fellowship

Overview

The Academy’s affairs are conducted by a Council of 17 Fellows, elected at the Annual General Meeting, that meets five times each year. It includes the seven-member Executive Committee and other Council Members:

Executive Committee of Council

President: Professor Suzanne Cory
Professor, Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Secretary (Physical Sciences): Professor Peter Hall
ARC Federation Fellow and Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

Secretary (Biological Sciences): Professor Graham Farquhar
Professor of Environmental Biology and Associate Director, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University

Secretary (Science Policy): Professor Bob Williamson
Honorary Senior Principal Fellow and Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne

Secretary (Education and Public Awareness): Professor Jenny Graves
Director, Australian Research Council Centre for Kangaroo Genomics
Head, Comparative Genomics Research Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University

Foreign Secretary: Professor Andrew Holmes
Laureate Professor, School of Chemistry, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne
CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies

Treasurer: Professor Michael Dopita
Emeritus Professor, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University

Council members

Professor Andy Gleadow
Professor of Earth Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne

Professor Chris Goodnow
ARC Federation Fellow and Chief Scientific Officer, Australian Phenomics Facility, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University

Professor Doug Hilton FAA, Principal Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne

Professor Richard Hobbs
Australian Professorial Fellow, School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia

Professor Chennupati Jagadish
ARC Federation Fellow and Distinguished Professor, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University

Professor Yiu-Wing Mai
University Chair, Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Director, Centre for Advanced Materials Technology, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney

Dr Oliver Mayo
Honorary Research Fellow, CSIRO Livestock Industries, South Australia

Professor Hugh Possingham
ARC Federation Fellow, Professor and Director, The Ecology Centre, University of Queensland

Professor Michelle Simmons
ARC Federation Fellow and Professor, Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, University of New South Wales

Professor Mark von Itzstein
ARC Federation Fellow, Professor and Director, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University