Historical winners of the Clunies Ross Award

Explore the list of Clunies Ross Award winners since 1991.

2018

Dr Erol Harvey - Entrepreneur of the Year

Dr Jim Aylward - Innovation Award

Professor David Huang - Knowledge Commercialisation


 

2017

Professor Andrew Wilks FTSE - Entrepreneur of the Year

Professor Mike Xie FTSE - Innovation Award

Darryn Smart - Knowledge Commercialisation


 

2016

Dr Elaine Saunders - Entrepreneur of the Year<.p>

Professor Peter Murphy - Innovation Award

Professor Maree Smith AC FTSE - Knowledge Commercialisation Award


 

2015

Associate Professor Leigh Ward

Professor Zhiguo Yuan AM FTSE

Dr Catherine Foley PSM FTSE and Dr Keith Leslie

Professor Jim Patrick AO FTSE - Lifetime Achievement Award


 

2014

Ravi Ravitharan, Peter Mutton and Graham Tew

Professor Kevin Galvin FTSE

Dr Ezio Rizzardo FRACI FTSE, Dr Graeme Moad and Dr San Thang FTSE

Dr John Nutt AM FTSE


 

2013

Dr Anthony Radford, Dr James Rothel, Dr Paul Wood and Dr Stephen Jones

Ian T. Croser AM

Dr Simon Poole and Dr Steven Frisken


 

2012

Dr Gideon Chitombo

Professor Peter Blamey

Professor Stuart Crozier

Sir William Tyree - Lifetime Achievement Award


 

2011 

Dr John Ness

Dr Nicholas Gough FTSE and Professor Antony Burgess FTSE and Professor Ashley Dunn

Dr John Clout

Mr Bruce Candy

Dr Roy Woodall - Lifetime Achievement Award


 

2010

Dr John Parker FTSE, Hearing Implant Technology

Graham Daniels, WLAN Technology

John Deane, WLAN Technology

Dr John O’Sullivan FAA FTSE, WLAN Technology

Dr Terence Percival FTSE, WLAN Technology

Diethelm Ostry, WLAN Technology

Professor David Skellern AO FTSE, Microelectrics

Professor Neil Weste FTSE, Microelectrics

Professor Tim St Pierre, Liver Treatment

Andrew Jessett, Mining Technology


 

2009

Dr Chris Nichol FTSE, Mobile Phone Technology

Dr John Hullet, Solving Internet Congestion

Alan Langworthy, Remote Renewable Power

Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte FRS FAA, Robotics for Australia

Professor John Hopwood, Lysosomal Disease Treatment

Professor Tony Cantoni FTSE, Solving Internet Congestion

Professor Zigmantis Budrikis, Solving Internet Congestion


 

2008 

David Noon FTSE, Slope Stability Radar

Professor Colin Sullivan FTSE, Sleep Apnoea Treatment

Professor Iven Mareels FTSE, Water Saving Technologies

Professor Stuart Wenham FTSE, Silicon Cell Technology


 

2007 

Dr Peter Farrell AM FTSE, Sleep Apnoea

Martin Harris, Confocal Microscopy

Professor Arthur Lowery FTSE, Photonics

Professor Ian Frazer AC FAA FTSE, Cervical Cancer Research

Peter Delaney, Confocal Microscopy

Paul Gottleib, Mineralogical Analysis


 

2006 

Dr Danny Llewellyn FTSE, Biotechnology and Entomology

Dr Gary Fitt FTSE, Biotechnology and Entomology

Dr Greg Constable FTSE, Biotechnology and Entomology

Dean Cameron, Water Treatment

Gerald Roach, Metallurgy

Professor Ron Sacks-Davis, Information Technology


 

2005 

Dr Alan Finkel AO FTSE, Biomedical Clamp Amplifiers

Dr Alex Zelinsky FTSE, Robotics and Computer Vision

Dr Fiona Wood, Skin Tissue Engineering

Dr Robert Banks, Animal Genetic Analysis

Marie Stoner, Skin Tissue Engineering

Professor Gerald Van Erp, Fibre Reinforced Composite


 

2004 

Dr Gregory Roger, Medical Innovation and Engineering

Dr Ian Edward Grey FTSE, Ministry Chemistry

Dr Jeff Rowlands, Mining Technology

Dr John Ballard AO FTSE, Biochemical Drug Development

Dr Robert Evans FTSE, Forest Products Research

Mal Crozier, Defence Engineering


 

2003 

Dr Ahmad Shayan, Building and Construction

Dr David Boger FRS FAA FTSE, Non-Newtonian Fluids

Ron Grey, Scientific Equipment

Stephen Elliott, Water Treatment Technology

Professor David Doddrell FAA, Magnetic Resonance Technology

Professor David Blair, Physics and Astronomy

Professor Jennie Brand-Miller, Human Nutrition


 

2002 

Dr Edwin van Leeuwen FTSE, Airborne Gravity Mapping

Dr Ted Maddess, Optical Technology

David Burton, Medical Diagnostic Equipment

Sandy Gray, Mineral Processing

Professor Eric Reynolds AO FTSE, Dental Health Research

Emeritus Professor John Irwin FTSE, Plant Production Technology


 

2001 

Dr Grahame Webb, Reptilian Biology and Conservation

Dr John Cannon, Mathematics and Computer Science

Gordon Kennett, Hydraulic Engineering

Nui Wang, Automotive Engineering

Trevor Bridle, Waste Treatment Technology

Professor Barry Marshall FAA, Helicobacter Research


 

2000 

Dr Mark O’Brien, Surgery

Dr Bill Mathew, Metallurgy

Dr Robert Clifford, Marine Engineering

Dr Wen-Yang Wu, Organic Chemistry

Dr Phillip Hercus, Marine Engineering

Professor Richard Drew AM FTSE, Entomology


 

1999 

Dr Rahmi Akcelik, Traffic Software Design

Dr Bruce Walker AM FTSE, Appropriate Technology

Dr Frank Jorgensen, Smelting Technology

Dr Jane Watson, Statistical Literacy

Andrew Martin, Microwave Radio Communication

Professor Sam Luxton FTSE, Air-Conditioning Technology


 

1998 

Associate Professor Kevin Whithear, Veterinary Science

Dr Ian Holmes, Medical Virology

Dr Ralph Holmes, Bulk Sampling Techniques

Ian Croser, Communications Technology

Professor Ruth Bishop AO, Public Health


 

1997 

Dr John Hopkinson, Plant Breeding

Dr Robert Hobbs FTSE, Metallurgy

Allan Roy, Aluminium Smelting Industry

Denis Hanley AM, Membrane Filtration Technology

Professor Jorg Imberger AM FREng FAA FTSE, Environmental Engineering


 

1995 

Dr Bruce Thomas, Antenna Design and Construction

Dr John Floyd AM FTSE, Metallurgy

Dr Robin Bedding FAA, Nematology

Emeritus Professor Bill Compston FAA FRS FTSE, Earth Sciences

Kevin Inkster, Entrepreneurship

Professor Peter Spadrow, Veterinary Science


 

1994 

Dr Frank Honey FTSE, Remote Sensing Technology

Dr Martin Cole FTSE, Smoke Detection Systems

John Brockwell, Agricultural Research

John Innes FTSE, Iron Ore Processing

Professor David Solomon AC FRS FAA FTSE, Polymer Chemistry

Professor Martin Green AM FRS FAA FTSE, Photovoltaic Research


 

1993 

Dr Geoffrey Grigg FTSE, Biotechnology

Dr Robert Henzell AM, Plant Breeding

Dr Roy Woodall AO FAA FTSE, Mineral Exploration

Dr Tony Priestley, Waste Treatment

Professor Ian Taylor, Reconstructive Surgery


 

1992 

Dr Robert Becher, Mineral Processing

Ewen Tyler AM, Diamond Exploration

Graeme Clark AC FAA FRS FTSE, Treatment of Deafness

Michael Penny, Airborne Laser Mapping

Professor Susan Serjeanston AO, Genetics and Medical Science


 

1991 

Dr John Gladstones AM FTSE, Plant Breeding

Ernest Dawes OBE FTSE, Scientific Equipment

Paul Trainor AO, Medical Equipment

Ralph Sarich, Automotive Engineering

Professor Donald Metcalf AC FAA FRS, Medical Research

Professor Graeme Jameson AO FREng FAA FTSE, Mineral Processing

Professor Mike Rickard FTSE, Veterinary Science


 

Lifetime Awards

Professor Jim Patrick AO FTSE 2015

Dr John Nutt AM FTSE 2014

Sir William Tyree Kt OBE FTSE 2012

Dr Roy Woodall AO FAA FTSE 2011

Professor John Boldeman AO FTSE 2010

Professor John Ralston AO FAA FTSE 2009

Professor Raymond Stalker AO FAA FTSE 2008

Professor Nancy Millis AC MBE FAA FTSE 2007

Professor John De Laeter AO FTSE 2006

Dr Joseph Baker AO OBE FTSE 2005

Emeritus Professor Frank Fenner 2002

Dr Phillip Law AC CBE FAA FTSE 2001

Professor Ralph Slatyer AO FRS FAA FTSE 2001

Sir Gus Nossal AC CBE FRS FAA FTSE 1999