Honours and awards to Fellows

Professor Eddie Holmes FAA FRS – 2021 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science (read more)

Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla FAA FTSE – 2022 NSW Australian of the Year

 

This month, I am delighted to share with you that Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC FAA FTSE will be the next President of the Australian Academy of Science, succeeding me in May 2022.

From left: Professor David Lindenmayer with ‘Cold Coast' by Robyn Mundy, and Emeritus Professor Cheryl Praeger with ‘Ciara's Gift: Grief Edged with Gold', by Una Glennon. Photos: supplied.

How do Australia's top minds relax?

The Australian Academy of Science’s 6th Annual Fellows’ Christmas Book and Podcast List has been released, with recommendations from Australia's leading scientists.

Hardy Reef in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Photo by Yanguang Lan on Unsplash

Australian experts are calling for the challenges of climate change to be used as a catalyst for positive changes to help conserve the world’s most precious heritage places.

(L to R): Zach Ghirardello, Dr Petra Lundgren and Andrew Hood. Photos: supplied.

The Australian Academy of Science is pleased to welcome three new appointments to senior roles: Dr Petra Lundgren, Director of Future Earth Australia; Zach Ghirardello, Director, Diversity and Inclusion and Andrew Hood, Chief Information Officer.

 

As the year draws to a close, I would like to thank you all for your continued support of the Academy, whether that is by your generous donations, sharing the work of the Academy, or simply by staying aware of what we are doing by subscribing to this newsletter.

Academy opportunities Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellowships

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers provides opportunities for Australian postdoctoral researchers to conduct, under the guidance of their Japanese hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions.

Applications for JSPS Fellowships for 2022 are invited from researchers in any field of the physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, technology and medicine.

Honours and awards to Fellows

Distinguished Professor Ivan Marusic FAA FTSE—Elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering

Dr Graeme Moad FAA FTSE—Elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering

Professor Mathai Varghese FAA FaustMS—2021 George Szekeres Medal, Australian Mathematical Society

Scientia Professor Richard Bryant AC FAA FAHMS FASSA—Leadership in Innovation in NSW, Premier’s Prizes for Science & Engineering

Throughout 2021, the Australian Academy of Science has again sought to place science at the service of the nation and to make science available to everyone. Here is month-by-month a snapshot of the year that was.

January

 

The agreement reached between the Victorian Government, the Commonwealth Government and Moderna will significantly grow our sovereign capability to respond to future pandemics. Image by Thirdman on Pexels.

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