Fellow status
Elected
2016
Division
NSW
Fellowship
Affiliations
CSIRO
Classification
Publicly Funded Research Agency
Sector
D - Materials & Emerging Technologies
Expertise
121 - Applied physics, 131 - Information technology, 133 - Telecommunications, 262 - Medical technology, 311 - Mechanical engineering, 321 - Electrical engineering, 411 - Research and development, 421 - Technological industries, 441 - Government organisations and institutions, 442 - Non-government organisations and institutions
Biography at time of election
Dr Marshall has a passion for translating science and technology to products and value. He has more than 25 years of experience in the US commercialising his laser inventions into 9 successful products and then using his experience to develop a venture capital firm. Since becoming the Chief Executive of CSIRO in 2015 Dr Marshall has positioned the Organisation as Australia's innovation catalyst, provided influential input to the Government's National Innovation and Science Agenda including establishing the $200 million CSIRO Innovation Fund to co-invest in spin-offs and start-ups from publicly funded research agencies and universities
