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Young Australian scientists win chance to meet Nobel Laureates

14 March 2012

Seven Australian early career researchers have been selected from a highly competitive field to travel to Lindau in Germany to meet and learn from more than 30 Nobel Laureates.

Each year around 550 young scientists are chosen by the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings from over 20,000 nominations made by more than 60 countries.

The Lindau gathering, in early July, is a globally recognised forum for the transfer of knowledge between generations of scientists. This year’s 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting is dedicated to Physics and will feature Australia’s most recent laureate, Professor Brian Schmidt – a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

The Australian delegation comprises:

• Mrs Sarah Beavan
  Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University
  
  
• Ms Adele Morrison
  Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
  
  
• Miss Jacinta Delhaize
  International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, University of Western Australia
  
  
• Mr Andrew McCulloch
  School of Physics, University of Melbourne
  
  
• Miss Grace Shephard
  School of Geosciences, University of Sydney
  
  
• Miss Minnie Mao
  School of Maths and Physics, University of Tasmania
  
  
• Ms Melissa Ness
  Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University

More information is available at http://www.lindau-nobel.org/