Professor Salah SukkariehFTSE Salah Sukkarieh is the Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at the University of Sydney, and is the CEO of Agerris, a new Agtech startup company from the ACFR developing autonomous robotic solutions to improve agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability He was the Director Research and Innovation at the Australian Centre for…
Professor Tania sorrellAM FAHMS Professor Tania Sorrell AM, FAHMS, is Professor of Clinical Infectious Diseases and Director of the Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney; Group Leader, the Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, NSW; and Service Director, Infectious Diseases and Sexual Health, Western Sydney…
Professor Elspeth ProbynFAHA FASSA Professor Elspeth Probyn FAHA, FASSA is Professor of Gender & Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. She has published several ground-breaking monographs including Sexing the Self (Routledge, 1993), Outside Belongings (Routledge, 1996), Carnal Appetites (Routledge, 2000), Blush: Faces of Shame (Minnesota, 2006), Eating the Ocean (Duke, 2016), and over 200…
Professor Alex McBratneyFAA Alex McBratney is a world-renowned soil scientist. He is Director of the Sydney Institute of Agriculture and Professor of Digital Agriculture and Soil Science. He holds BSc, PhD and DSc degrees in soil science from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, and the DScAgr degree from the University of Sydney for research…
Professor Linda BotterillFASSA Linda Botterill, FASSA is Professor in Australian Politics and Head of the Canberra School of Politics, Economics & Society at the University of Canberra. She is a political scientist working in the areas of Australian politics, and public policy theory. The main focus of her work is the role of values in…
Laureate Professor Ingrid SchefferAO FAA PresAHMS FRS Research Committee Member of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, November 2019. Laureate Professor Ingrid Scheffer AO is a physician-scientist whose work as a paediatric neurologist and epileptologist at the University of Melbourne and Austin Health has led the field of epilepsy genetics over more than 20…
Professor Alex BrownFAHMS Professor Alex Brown is a medical doctor and researcher and has led the Aboriginal Research Unit at SAHMRI since July 2012. Prior to joining SAHMRI, Professor Brown managed the local Centre for Disease Control in Alice Springs, controlling outbreaks of disease, immunisation programs and the surveillance of disease, before starting in research…
Distinguished Professor Sean UlmFSA FAHA Professor Sean Ulm is Distinguished Professor Promotional Chair of the College of Arts, Society & Education at James Cook University. He is Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage. Professor Ulm was a member of the Excellence in Research for Australia Humanities and Creatives…
Professor Alan AndersenFAA Professor Andersen a Professorial Fellow at the Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods at Charles Darwin University. Prior to this, he was a Chief Research Scientist with the CSIRO Land & Water Flagship, and Officer-in-Charge of CSIRO’s Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre in Darwin for 16 years. Professor Andersen is internationally recognised…
Emeritus Professor Lesley RogersFAA Lesley Rogers was Professor of Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour at the University of New England (1993-2007) and is now an Emeritus Professor. She has made outstanding contributions to understanding brain development and behaviour. She discovered lateralization in the chick forebrain, when lateralization was still believed to be a unique feature of…