Movers and shakers
Movers and shakers is a regularly updated record of the honours received by Academy Fellows.
2024
2024
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Sally-Ann Williams has been named on the Board of the Australian Research Council.
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Emeritus Professor Andrews has been honoured as a 2024 Queensland Great.
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Professor Sahajwalla will deliver the 2024 annual Ann Moyal Lecture titled "A smart vision for a sustainable future".
Professor Anthony Weiss AM FTSE
Has received the Lemberg Medal and Lecture, given by the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Professor McArthur has been elected as a Fellow of the International Biomaterials Science & Engineering Society.
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Dr Hillyard has been appointed to the board of the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI).
Professor Gamage was named a Foreign Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Professor Bronwyn Fox FTSE appointed as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research & Enterprise at University of New South Wales.
Scientia Professor John Gooding FTSE received $3.7 million funding from the Australian Research Council.
Professor Chien Ming Wang FTSE has been elected to the European Academy of Science and Arts.
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Kirsten Rose FTSE has been appointed as the Deputy Chief Executive of CSIRO.
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Professor Craig Simmons FTSE FAA has been appointed as the Chief Scientist for South Australia.
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Professor Weiss has been awarded the 2024 Academy of Science Ian Wark Medal and Lecture.
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Professor Justin Gooding FTSE FAA has been awarded the 2024 Academy of Science David Craig Medal and Lecture.
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Dr Nick Austin FTSE has been appointed as the President of the Policy Advisory Council for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
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David Thodey AO FTSE has been announced as the next Chancellor of the University of Sydney.
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Mikaela Jade FTSE’s submission into the 2024 international CAETS Communication Prize has been selected as Australia’s lead entrant to represent Australian technological science and engineering innovation on the world stage.
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Professor Mary O’Kane AC FTSE has been appointed as the Independent Chair of the AEMO Board, commencing 2 April 2024.
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Dr Lachlan Blackhall FTSE has been appointed as the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation) at The Australian National University.
Professor Salah Sukkarieh FTSE inducted as a Fellow of the IEEE Robotics and Automation society.
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Professor Tanya Monro AC FAA FTSE has been formally elected as an International Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.
Martin Green, Emma Johnston, Thomas Maschmeyer, Veena Sahajwalla, Michelle Simmons, Gordon Wallace, Graeme Clark, Gustav Nossal, Svetha Venkatesh, Ian Frazer, Ian Lowe, Helene Marsh, Peter Newman, Basil Hetzel, Tanya Monro, Mark Oliphant, Genevieve Bell, Liz Dennis, Jagadish Chennupati, Jim Peacock, Brian Schmidt, Bob May, David Henry Solomon, Alan Trounson, Lyn Beazley and Andrew Blakers
26 ATSE Fellows named in the Top100 Australian Scientists list.
Catherine Brighid Livingstone, David Vernon Boger, Robin William King, Cynthia Alison Mitchell, Michael John Eyles, Buddhima Indraratna, James Richard May, John Alan Ramshaw and Jan Maree Tennent
9 ATSE Fellows were recognised for outstanding achievements in the Australia Day 2024 Honours.
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Dr Sangeeta Bhatia FTSE was elected as a Fellow at the Academy of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in January.
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Professor Mark Cassidy FTSE FAA has been appointed as the new Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) at the University of Melbourne and stepped in his new role on 1 January.
