Australian Academy Science Fellow, Professor David Black, has been elected Secretary General of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
ICSU is a non-government organisation with a global membership of national scientific bodies and International Scientific Unions, which aims to strengthen science globally for the benefit of all humankind. It plans and coordinates interdisciplinary research to address major issues of relevance to both science and society.
Professor Black is a professor of organic chemistry at the University of New South Wales and is the current Secretary General of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
He was elected Secretary General of ICSU at the Council’s 30th General Assembly in Rome yesterday. The position is for three years, effective immediately.
Australian Academy of Science President, Professor Suzanne Cory, welcomed the appointment.
“Professor Black brings to the position a wealth of experience and an extensive international network,” Professor Cory said.
“I am confident that as Secretary General of ICSU he will continue to be a wonderful advocate for Australian science and global science.”
In 2011 Professor Black was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science for his innovative research in organic chemistry and exemplary leadership in science diplomacy for Australian and world chemistry.
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