Fellows' biographical memoirs

Dr David Martyn FAA FRS was a physicist, wartime radar chief and Foundation Fellow at the Australian Academy of Science. His research contributions transformed our understanding of the ionosphere and upper atmosphere.

David Headley Green AM FAA FRS was an outstanding Australian geologist and world leader in experimental petrology and geochemistry.

David James Kemp was a molecular biologist and parasitologist best known for his pioneering malaria research. He co-developed key techniques like Northern blotting and was instrumental in launching the malaria genome project.

David Craig was an outstanding Australian theoretical chemist and served as President of the Academy 1990–94.

Pioneering neurophysiologist Professor David Curtis AC FAA FRACP FRS identified GABA and glycine as inhibitory neurotransmitters and laid the groundwork for L-glutamate's acceptance as the brain's key excitatory transmitter.

Derek Denton led a lifelong quest to understand physiological mechanisms regulating body fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. He was a world-leading authority on the regulation of salt and water metabolism and relevant endocrine control mechanisms, and one of Australia's most eminent scientists.

Don Weiss devoted his career to applying science and technology for the benefit of the Australian economy. On the way, he made important contributions to separation science, carbon chemistry, polymer science and process engineering.

Donald Metcalf was a colossus of science who introduced cancer research to the Walter and Eliza Hall of Medical Research, and spent 60 years making discoveries in haematology that changed cancer care for millions of patients worldwide.

Professor Don Metcalf AC FAA FRS was a medical researcher known as the "father of modern haematology," who pioneered the discovery of hormones that regulate blood cell production – benefitting millions of cancer patients around the world.

Science, and the attempt to develop the academic standards of Australian universities, were the interests that dominated Dorothy Hill’s life. We refer not only to scientific endeavours as undertaken by herself and her colleagues, but also to basic approaches to administrative, commercial, educational and personal aspects of her life.