Movers and shakers

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9 ATSE Fellows were recognised for outstanding achievements in the Australia Day 2024 Honours.

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Alexander McLean

Emeritus Professor Alexander McLean AO FTSE  has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia for his contributions to the advancement of road safety.

Alex Zelinsky, Richard Sheldrake, Sue MacLeman

Professor Alex Zelinsky AO FTSE, Dr Richard Sheldrake AM FTSE and Sue MacLeman FTSE have been named as members of the NSW Innovation and Productivity Council.

Andrew Cuthbertson, Cathy Foley, Kevin Galvin, Robyn Owens, Simon Poole and Jenny Stauber

Professor Andrew Cuthbertson AO (Chief Scientific Officer and Director, CSL Limited), Dr Cathy Foley (Chief Scientist, CSIRO), Professor Kevin Galvin (Chemical engineer, University of Newcastle), Professor Robyn Anne Owens FAA (Computer vision mathematician, University of Western Australia), Dr Simon Poole AO (Director of Business Development, Cylite) and Dr Jenny Stauber (Ecotoxicologist, CSIRO Land and Water) have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.

Zhiguo Yuan, Keith Hampson, Laura Poole-Warren and Doug MacFarlane

Professor Zhiguo Yuan AM, Professor Keith Hampson, Professor Laura Poole-Warren and Professor Douglas MacFarlane have received Australian Research Council Linkage Grantsfor projects they are involved in.

John Ralston

Emeritus Laureate Professor John Ralston AO was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Rob Fitzpatrick

Professor Robert Fitzpatrick has been elected a Fellow of Soil Science Australia, one of just three elected this year. The Fellowship “recognises his distinction and exceptional achievements in the advancement, extension, teaching, technology and research areas of soil science”.

Mary-Anne Williams

Distinguished Professor Mary-Anne Williams, Director of The Magic Lab at University of Technology Sydney, has won an inaugural Google TensorFlow Faculty Award to develop educational content with TensorFlow 2.0, Google’s open-source deep learning platform.

Bronwyn Fox

Professor Brownyn Fox is Swinburne University’s new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise). She will focus on leveraging the university’s research and innovation strategy to create social and economic impact.

David Thodey and Catherine Tanna

David Thodey AO will be Deputy Chair of the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission and Catherine Tanna will serve on its board.

Brownyn Evans

The Federal Government has announced $28m funding for the Building 4.0 Cooperative Research Centre, which Dr Bronwyn Evans chairs.

Elizabeth Taylor

Ian Oppermann

Dr Ian Oppermann has been elected President of the Australian Computer Society.

Johanna Westbrook

Professor Johanna Westbrook, Director of the Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, has received a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research Excellence Award.

Chennupati Jagadish

Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC has been elected as an International Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering “for contributions to nanotechnology for optoelectronic devices.”

Sue MacLeman

Sue MacLeman, Chair and Non-Executive Director of MTP Connect Australia, has been appointed to the Digital Experts Advisory Committee for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Michele Allan, Jacqueline Craig and Rosalind Dubs

Dr Michele Allan, Dr Jacqueline Craig and Dr Rosalind Dubs have been appointed to the board of the new SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre. The CRC represents one of the most significant space research collaborations ever forged in Australia.

Dr Surinder Pal Singh

Leading CSIRO agriculture researcher Dr Surinder Pal Singh has been awarded the 2020 Australasian Section of the American Oil Chemists Society Award for Scientific Excellence in Lipid Research.  The award recognises sustained contributions to the lipid science by a scientist from Australasia.

Robert Park

Professor Robert Park and his University of Sydney teamreceived an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant for a project combating myrtle rust, a new disease threatening Australia’s unique flora.

Genevieve Bell

SRI International has named Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell the world’s inaugural Engelbart Distinguished Fellow for her trailblazing work on technology, artificial intelligence and culture.

Leonie Walsh

Former Victorian Lead Scientist, Dr Leonie Walsh, has been appointed to Swinburne Council, the governing body of Swinburne University of Technology. Dr Walsh was also the inaugural Women in STEMM Ambassador and the first woman president of Australasian Industrial Research Group.

Douglas MacFarlane

Professor Douglas MacFarlane and his Monash team received an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant for a project investigating new materials for zero carbon energy storage.

Sue MacLeman

Biotech Daily named MTPConnect Chair Sue MacLeman Chair of the Year for 2019.

Annabelle Duncan

Professor Annabelle Duncan (deputy chair of our Education Forum) has been appointed as the new board Chair of the Sydney School of Entrepreneurship (SSE). The SSE is a collaboration of NSW universities and TAFEs.

Ana Deletic

Professor Ana Deletic, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at UNSW, has been named an Honorary Fellow of Engineers Australia for her exceptional contributions to the engineering profession and the Australian community.

Veena Sahajwalla

The NSW Physical Sciences Fund has awarded Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla a grant for the SMaRT@UNSW Recycled Glass Panel Line, an innovative circular economy project. Read more.

Alan Finkel

Dr Alan Finkel AO was presented with the 2019 David Dewhurst Award for Biomedical Engineering Excellence. His acceptance remarks are available on the Chief Scientist website.

Chennupati Jagadish

Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC, Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Australian National University, has been awarded the W.H. (Beattie) Steel Medal from the Australian Optical Society.

Rose Amal

Professor Rose Amal AC has been named 2019 NSW Scientist of the Year. Professor Amal is a chemical engineer and the leader of the Particles and Catalysis Research Group at UNSW.

Mike Hood

Professor Michael Hood has been elected a Foreign Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). This prestigious Academy has only 93 Foreign Fellows, including Bill Gates and our former President Professor Robin Batterham AO.

David Abramson

Professor David Abramson, Director of the Centre for Research Computing at the University of Queensland, has received the 2019 Pearcey Medal for his contribution to Australia’s information and communications technology industry.

Carrie Hillyard

Dr Carrie Hillyard AM has been appointed chair of the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia. Dr Hillyard is an Academy Director with extensive experience in the health technology sector.

Andrew Liveris

Five aspiring engineering leaders have recently received scholarships through the newly established Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership at The University of Queensland (UQ), thanks to a generous donation by Andrew Liveris AO.

Chennupati Jagadish

Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC, Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Australian National University is the new Editor in Chief of Applied Physics Reviews.

Kevin Galvin

Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin will lead the newly-announced ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals at University of Newcastle. The centre will work towards achieving zero-emission mining.

Gernot Heiser

Professor Gernot Heiser has won the ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame award for a landmark paper he co-wrote 10 years ago describing the world’s first correctness proof of an operating system.

Sarah Ryan

Dr Sarah Ryan has been appointed a Non-Executive Director of Aurizon.

Martin Cole

Dr Martin Cole is is the new head of the University of Adelaide School of Agriculture, Food and Wine. He moves from CSIRO, where he is Deputy Director, Agriculture and Food.

Helene Marsh and Alex Zelinsky

Professor Helene Marsh, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science at James Cook University, and Professor Alex Zelinsky AO, the Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University, have been inducted as Bragg Members of the Royal Institution of Australia. The award recognises excellence in scientific achievement and commitment to science in Australia.

Douglas MacFarlane

Chemistry luminary Professor Douglas MacFarlane has been appointed as a Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor at Monash University, the most prestigious title for serving professors of the University.

Chennupati Jagadish

Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC, Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Australian National University, has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 IEEE Electron Devices Society Education Award for distinguished and sustained contributions to education, training and mentoring.

Kathryn Fagg

Kathryn Fagg AO has been appointed a Non-Executive Director of NAB.

Megan Clark and Peter Yates

Dr Megan Clark AC, Head of the Australian Space Agency and former Director of CSIRO, and Peter Yates AM, Chair of the Australian Science Media Centre and the Royal Institution of Australia, have been awarded the prestigious 2019 Australian Academy of Science Medal.

Bogdan Dlugogorski

Professor Bogdan Dlugogorski FTSE will deliver the 2020 Howard Emmons Invited Plenary Lecture at the 13th International Association For Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) Symposium in Waterloo, Canada.

Paul Wood

Professor Paul Wood AO has been appointed Chair of the Board of The Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed). Professor Wood is a co-founder and Director of IMNIS.

Max Lu

Emeritus Professor Max Lu AO has been named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He is President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Surrey.

Mike Xie

Distinguished Professor Yi Min (Mike) Xie AM has been awarded a 2019 Australian Laureate Fellowship by the Australian Research Council.

John Mattick

Professor John Mattick AO has joined UNSW’s School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences.

He has also been awarded the Advance Award for Global Impact. The Advance Awards recognise Australians who exhibit remarkable talent, exceptional vision, and ambition. Professor Mattick has “transformed the world’s understanding of the human genome”.

Anton Middelberg

Professor Anton Middelberg has been named University of Adelaide’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research. He steps up from leading the university’s engineering, computing and maths science faculty.

Ken Matthews

Ken Matthews AO has been appointed Chair of a new independent review panel investigating Australia’s regulation of agricultural and veterinary chemicals.

Rob Vertessy

Professor Robert Vertessy will lead a new $20m research program on the Murray Darling basin to inform water and environmental management decisions. It will look at how “hydrology and climate change impact the environment, and the livelihoods of people in the Basin.”

Emily Hilder and Paul Haddad

Professor Emily Hilder and Professor Paul Haddad are part of Team GreyScan from University of Tasmania, which has won the 2019 Defence Science and Technology Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia. GreyScan is the world’s first trace detection device that can identify inorganic explosives in under a minute.

Paul Wood

Graeme Jameson

Veena Sahajwalla

The Federal Government has announced that Professor Veena Sahajwalla will lead the new ARC Research Hub for Microrecycling of Battery and Consumer Wastes.

This project will develop processes to transform waste into valuable materials and products, including metallic alloys, oxides and carbon, instead of becoming landfill. Turning waste into valuable materials will create jobs and has significant environmental and social benefits.

Ian Chubb

Former Australian Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb AC has been appointed Chair Elect of national peak pain organisation Painaustralia.

Peter Klinken

Professor Svend Peter Klinken AC, Chief Scientist of Western Australia, has been appointed to the Australian Space Agency Advisory Group.

Chris Pigram

Dr Christopher Pigram AM, Chair of AuScope Limited, has been appointed to the Australian Space Agency Advisory Group.

Margaret Sheil

Professor Margaret Sheil AO, Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology, has been appointed to the Australian Space Agency Advisory Group.

Emily Hilder

Professor Emily Hilder has been named as a new member of the South Australian Premier’s Science and Innovation Council. She is the Director of the Future Industries Institute at the University of South Australia.

Tanya Monro

Australia’s Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro has won the 2019 South Australian Award for Excellence in Women’s Leadership. Professor Monro is the first woman to lead the Defence Science and Technology Group and is a founder of the SAGE initiative.

Richard Williams

The Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK has awarded Professor Richard Williams OBE one of its highest accolades, the President’s Medal.

Mark Cassidy

Professor Mark Cassidy, Dean of the Melbourne School of Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

Lyn Beazley

Professor Lyn Beazley AO, Sir Walter Murdoch Professor of Science at Murdoch University, has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Professor Beazley was also featured in a segment on 7:30 on the ABC on 27 May 2019.

Peter Corke

Distinguished Professor Peter Corke, Professor of Robotic Vision at Queensland University of Technology, has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

Alex Zelinsky

Professor Alexander Zelinsky AO, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Newcastle, has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

Bruce Godfrey

Dr Bruce Godfrey, Academy Director and Vice-President Diversity, gave a seminar to the Parliament of Victoria on 20 July. He discussed the future of energy storage and the opportunities this presents for Victorian industries.

David Hurley

HE David Hurley AC DSC has been sworn in as Governor-General of Australia. He was elected an Honorary Fellow in 2016 and has been a support of the STELR schools program.

John Church

Professor John Alexander Church is a co-winner of the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge award for climate change science. He receives €400,000 in recognition of his research on sea level response to climate change. BBVA is a Spanish bank.

Leanna Read

Uniseed, the early stage commercialisation fund run by universities and the CSIRO, has appointed former South Australian chief scientist Dr Leanna Read to its board as an independent member. Dr Read was South Australia’s first woman chief scientist, and chairs two Adelaide-based biotechnology companies and the CRC for Cell Therapy Manufacturing.

She said that Uniseed played an “important role in helping its research partners turn their research into real products and services”.

Erica Smyth

Mineral and petroleum pioneer Dr Erica Smyth AC has been awarded the Western Australia Business Award 2019 for her groundbreaking work over 45 years in the sector. Dr Smyth has chaired or been a director of more than 20 listed and private companies, charities and government boards and is one of few women to chair an ASX-listed company.

Dr Smyth is a passionate advocate for gender equality in her field, and has done substantial work for diabetes research and the Royal Flying Doctor Services. One of the first women geologists in WA, she has worked across the oil, gas, uranium, gold, iron ore, diamonds and mineral sands industries.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the chair and managing director of Biocon Limited, Bangalore, India, has been elected as a full-term member of the MIT Corporation, the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Margaret Hartley

Academy CEO Dr Margaret Hartley spoke at the closing panel of the Collaborate Innovate 2019 conference. The theme of the panel was “maximising research impact”.

Peter Yates

Dr Peter Yates AM, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Australian Science Media Centre and the Royal Institution of Australia, delivered the prestigious Ralph Slatyer address on science and society at the opening of the Collaborate Innovate 2019 conference. The theme of his speech was “fake news and pseudoscience under the microscope”.

Veena Sahajwalla

Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Founding Director of the UNSW Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) Centre, has been appointed Executive Director of the newly announced Circular Economy Innovation Network (CEIN).

The CEIN is an initiative of the NSW Government to reduce waste and enhance sustainability by developing a circular economy in which waste is valued as a resource.

Bogdan Dlugogorski

Professor Bogdan Dlugogorski has been appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, Research and Innovation at Charles Darwin University. He was previously Dean of the School of Engineering and Information Technology at Murdoch University in Perth.

Chennupati Jagadish

Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC, Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Australian National University, has been elected a Foreign Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences.

Peter Høj

Professor Peter Høj, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Queensland, has been awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of the University of Adelaide. The Honorary Doctorate acknowledges his exceptional leadership in science, including the commercialisation of science, and in the higher education sector.

He has also received the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) award for Asia-Pacific Leadership in recognition of his philanthropic work.

Eric Wolanski

The EU Council Presidency has invited Professor Eric Wolanski, Leading Scientist at the Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research at James Cook University, to give a talk in Bucharest on 9 May. He will speak about how his work on ecohydrology could be applied to better manage the Danube River-Delta-Black Sea ecosystem.

Bronwyn Fox

Professor Bronwyn Fox, Foundation Director of the Manufacturing Futures Research Institute at Swinburne University, has secured $1 million through the Global Innovation Linkages Program for a project focused on manufacturing high-volume lightweight composites.

David Abramson

Professor David Abramson, Director of the Centre for Research Computing at the University of Queensland, has been elected as this year’s President of the Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia (CORE).

Tony Weiss

Professor Tony Weiss AM from the University of Sydney has been elected the next President of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society. This is the first time a President of this global society was elected from the southern hemisphere.

Deo Prasad

Professor Deo Prasad AO from the University of New South Wales has received the Australian Institute of Architects’ National Leadership in Sustainability Awards 2019. It will be formally presented in June.

Peter Klinken‏

Professor Peter Klinken has been reappointed WA Chief Scientist to June 2022. He was first appointed in 2014.

Marlene Kanga, Judy Raper, Bronwyn Evans and Elizabeth Taylor

These four Fellows were recognised among “10 of Australia’s influential women in engineering” by Create magazine on International Women’s Day 2019.

Sarah Ryan

Dr Sarah Ryan has been appointed to the Director Advisory Panel of ASIC (the Australian Securities and Investments Commission) for a four-year term.

Di Davidson

The South Australian Government has appointed Di Davidson AM as the Presiding Member of the South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board. Ms Davidson was re-appointed as a Board member in February, having previously served as a Board member from 2004 to 2006.

“Despite almost 15 years in water policy and management in South Australia and the Murray-Darling Basin, I’m keen to see greater integration of soil and land management as part of the overall concept of natural resources management,” she said.

Vaughan Beck

Dr Vaughan Beck AM has been appointed to the NT Environment Protection Authority. He was a member of the NT Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing in the Northern Territory between 2016 and 2018.

Dr Beck was the Academy’s Executive Director – Technical, responsible for the Academy’s research projects and the development of policy advice to government in energy, water, infrastructure, innovation, technology, technology and health, education and climate change.

Karen Reynolds

Professor Karen Reynolds, an Academy Director, has been awarded the Flinders University Convocation Medal for outstanding contributions to the Medical Device Partnering Program and as a biomedical engineering leader and a champion for women in STEM.

Fiona Stapleton

Professor Fiona Stapleton has received the H Barry Collin medal for outstanding research from Optometry Australia.

Anne Simmons

Professor Anne Simmons has become inaugural Provost at the University of New South Wales. Professor Simmons is a biomedical researcher and has led two schools in the university’s engineering faculty. She moves up from PVC Academic Excellence.

Katherine Woodthorpe

Dr Katherine Woodthorpe AO has been appointed Chair of the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

The chair and managing director of Biocon Limited, Bangalore, India, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, has been elected a Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering in the USA. The honour was given for her work in developing affordable biopharmaceuticals and the biotechnology industry in India. She has also been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by Deakin University.

Peter Høj

University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj AC has been elected to the Fellowship of the National Academy of Inventors in the United States. This distinction is awarded to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have had a significant impact on society.

Lyn Beazley

Professor Lyn Beazley has been awarded an Honorary Degree from the Australian National University “for her efforts to encourage every Australian child to learn and love science”.

Andrew Peele

Director of the Australian Synchrotron Professor Andrew Peele is one of two Australians appointed to assist with the development of a $500 million synchrotron facility in Mexico, the first and largest of its kind.

Michelle Simmons

Australian of the Year and quantum computing expert Professor Michelle Simmons led a team that demonstrated a compact sensor for accessing information stored in the electrons of individual atoms – a breakthrough that brings us one step closer to scalable quantum computing in silicon.

The research, conducted within the Simmons group at the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (CQC2T) with PhD student Prasanna Pakkiam as lead author, was published in the prestigious journal Physical Review X (PRX).

Marlene Kanga

President of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations, Professor Marlene Kanga, was named the 2018 Professional Engineer of the Year by Engineers Australia.

Previously the National President of Engineers Australia, Professor Kanga has had a successful career in oil, gas and chemical industry.

Alan Finkel

Chief Scientist of Australia and former Academy President, Dr Alan Finkel, has been awarded the 2018 Peter Nicol Russel Memorial Medal, the most distinguished award granted by Engineers Australia.

He was awarded in recognition of his eminent career characterised by the broad spectrum of impactful contributions on the engineering profession, technology and the community.

David Abramson wins gold at ACS Digital Disruptors Awards

University of Queensland’s Research and Computing Centre (RCC) won a gold Australian Computer Society Digital Disruptors Award for its latest high-performance computer Wiener. RCC Director is Academy Fellow Professor David Abramson FTSE, who attended a gala to claim the award with a colleague.

Robert Vertessy chairs MDBA advisory committee

The Murray Darling Basin Authority has appointed Professor Robert Vertessy FTSE as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences. Professor Vertessy, who also chairs the Academy’s Water Forum, is Enterprise Professor at the University of Melbourne, and the former CEO of the Bureau of Meteorology.

Tony Barry appointed Vice-President of FIDIC

Aurecon senior consultant Tony Barry FTSE has been appointed Vice President of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC).

This global role will involve Mr Barry supporting FIDIC’s mission of developing and implementing strategic goals for the consulting engineering industry on behalf of its 104 member associations.

Ian Poiner appointed Chair of GBRMPA

Dr Ian Poiner FTSE has been appointed Chair of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Dr Poiner has previously chaired the Integrated Marine Observing System, and he was the CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Chennupati Jagadish elected to INAE

Australian National University physicist Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC FAA FTSE has been elected as a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Among his many achievements, Professor Jagadish pioneered the creation of high-performance next generation optical devices set to change the field of communications, solar cells and data storage. In 2016, he was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for his services to physics and engineering.

David Rand writes fuel cell tech book

The third edition of the book, Fuel Cell Systems Explained, was recently published, co-authored by Academy Fellow and former CSIRO Chief Research Scientist Dr David Rand AM FTSE.

Published by Wiley, the book explains fuel cell technologies from the ground up, assuming no prior knowledge and bringing together all the essential principles and topics in this diverse field.

Tony Wong wins IWA Global Water Award

Professor Tony Wong FTSE received the International Water Association’s prestigious Global Water Award, recognising his influential work and research in water sensitive urban design.

For more than 30 years, Professor Wong has devoted his career to the important field of urban water across sectors and disciplines. He has led many award-winning urban design projects in Australia and overseas, and was formerly the Chief Executive and Director of Monash University’s Centre for Water Sensitive Cities.

Three Academy Fellows become Honorary Bragg Members

The Royal Institution of Australia have inducted three Academy Fellows as Honorary Bragg Members: Dr Megan Clark AC FTSE, Professor Maree Smith FTSE and Alan Joyce AC FTSE.

Honorary Bragg Membership is the highest category of membership awarded by The Royal Institution of Australia and recognises excellence in scientific achievement and commitment to science in Australia.

Denise Goldsworthy joins CRC Advisory Committee

Managing Director of Alternate Futures, Denise Goldsworthy FTSE, has been appointed to one of two vacancies on the Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Advisory Committee. She will be part of the assessment panel for all CRC and CRC-P applications, which recommends which submissions receive funding from the Federal Government.

Kathryn Fagg appointed to CSIRO board

Engineer and President of Chief Executive Women Kathryn Fagg FTSE has been appointed to the CSIRO Board for a five-year term.

The Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Karen Andrews, said Ms Fagg’s background in engineering, combined with her executive skills and wide business experience, made her an excellent choice for the Board.

Nigel Lovell wins US Naval Research grant

Professor Nigel Lovell FTSE is part of a University of NSW team that recently won a US Naval Research grant of almost $500,000 to continue their research into neural interfacing.

The team invented the first chip that uses fibre optics technology to measure signals from the brain and convert them to an image that can be read by a machine. And the grant is aimed at advancing the development of these chips, which could lead to the creation of an interface to restore lost functions in disabled people.