Professor Rossiter Crozier
Professor (Personal Chair), School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Queensland
Social structure and its consequences

Professor Michael Hynes
Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne
Molecular genetics of filamentous fungi

Professor Frederick Mendelsohn
Director, Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne
Neuropeptides in the brain: from blood pressure to memory

Professor Richard Shine
Professor in Evolutionary Biology (Personal Chair), University of Sydney
Serpents in Eden: the ecology of snakes in tropical Australia

Dr Andreas Strasser
Principal Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne
Cell death control in mammals in health and disease

Professor Robert Sutherland
Director, Cancer Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney
Molecular mechanisms of breast and prostate cancer pathogenesis

Professor Stephen Tyerman
Professor and Head of Discipline of Viticulture, Department of Horticulture, Viticulture and Oenology, University of Adelaide
Water and neutral solute transport through water channels in plant membranes

Dr David Vaux
Principal Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne
Conserved mechanisms of physiological cell death

Professor Mark von Itzstein
Professor and Director, Centre for Biomolecular Science and Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Queensland
Carbohydrates – sweet talk

Professor Robert Bilger
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Aerospace Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney
Flame structure and combustion modelling

Professor Peter Drummond
Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Queensland
Quantum theory of 'singing': atom lasers

Professor David Groves
Professor (Personal Chair) of Geology and Director, Centre for Global Metallogeny, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Western Australia
Holistic models for orogenic gold deposits and significance to mineral exploration

Professor Anthony Guttmann
Professor of Mathematics (Personal Chair), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Lattice models of critical phenomena

Professor Gerard Milburn
Deputy Director, Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, University of Queensland
The physics of information

Professor Suzanne O'Reilly
Director, GEMOC, Division of Environmental and Life Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney
Journey to the centre of the Earth

Professor Maria Orlowska
Professor of Information Systems, Head of Information Systems Division and Deputy Head of School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland
The future of distributed database processing

Professor Hyam Rubinstein
Professor and Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Recognition algorithms for knots, surfaces and 3-dimensional regions

Professor Bruce Wild
Professor, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra
Inorganic stereochemistry and asymmetric synthesis

Professor James Williams
Professor and Director, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra
Ion irradiation of semiconductors: Novel science and technologically-important applications