad range of scientific disciplines. The youngest is only 39 years of age.
“I warmly congratulate all of our new Fellows for their outstanding contributions to Australia and the world,” said Academy President, Professor Suzanne Cory.
The new Fellows will be admitted to the Australian Academy of Science and present summaries of the work for which they have been honoured at the Academy’s annual three-day celebration, Science at the Shine Dome, on 2 May in Canberra.
New Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science are:
Professor Michael Alpers AO FAA FRS
Centre for International Health, Curtin University
Identifying the prion disease kuru and building the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medicine into a world-renowned institution.
Professor Joss Bland-Hawthorn FAA
Institute of Photonics and Optical Science, University of Sydney
Pioneering the science of astrophotonics and making significant contributions to experimental physics and astrophysics.
Professor Paul Leslie Burn FAA
Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics, University of Queensland
Discovering light emitting polymers and dendrimers leading to worldwide interest in organic semiconductors.
Dr John Church FAA FTSE
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Investigating oceanic climate change indicators and providing pre-eminent expertise on the rate of sea level rise in the 20th Century.
Professor Patrick De Deckker AM FAA
Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
Linking the patterns of environmental change on land and at sea.
Dr Peter Norman Dodds FAA
CSIRO Plant Industry
Understanding the molecular basis of rust resistance, in order to protect the world’s most valuable food crops from rust diseases.
Professor John Arthur Endler FAA
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
Revolutionising the understanding of how animals perceive the world and pioneering the new science of sensory ecology.
Professor Timothy Fridtjof Flannery FAA
Environmental sustainability, Macquarie University
Advancing public awareness and understanding of science.
Professor Johannes Thieo Lambers FAA
School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia
Revealing mechanisms by which plants function and grow in different and challenging environments.
Professor Stephen William MacMahon FAA
The George Institute
Demonstrating that cardiovascular risk continues to decline as blood pressure lowers, leading to international changes in clinical guidelines and patient care.
Professor James McCluskey FAA
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne
Deciphering how the histocompatibility proteins regulate immunity and influence transplantation and autoimmune disease.
Dr Graeme Moad FAA
CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering
Designing methods for controlled synthesis of polymers, with applications for new methods of drug delivery and electron transport in photovoltaic devices.
Professor Tanya Mary Monro FAA FTSE
Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, University of Adelaide
Developingnanophotonics for nonlinear optics and sensing, resulting in novel solutions to diverse measurement problems.
Professor John Norris FAA
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University
Making discoveriesthat changed several concepts in astronomy, including the formation of galaxies.
Winthrop Professor Stephen Bruce Powles FAA FTSE
School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia
Foreseeing the problem of herbicide resistance and pioneering herbicideresistance science internationally.
Dr Louise Marie Ryan FAA
CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics
Developing and applying innovative statistical methods to medical and health research.
Professor Frances Separovic FAA
School of Chemistry, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne
Using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance to advance understanding of how peptides get into membranes, with applications for antibiotics and Alzheimer’s disease.
Professor Greg Stuart FAA
John Curtin School of Medicine, Australian National University
Making seminal contributions to understanding how information is processed by individual nerve cells within the brain.
Professor Michael Edmund Tobar FAA FTSE
School of Physics, University of Western Australia
Pioneering the development of devices for precision frequency generation and measurement, including in space.
Professor Jane Visvader FAA
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Identifying and isolating the stem cell responsible for breast development and characterising which cell types in the breast give rise to the different types of breast cancer.
Professor Robert Charles Williamson FAA
Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University, and National ICT Australia
Developing powerful new methods and theoretical arguments for analysing data.
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