SCIENCE AT THE SHINE DOME canberra 1 - 3 may 2002

New Fellows seminar
Wednesday 1 May
Professor John Hutchinson
Professor and Head of Department of Mathematics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
Mathematical investigations from physical and geometrical problems
CV and abstract
Professor Robin Evans
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne
RADAR and information
CV and abstract
Professor Yuri Kivshar
Professor and Head of the Nonlinear Physics Group, Director's Unit, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra
Guiding light for future technologies
CV and abstract
Professor Mark Randolph
Professor of Civil and Resource Engineering and Director, Special Research Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, University of Western Australia
Theoretical and experimental penetration resistance of soft clay
CV and abstract
Professor Ian Ritchie
Emeritus Professor, Department of Chemistry, Murdoch University
Dissolution of gold in cyanide solutions
CV and abstract
Dr Ezio Rizzardo
CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO Molecular Science, Melbourne
Controlling the structure of polymers: challenges and benefits
CV and abstract
Professor Tamarapu Sridhar
Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne
How do macromolecules respond to deformation?
CV and abstract
Professor Vicki Sara
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Research Council, Canberra
The Australian Research Council
CV and abstract
Professor Michael Archer
Director, Australian Museum, Sydney; Professor of Biological Science, University of New South Wales
Reading the rocks
CV and abstract
Professor Murray Esler
Associate Director, Baker Medical Research Institute; Professor of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne
Neural mechanisms in heart failure and high blood pressure
CV and abstract
Professor Christopher Goodnow
Director, Medical Genome Centre, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra
Mechanisms of immunological tolerance: how the immune system learns not to attack our own body
CV and abstract
Professor Robert Graham
Executive Director, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute; Professor of Medicine and Conjoint Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of New South Wales
Molecular mechanisms of hormonal signalling
CV and abstract
Professor John Jacobsen
Honorary Research Fellow, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra
Hormones, genes and plant growth and development
CV and abstract
Professor Pauline Ladiges
Professor (Personal Chair) and Head, School of Botany, University of Melbourne
Phylogeney and biogeographic history of Australian flora
CV and abstract
Professor Eugenie Lumbers
Scientia Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales
Neuroendocrine control of renal and cardiac development
CV and abstract
Professor Fiona Stanley
Director, TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research; Professor of Paediatrics, University of Western Australia
Scientific contributions to perinatal epidemiology in Australia
CV and abstract
Professor Robert Sutherland
Director, Cancer Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney; Senior Principal Research Fellow of the NHMRC; Professor, School of Medicine, University of New South Wales
Identification and functional analysis of genes involved in the pathogenesis of breast and prostate cancer
CV and abstract