Professor

Bob Gilbert

FAA

Bob Gilbert
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Gilbert's research work is in two main areas, in each of which he is internationally recognised as a leading expert. The first is kinetics of the industrially important emulsion polymerisation processes, in which significant advances in development and applications of theoretical methods have been made. The second is kinetics of gas-phase unimolecular reactions, in which the goal of development of reliable ab initio theoretical models for these processes that can be used predictively has been considerably advanced. In both areas, extensive experimental work has been carried out in collaboration with physical chemists to test predictions of theory.

Fields of research

30 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
  • 3006 FOOD SCIENCES
    • 300699 Food Sciences not elsewhere classified
34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
  • 3403 MACROMOLECULAR AND MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
    • 340399 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry not elsewhere classified

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Chemistry
  • Glycogen
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Starch
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity

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Professor

Ben Gascoigne

AO FAA

Ben Gascoigne
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Professor Ben Gascoigne (1915-2010), astronomer

Professor Ben Gascoigne interviewed by Professor Bob Crompton in 2000. Sidney Charles Bartholomew Gascoigne, known as Ben, earned a BSc at the University College of Auckland (now the University of Auckland). A travelling scholarship took him to the University of Bristol, where he received his PhD.
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Memoir

S. C. B. (Ben) Gascoigne 1915–2010

Professor Sidney Charles Bartholomew Gascoigne AO FAA was an Aotearoa New Zealand-born astronomer whose distinguished career was carried out mostly in Australia. He is known for his work developing and commissioning the Anglo–Australian Telescope.
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Professor

Joe Gani

AM FAA

Joe Gani
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Dr Gani is internationally recognised for his researches in probability and statistics, and for his scientific leadership. He has published in many papers on the stochastic theory of water storage, inference in Markov chains, the applications of mathematics to genetic, virological, and epidemic problems, and to demography and linguistics. He was Director of the joint Manchester-Sheffield School of Probability and Statistics, and if the founder and editor-in-chief of three mathematical journals. Two of these, devoted to research in applied probability, are the leading journals for research on these subjects.

Expertise type

  • Mathematics
  • Mathematical Statistics
  • Statistics
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Epidemic modelling
  • Statistical linguistics

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Memoir

Joseph Mark Gani 1924–2016

Professor Joe Gani was a mathematical statistician who founded the Journal of Applied Probability and led CSIRO's Division of Mathematics and Statistics. His research contributions are dominated by stochastic modelling, especially epidemic theory.
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Professor Joe Gani (1924-2016), mathematical statistician

Professor Joseph Gani was born in 1924, in Cairo, Egypt. He studied at Imperial College, London, and earned a BSc (hons) in 1947 and a DIC in 1948. He obtained a PhD in statistics from the Australian National University in 1955. In 1970 he was awarded a DSc from London University. Professor Gani moved to Australia in 1948 and worked as a lecturer in applied mathematics at the University of Melbourne from 1948 to 1950.
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Dr

Beth Fulton

FAA FTSE

Beth Fulton
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Elizabeth Fulton is a global pioneer of whole of ecosystem modelling Her work was the first to effectively represent the entirety of marine ecosystems – from microbes, through the food web, to human decision-making. Her ground-breaking modelling approaches, recognised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as world’s best practice, have directly influenced the sustainable management of marine systems on five continents. She connects both within and beyond science to help advance evidence-based decision making and ocean literacy.

Fields of research

83 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS
  • 8301 Fisheries - Aquaculture
  • 8302 Fisheries - Wild Caught
  • 8398 Environmentally Sustainable Animal Production

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Climate Adaptation
  • Environmental Management
  • Marine Ecosystems
  • Conservation
  • Modelling
  • Biology

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Professor

Ken Freeman

AC FAA FRS

Ken Freeman
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Freeman is distinguished for his theoretical and observational studies of star clusters and of galaxies. His construction of the first self-consistent model of rotating barred galaxies was a notable achievement in stellar dynamics, while his discovery of a general property of spiral galaxies, that their surface brightness falls off exponentially with radius, is the most important in its field for many years and has become a major cosmoganic problem. He devised the first accurate method for measuring the masses of globular clusters, and his recent discovery that at least some globular clusters are not chemically homogenous has major implications. Freeman is a true leader in that his main papers are already classical and have opened up lines of work which are being followed by many investigators in many observatories.

Fields of research

51 PHYSICAL SCIENCES
  • 5101 ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCES
    • 510103 Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy
    • 510104 Galactic Astronomy

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Cosmology
  • Astronomy
  • Dark Matter
  • Galaxy Formation
  • Physics

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Dr

Bob Frater

AO FAA FTSE

Bob Frater
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Dr R. H. Frater is distinguished internationally for his research on advanced electronic systems for observational radio astronomy and particularly for innovative image-synthesis techniques developed for the University of Sydney's Fleurs Synthesis Telescope. Later as Chief of the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, Dr. Frater had overall responsibility for the design and construction of the Australia Telescope. The great success of this complex synthesis instrument is due mainly to the many technical innovations which he introduced and to his outstanding leadership of this important scientific project. Dr. Frater also played a major role in the transfer to Australian industry of technologies developed within the Division.

Expertise type

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics
  • Engineering
  • Medical Devices

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Dr

Bruce Fraser

FAA

Bruce Fraser
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Internationally recognised for his contributions to our knowledge of the structure of fibrous proteins, particularly of wool and other keratins. From the late 1940's, he has developed the application of physical techniques to the study of biological polymers, first with investigations on their infra-red dichroism where his contributions established the basis of current approaches to this problem. Subsequently he added to this by extensive application and elaboration of X-ray diffraction techniques to natural and synthetic polymers. In this latter field, he has made valuable contributions to both experimental and theoretical aspects of fibre diffraction patterns. In conjunction with these developments, he has extended the interpretation of the patterns and made valuable contributions to our understanding of the conformation and molecular structure of model synthetic peptides and of natural polypeptides. He is senior author of two recent books, both of which have been acclaimed as authoritative treatments of this subject. In the field of Keratin structure and in respect of wool he is an acknowledged leader.

Expertise type

  • DNA
  • Biochemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Biology
  • Diffraction
  • Structural Biology
  • X-ray Crystallography

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Memoir

Robert Donald Bruce Fraser 1924–2019

Dr Bruce Fraser was a biophysicist who gained worldwide distinction for his extensive structural studies of fibrous proteins, particularly keratin.
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Dr Bruce Fraser, biophysicist, 1924–2019

Robert Donald Bruce Fraser was born in England in 1924. Fraser began a part-time BSc at Birkbeck college in London University but this was interrupted by World War II. During the war, Fraser was a pilot in the Royal Air Force where he taught pilot navigation (1943–46). After the war, Fraser completed his BSc (1948) and PhD (1951) degrees at King’s College in London.
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Dr

Cathy Foley

AO FAA FTSE

Cathy Foley
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Cathy Foley’s research is in the field of solid-state physics and its applications, combining quantum physics, material science and research translation. She has made significant contributions to the understanding of semiconductors and high-temperature superconductors and to the development of field-deployable superconducting devices that locate valuable mineral deposits by detecting minute magnetic fields ten million times weaker than the Earth’s field. As the first dedicated Chief Scientist of the Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation (CSIRO) Foley has also made significant contributions to Australian science through her advisory role in the areas of education, science and technology to Federal and state governments and to numerous research and teaching institutions. Foley is also President and executive member of several peak scientific bodies. and is an inspirational speaker and role model, inspiring the next generation to solve major global challenges.

Fields of research

51 PHYSICAL SCIENCES
  • 5104 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
    • 510404 Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Condensed Matter; Superconductivity
  • 5108 QUANTUM PHYSICS
    • 510899 Quantum Physics not elsewhere classified

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Engineering
  • Quantum Sensing
  • Applied Physics
  • Materials Science

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Professor

Tim Flannery

FAA

Tim Flannery
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Tim Flannery is a powerful public advocate for science. A well-known author, broadcaster and speaker, he has raised awareness of science in the Australian community. His books have increased public debate on major issues relevant to the impact of society on the environment. As a researcher, he has made significant contributions on both living and extinct marsupials and mammals. Tim was Australian of the Year in 2007.

Expertise type

  • Biology
  • Climate Change
  • Mammalogy
  • Palaeontology

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Dr

Jean Finnegan

FAA

Jean Finnegan
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Dr Jean Finnegan has an international reputation for research in epigenetic regulation. Her major contributions include the cloning of the first plant DNA methyltransferase and the demonstration that DNA methylation is essential for normal plant development. This sparked a major interest in the role of DNA methylation in gene regulation during development and processes. She has made significant contributions to our understanding of the mechanisms of Polycomb-mediated gene repression through studies on the vernalization response in plants, including our major crop plants. Finnegan contributed to a research team that cloned and characterized the first fungal resistance gene in plants.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3105 GENETICS

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Biology
  • Cloning
  • Genomics
  • Plant Biology

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