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Fellows update—October 2018

Honours and awards to Fellows

Emeritus Professor Kurt Lambeck AO FAA FRS—awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for transforming our understanding of our living planet

Professor Noel Cressie FAA—2018 Moyal Medal and Lecture, Macquarie University, for outstanding contributions to statistics, especially in statistics for spatial data and in environmental statistics.

Professor David Celermajer FAA FAHMS—Elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences

Message from the Chief Executive—October 2018

Academy Chief Executive Anna-Maria Arabia introducing the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Karen Andrews, at the Academy's breakfast following the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science event.

The 'big data' revolution

Big data includes massive structured data sets and large integrated data sets.

Australian research stands to reap enormous benefits from the coming revolution in ‘big data’.

Future Earth Australia focuses on Sustainable Development Goals

Future Earth Australia is partnering with a number of its members and affiliates to host early-career researcher workshops around the country, and recently hosted its first symposium in Melbourne in partnership with the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Australia, New Zealand and Pacific on Integration across the SDGs and the Role of Research.

Women in STEM, and the future of agriscience

National consultations underway on Women in STEM Decadal Plan National consultations on the Women in STEM Decadal Plan are well underway.

International update: European research funding, and collaboration with Colombia

European Research Council promotes funding opportunities for Australian researchers (from left) Academy Chief Executive Ms Anna-Maria Arabia with Mr Michael Pulch, Professor Elain Sadler and Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon at the presentation on ERC funding opportunities for Australian researchers.

Former Academy President wins PM’s Prize for Science

Former Academy President Emeritus Professor Kurt Lambeck AO FAA FRS has been awarded the $250,000 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for ‘transforming our understanding of our living planet’.

Professor Lambeck received the prize for his research that has revealed how our planet changes shape and the influence this has on sea levels, the movement of continents and the orbits of satellites.

Leading scientist presented with Haddon Forrester King Medal

Haddon Forrester King Medal recipient Professor David Cooke (centre), with Academy Vice-President Professor Jim Williams (left) and Rio Tinto Chief Geologist Mr Paul Agnew.

To blink or not to blink—Academy Fellow delivers 2018 Lloyd Rees Lecture

Professor Paul Mulvaney spoke on excitons in nanocrystals for the Lloyd Rees Lecture.

Academy Fellow Professor Paul Mulvaney delivered the 2018 Lloyd Rees Lecture recently on Excitons in nanocrystals—to blink or not to blink.

Independent selection of research grants essential for integrity of Australia’s research system

The Academy strongly supports independent selection of research grants in Australia.

The Australian Academy of Science expresses its concern that Ministerial veto has been made on eleven grant applications recommended for funding by the Australian Research Council (ARC).

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