Dr

Liz Dennis

AC FAA FTSE

Liz Dennis
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Elizabeth Dennis has made distinguished contributions in plant molecular biology, in the analysis of control of gene expression, defining DNA sequence elements and transacting promoter proteins which mediate plant responses to stress environments. She also described aspects of transposable element behaviour including a methylation cycle capable of controlling transposition of the maize Ac transposon. With her colleagues she first demonstrated the role of methylation in plant development, showing that it is involved in the control of flowering initiation in vernalization­sensitive plants. Recently Dennis found that haemoglobin is a regular component of plant metabolism and has isolated the primitive haemoglobin gene of the plant kingdom.

Expertise type

  • Biology
  • Gene Regulation
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Biology

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Dr Liz Dennis, plant biologist

Dr Elizabeth Dennis interviewed by Professor Frank Gibson in 2000. Dr Elizabeth Dennis is an eminent plant molecular biologist and a Chief Research Scientist working in the Division of Plant Industry of CSIRO in Canberra, where she leads a large team of research workers.
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Professor

Bob Delbourgo

FAA

Bob Delbourgo
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Professor Delbourgo has made important contributions to a wide range of areas in theoretical physics, both in Europe and since coming to Australia. In particle physics in collaboration with Abdus Salam he was one of the leading developers of the use of non compact groups for classifying elementary particles and of the study of non polynomial Langrangian with particular reference to gravitation and chiral theories. More recently he has created a very active group in Hobart studying the non perturbative use of gauge symmetries, the properties of supersymmetric algebra and the dynamics of chaos.

Expertise type

  • Particle Physics
  • Physics
  • Quantum Physics

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Professor

Tom Davis

FAA

Tom Davis
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Tom Davis uses polymer science, synthetic chemistry, nanotechnology, pharmaceutical science, protein biochemistry, and nanomedicine in his research on free radical polymerisation. His early work was at the cutting edge of free radical polymerisation kinetics, using lasers to measure the speed at which synthetic chain molecules grow. He also made major contributions to understanding mechanisms of free radical chain reactions. Davis applied his fundamental understanding to build responsive nanostructures for advanced lens manufacture and drug delivery. Most recently he invented a new polymerisation synthetic approach to make sequence controlled synthetic chains with a complexity approaching peptides, and he has designed polymeric nanostructures to mediate amyloid formation.

Fields of research

10 TECHNOLOGY 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3106 INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
    • 310607 Nanobiotechnology
32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES
  • 3206 MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
    • 320604 Nanomedicine
34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
  • 3403 MACROMOLECULAR AND MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
    • 340306 Polymerisation Mechanisms
40 ENGINEERING
  • 4018 NANOTECHNOLOGY

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

Expertise type

  • Polymers
  • Polymerization
  • Free Radicals
  • Nanomedicine
  • Chemistry
  • Molecular Imaging
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Soft Materials

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Professor

Lou Davies

AO FAA FTSE

Lou Davies
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Davies is distinguished for his contribution to the introduction of semiconductor technology to Australia. In his early career he made significant advances in the theories of zone melting and non-equilibrium carrier transport in semiconductors and led a group which fabricated the first junction transistors in Australia. In 1960 he founded a physics-oriented research laboratory in industry where he has been responsible for advances, leading to many patents, in solid-state and device physics (novel integrated circuits; discovery of a new type of electret). He initiated continuing industrial development of new technology and also generated a new research group in the University of New South Wales.

Expertise type

  • Physics
  • Solid State Physics

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Louis Walter Davies 1923–2001

Lou Davies was a radiophysicist who pioneered the manufacture of transistors in Australia and gained international scientific acclaim for his pioneering research on semiconductor devices, bridging academic research and industry.
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Professor

Nanda Dasgupta

FAA

Nanda Dasgupta
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Mahananda Dasgupta is a world-leader in measuring and understanding the complex quantum interactions occurring in collisions of heavy nuclei. Through the development in Australia of novel instrumentation and clever experimental and analysis techniques, Dasgupta made pioneering measurements of nuclear fusion with unmatched accuracy and precision. These have shown directly the fusion eigenchannels resulting from quantum superpositions, and allowed elucidation of the complex behaviour of weakly-bound nuclei, including astrophysically important lithium and beryllium isotopes. She led the development of a unique superconducting reaction product separator, generating worldwide interest, and recently pioneered introduction of the concept of quantum decoherence to nuclear fusion.

Expertise type

  • Fission
  • Fusion
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Physics

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Professor

Norman Dancer

FAA

Norman Dancer
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Professor Dancer has made fundamental contributions to the theory of partial differential equations, non-linear analysis, and applications. His work has led to new areas of research in topics such as global bifurcation, symmetry breaking, degree theory, and infinite dimensional dynamical systems, in many cases introducing concepts from one area into another. He only works on difficult problems of some consequence, often motivated by and having consequences for physical and biological phenomena, such as catalysis theory and population systems with large interactions.

Expertise type

  • Differential Equations
  • Mathematics
  • Nonlinear Analysis
  • Pure Mathematics

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Dr

Andrew Cuthbertson

AO FAA FTSE FAHMS

Andrew Cuthbertson
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Andrew Cuthbertson has made outstanding contributions to Australian science as an entrepreneur, specifically as Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Director of CSL Limited, an Australian-based global biopharmaceutical company specialising in therapeutic biological products for human health. Cuthbertson is also a powerful advocate of Australian science.

Fields of research

10 TECHNOLOGY 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES
  • 3206 MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
    • 320601 Gene and Molecular Therapy
34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
  • 3404 MEDICINAL AND BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
    • 340406 Molecular Medicine

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

Expertise type

  • Research Commercialisation
  • Biotechnology
  • Clinical Translation
  • Influenza vaccines
  • Medical Sciences

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Professor

Ross Crozier

FAA

Ross Crozier
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Expertise type

  • Evolution
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Genetics
  • Biology

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Rossiter Henry Crozier 1943–2009

Ross Crozier was a population geneticist and leader in the study of the evolutionary genetics of social insects who produced the first sequence of the honey bee mitochondrial genome and contributed to kin selection theory.
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Professor

Max Crossley

FAA

Max Crossley
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Professor Crossley is an internationally recognised authority in the fields of porphyrin chemistry and molecular engineering. He has made seminal contributions to the understanding of porphyrin structure and has devised methods for controlled introduction of substituents into the porphyrin nucleus. More recently he has used this knowledge to design and synthesise large molecular and suprarnolecular assemblies that exploit the redox and photochemical properties of the porphyrins with the aim of producing molecular devices - a process often referred to as 'molecular engineering'. He has recently been awarded the highest research award of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute for research in Organic Chemistry, viz the Birch Medal in recognition of this work.

Expertise type

  • Chemistry
  • Molecular Electronics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Porphyrins
  • Supramolecular Chemistry

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Professor

Bob Crompton

AM FAA

Bob Crompton
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R.W. Crompton is internationally known for his experimental studies of electron collisional processes in gases and in particular for his measurements of diffusion and drift the precision of which is the result of a systematic attack, extending over many years, on sources of experimental error. The collision cross sections that he and his colleagues have derived from these measurements are now regarded as standard results against which a number of quantum mechanical calculations have been tested. His work is significant not only because the cross sections are precise and absolute but also because they relate to a range of very small energies inaccessible to other techniques.

Expertise type

  • Atomic Physics
  • Physics
  • Plasma Physics

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Professor Bob Crompton, physicist

Robert (Bob) Woodhouse Crompton was born in Adelaide on 9 June, 1926. His childhood hobbies included building electric motors, and his creations included a clock, gramophone, and numerous small motors to power his toys. His hobby developed into academic success, and he graduated from Prince Alfred College in Adelaide top of the state in physics.
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Memoir

Robert Woodhouse Crompton 1926–2022

Robert (Bob) Crompton was a towering figure in low energy electron and ion physics in Australia and internationally.
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