Eight Fellows from the Australian Academy of Science are among a list of scientists, researchers and industry experts announced as part of the ‘Knowledge Nation 100’.
The inaugural list was compiled by the Knowledge Society and the Office of the Chief Scientist and launched by the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull following on from the government’s recently released National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA). It recognises 100 Australians who are at the cutting edge of innovation and science in Australia and who are contributing to Australia’s future economy.
Professors Nalini Joshi, Hugh Durrant-Whyte, Martin Green, Gordon Wallace and Ian Frazer were recognised in the ‘STEM heroes’ category. Academy Secretary for Science Policy Professor Les Field and Professor Tanya Monro were among ‘the brokers’ and specially elected Fellow Catherine Livingstone was in ‘the evangelists’ category.
The group will come together at a summit about innovation in the economy in March 2016.
Read more at the Knowledge Nation website.
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