Australian Council of Learned Academies
Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Research
Mr John Toomey FTSE Mr Toomey has wide professional experience spanning many decades in the planning and execution of major Development and Infrastructure Projects both in Australia and overseas, including mines, industrial complexes, rail and port facilities, and water storage and conservation works. He also has had deep involvement in the direction and management of…
Professor Hugh PossinghamFAA Professor Possingham is Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED) & the National Environment Research Program Environmental Decision Hub (NERP Decisions) . He holds a variety of additional roles including The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists (founding member), Chief Editor of Conservation Letters (an international scientific journal), Council…
Professor Sandra Kentish Professor Kentish is Head of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The University of Melbourne. She is also an invited Professor at the Centre for Water, Earth and the Environment within the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Canada. Professor Kentish has broad interests in industrial separations, particularly…
Dr Brian FisherAO PSM FASSA Dr Brian Fisher, AO, PSM is Managing Director, BAEconomics Pty Ltd. Prior to this he was Chief Executive Office, Concept Economics Pty Ltd and before joining Concept Economics, Vice-President at CRA International. Before joining CRA International he was Executive Director of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE)…
Dr Doreen ClarkAM FTSE Dr Doreen Clark is a scientist with extensive experience in business. From 1969 to 1998 she was Managing Director of Analchem Bioassay Pty Ltd, she is also a founding director (1991) of Organic Crop Protectants Pty Ltd a firm which develops and markets environmentally friendly agricultural chemicals. This is her major…
Professor Richard Gunstone Emeritus Professor Gunstone was previously Professor of Science and Technology Education, and Director (and founder) of the Monash-King’s College (London) International Centre for the Study of Science and Mathematics Curriculum. He has extensive research, development and consultancy experience in learning, teaching, curriculum, assessment, and teacher development, in school and undergraduate science, physics,…
Professor Denis Goodrum Professor Goodrum is an Emeritus Professor and Executive Director of Science by Doing at the Australian Academy of Science. He is former Dean of Education of the University of Canberra and has been involved in many national and international activities in science education. In 1998 he was a visiting scholar at the…
Professor Lyn English Professor English is a professor in the field of mathematics education at the Queensland University of Technology. Her areas of research expertise include mathematical modelling, problem solving, statistical reasoning, the psychology of mathematics education, and engineering education. She is currently the chief investigator on ARC projects addressing students’ development of statistical literacy,…
Professor David Brereton Professor Brereton is Deputy Director – Research Integration, Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), University of Queensland, a role he has held since late 2011. Previously, as foundation Director of Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland since late 2001, David oversaw its growth into a world leading centre of research expertise…
Dr Vaughan BeckFTSE Dr Beck is the Senior Technical Advisor to the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). He was until recently the Executive Director -Technical (ATSE) responsible for the Academy’s research projects and the development of policy advice to government in areas such as climate change, energy, water, built environment, innovation, technology…