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Thomas, AW Thompson, AM Thompson, CJ Tregear, GW Trudinger, NS Truswell, EM Tucker, RS Turner, JS Tyerman, SD Tyndale-Biscoe, CH Underwood, AJ Vaux, DL Veevers, JJ Vincent, RA von Caemmerer, S von Itzstein, M Wake, RG Walker, NA Wall, GE Wallace, GG Wallace, HR Walter, MR Wand, MP Wang, XJ Warnaar, SO Warren, JR Waterhouse, PM Watts, RO Weigold, E Welsh, AH Wentrup, C Westoby, M White, GK White, JW Whitten, MJ Whitten, WK Wild, SB Williams, JF Williams, JS Williams, R Williamson, R Williamson, RE Wintour-Coghlan, EM Wiseman, HM Wiskich, JT Withers, RL Womersley, HBS Woodall, R Zillman, JW Corresponding Members Andersson, B Atiyah, Sir M Attenborough, Sir D Bernard, J Bjorkman, OE Blackburn, EH Boyer, JS Brooks, RA Buckingham, AD Connell, JH Cornforth, Sir JW Feldmann, M Gajdusek, DC Harris, Sir H Jones, VFR Krebs, CJ Lu, Y May, Lord R Öquist, FG Oxburgh, Lord R Powell, MJD Raven, PH Salpeter, EE Sanger, F Slater, EC Tao, T Zinkernagel, RM New Fellows We congratulate the following scientists who were elected to the Fellowship on 25 March 2009: Professor Marilyn Crowl Ball FAA Head, Ecosystem Dynamics, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra Professor John Philip Carter AM FAA FIEAust FTSE Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University of Newcastle Professor Frank Caruso FAA Director, Centre for Nano Science and Nanotechnology, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne Mike Raupach THE FELLOWSHIP Professor Kong-Hong Andy Choo FAA Professor, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne Professor Warrick John Couch FAA ARC Professorial Fellow, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne Professor Hugh Francis Durrant-Whyte FAA FTSE Professor of Mechatronic Engineering, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney Professor Charles Reay Mackay FAA Director, Immunology and Inflammation Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney Professor Paul Mulvaney FAA FRACI ARC Federation Fellow, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne 8 THE AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
Professor Robert Glenn Parton FAA Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland Professor George Paxinos AO FAA Professor, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney Dr Michael Robin Raupach FAA FTSE Research Scientist, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Canberra Professor Leigh William Simmons FAA ARC Federation Fellow, Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia Professor Xu-Jia Wang FAA Professor of Mathematics, Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University, Canberra Professor Peter Michael Waterhouse FAA ARC Federation Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney Professor Mark Westoby FAA Professor, School of Biological Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney Professor Raymond Leslie Withers FAA Professor, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra Honours awarded to Fellows during the year 2008–09 Professor Jerry Adams Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) Professor Louis Charles Birch Member of the Order of Australia (AM) Professor Gavin Brown 2007 Royal Society of New South Wales Medal Professor Robert Graham NHMRC 2010 Program Grant Professor Martin Green Inaugural New South Wales Scientist of the Year 2008 Zayed Future Energy Prize Professor Richard Harvey NHMRC Australia Fellowship Professor Antony Wilks Burgess Elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Professor Robert Clark 2008 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science Professor Matthew Colless 2007 Walter Burfitt Prize by the Royal Society of New South Wales Professor Peter Colman 2008 Victoria Prize by the Victorian Government Professor David Michael Doddrell Member of the Order of Australia (AM) Professor Peter Doherty NHMRC 2010 Program Grant Professor Michael Eastwood Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship Professor Lorenzo Faraone 2008 Eureka Prize for Science in Support of Defence or National Security Professor Ian Frazer 2008 Balzan Prize Professor John Hopwood 2008 South Australian Scientist of the Year Professor Jörg Imberger 2008 West Australian Scientist of the Year Professor Chennupati Jagadish Elected as a Fellow of the American Vacuum Society Professor Philip Kuchel 2008 Australian and New Zealand Society for Magnetic Resonance Medal Professor Pauline Ladiges Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) Professor Yui-wing Mai Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London Professor Suzanne O’Reilly 2007 Clark Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales Professor John Ralston Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) Professor Stephen Redman Member of the Order of Australia (AM) Professor Hyam Rubinstein 2008 George Szekeres Medal by the Australian Mathematical Society THE FELLOWSHIP ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2008–MARCH 2009 9
Page 1 and 2: ANNUAL REPORT 2008-09 1 April 2008
Page 3: REPORT OF THE COUNCIL For the year
Page 6 and 7: President’s foreword The reportin
Page 9 and 10: Council and administration The Acad
Page 11: Harvey, RP Hatch, MD Head, AK Healy
Page 15 and 16: Regional groups The following repor
Page 17 and 18: Victoria Chair: Professor Tony Klei
Page 19 and 20: In addition the Academy, in conjunc
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Page 23 and 24: After a stimulating presentation fr
Page 25 and 26: National committees for science The
Page 27 and 28: Brain and mind Chair: Professor Max
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East Asia and Pacific Summer Progra
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Early-career awards Fenner Medal fo
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J G Russell Awards The J G Russell
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The conference was unique in its ra
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Sir Mark Oliphant Conferences The S
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Science education The Academy is co
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Available units: Questioning Minds
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ecognition. To make that happen, we
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Paul Korner FAA; Professor Lawrie L
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Public lectures Public lecture seri
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National Academies Forum events Pub
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Preventative health: Science and te
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aired on 21 August during the Eurek
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Special project grants Australia-It
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The gardens between the Shine Dome
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Date Function Organisation 17 Octob
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Adolph Basser Library The Library i
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Obituary notices Ronald Drayton Bro
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Peter William Gage Died 13 August 2
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Christopher Charles Heyde Died 6 Ma
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Richard Ernst Meyer Died 6 January
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Rodney Warren Rickards Died 17 Dece
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