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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2008 AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM EUREKA PRIZE WINNERS - 26 August 2008

The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes reward excellence in the field of research and innovation, science leadership, school science and science journalism and communication. This year’s awards were presented on 19 August at the Convention Centre, Royal Randwick Racecourse. Academy Fellows Professors Stephen Simpson and Robert Clark won individual Eureka Prizes and Professors Lorenzo Faraone and Martin Green were members of groups that received prizes.

Professor Stephen Simpson FAA won the Eureka Prize for Scientific Research for his work on the protein intake of grasshoppers and its implications for understanding human obesity.

Professor Robert Clark FAA won the Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science for his leadership in advancing quantum computing research.

Professor Lorenzo Faraone FAA is a member of the research group that won the Eureka Prize for Science in Support of Defence or National Security. The Microelectronics Research Group of the University of Western Australia won the prize for their microspectrometer sensing technology that brings colour vision to infrared sensing.

Professor Martin Green FAA is a member of the research school that won the Eureka Prize for Innovative Solutions to Climate Change. The University of New South Wales School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering won the prize for advancing solar energy by producing economically efficient, high performing solar cells.

For full details of Eureka prize winners go to: www.austmus.gov.au/eureka/go/finalists.