Media releases
Top Australian scientists honoured by admission to Academy
5 May 2009
The Australian Academy of Science will admit 16 of Australia’s top scientists to its Fellowship on Thursday 7 May as part of its annual science celebration Science at the Shine Dome which runs from 6–8 May. They will also present talks on their cutting edge research on Wednesday 6 May. Media are welcome to interview new Fellows.
The Fellowship of the Academy is made up of over 400 of Australia's top scientists, distinguished in the physical and biological sciences and their applications. Each year 16 scientists, judged by their peers to have made an exceptional contribution to knowledge in their field, are elected into the Fellowship. The new Fellows are:
ACT
Professor Marilyn Ball, Australian National University; Dr Michael Raupach, CSIRO; Professor Xu-Jia Wang, Australian National University; Professor Leslie Withers, Australian National University
NSW
Professor John Carter, University of Newcastle; Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte, University of Sydney; Professor Charles Mackay, Garvan Institute of Medical Research; Professor George Paxinos, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute; Professor Peter Waterhouse, University of Sydney; Professor Mark Westoby, Macquarie University
VIC
Professor Frank Caruso, University of Melbourne; Professor Andy Choo, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital; Professor Warrick Couch, Swinburne University of Technology; Professor Paul Mulvaney, University of Melbourne
QLD
Professor Robert Parton, University of Queensland
WA
Professor Leigh Simmons, University of Western Australia
Contact information for new Fellows: www.science.org.au/academy/fellows/2009
Further information on Science at the Shine Dome: www.science.org.au/sats2009
Events: New Fellows seminars
10:10 am – 5:00 pm, Wednesday 6 May 2009
Admission of new Fellows into the Australian Academy of Science
9:30 – 10:10 am, Thursday 7 May 2009
Venue: The Shine Dome, Gordon Street, Acton, Canberra
Contact: Mona Akbari: (02) 6201 9452 or 0447 679 612, mona.akbari@science.org.au
Note: Filming during the admission ceremony will not be possible.
