Australia’s brightest scientific minds have been recognised in the Academy’s annual honorific awards, acknowledging their contributions to important scientific challenges.
17 awardees have been honoured by the Academy this year, celebrating their achievements in a range of fields including biomedicine, conservation, applied mathematics, climatology, galactic archaeology, fluid dynamics and more.
Professor Barry Ninham of ANU has been awarded the Academy’s prestigious Matthew Flinders Medal for his illustrious career, most recently working to transform methods of water purification in disaster zones and developing countries.
The Academy congratulates the awardees on their achievements.
Learn more about the awardees and their work
2017 David Craig Medal—Professor David St Clair Black, UNSW
2017 Hannan Medal—Dr Frank Robert de Hoog, retired (ACT) CSIRO
2017 Jaeger Medal—Emeritus Professor Ross William Griffiths, ANU
2017 Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture—Professor Barry Ninham, ANU
2017 Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal—Professor Joss Bland-Hawthorn, University of Sydney
2017 Gustav Nossal Medal for Global Health—Professor Barend Marais, University of Sydney
2017 Jacques Miller Medal for experimental biomedicine—Professor Jian Li, Monash University
2017 Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science—Associate Professor Kerrie Ann Wilson, UQ
2017 Anton Hales Medal—Associate Professor Juan Carlos Afonso, Macquarie University
2017 Dorothy Hill Award—Dr Joanne Whittaker, University of Tasmania
2017 Fenner Medal—Professor Simon Ho, University of Sydney
2017 Gottschalk Medal—Associate Professor Kathryn Elizabeth Holt, University of Melbourne
2017 John Booker Medal—Professor Dayong Jin, UTS
2017 Le Févre Memorial Prize—Dr Deanna D'Alessandro, University of Sydney
2017 Moran Medal—Associate Professor Joshua Ross, University of Adelaide
2017 Pawsey Medal—Associate Professor Igor Aharonovich, UTS
2017 Ruth Stephens Gani Medal—Dr Sarah Medland, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
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