In January the Academy welcomed three new members of the Early- and Mid-career Researcher Forum committee. Selected out of 45 excellent candidates who applied in December, the new members are Dr Nikola Bowden, Associate Professor Andreas Fouras and Dr Rachel Popelka-Filcoff.
Dr Maggie Evans-Galea, founding chair of the committee, and Drs Giampiero Iaffaldano, Darren Saunders and James Tickner stepped down and were warmly congratulated for their outstanding work with the Forum in the past three years. Congratulations also went to the incoming committee chair Dr Krystal Evans and the two new deputy chairs Dr Andrew Siebel and Dr Sharath Sriram.
The new committee held its first meeting in February. Everyone came away from the day feeling enthused about the plan of work for 2014, including continuing work on equity and diversity in science, better definition of the Forum’s identity, and outreach, events and workshops for Australian early- and mid-career researchers.
|
Name |
Affiliation |
|---|---|
|
Dr Krystal Evans (Chair) |
Division of Infection and Immunity, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute |
|
Dr Andrew Siebel (Deputy Chair) |
Baker IDI, Heart and Diabetes Institute |
|
Dr Sharath Sriram (Deputy Chair) |
Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University |
|
Dr Nikola Bowden |
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, The University of Newcastle |
|
Dr Raelene Endersby |
Division of Leukaemia and Cancer Research, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research |
|
Associate Professor Andreas Fouras |
Division of Biological Engineering, Monash University |
|
Dr Margaret Hardy |
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland |
|
Dr Kate Hoy |
Psychiatric Neurotechnology, Monash University |
|
Dr Oliver Jones |
School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University |
|
Dr Rachel Popelka-Filcoff |
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University |
© 2024 Australian Academy of Science
