Australian Council of Learned Academies
Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Research
Professor Warwick AndersonFAHA FASSA FAHMS Professor Warwick Anderson holds an appointment as an Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor in the Department of History and the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine at the University of Sydney. Additionally, he has an affiliation with the Unit for History and Philosophy…
Professor Andrew HolmesAM ScD FAA FRS Professor Andrew Holmes is a Melbourne University Laureate Professor of Chemistry, CSIRO Fellow and Distinguished Research Fellow (Imperial College, London). [May 2017] Previous roles: 2016 ACOLA President 2014 – 2018 ACOLA Council Member
Dr Michelle (Chelle) Nic Raghnaill Dr Chelle Nic Raghnaill received a PhD in neuroscience at University College Dublin, followed by postdoctoral fellowships in nanotechnology. She has published in the fields of neuroscience, pharmacology, nanotechnology and regulatory reform. Past experience includes leading international collaborations to improve understanding on the human health risks of nanomaterials and co-authorship…
Dana Sanchez Dana Sanchez studied at the Australian National University. She has since worked in the university and research sectors in the fields of life sciences and ICT. In her current position at NICTA she works in the areas of research management and innovation. [September 2015] Contributed to: Technology and Australia’s Future
Dr Kirsty Douglas Dr Kirsty Douglas is an environmental historian and historian of science, with a background in geology, environmental regulation and science administration. Her current interest in the transformative capacity of technology stems both from the study of the history of science and from public sector experience in research data infrastructure and the information…
Professor Robyn DowlingFTSE Robyn Dowling is Professor of Urbanism and Associate Dean Research in the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning, a position she took up in 2016. Prior to that she was at Macquarie University, where she initiated the institution’s Bachelor of Planning program and was the inaugural head of the…
Mr Raymond Spencer In 2009, Raymond Spencer returned to Australia following 35 years of living and working in the USA, India and Europe. During this time, Raymond led a couple of lives. He spent the first 20 years overseas in the non-profit world working with the Institute of Cultural Affairs a United Nations–recognised private voluntary…
Dr Chris RobertsBE MBA PhD DSc (hc) FTSE HonFIEAust FAICD Chris Roberts was CEO Cochlear Limited (ASX:COH) for 11 years to August 2015. He is a non-executive director of ResMed Inc (NYSE: RMD) and OncoSil Medical Limited (ASX: OSL). He is a PLuS Alliance Professor at UNSW, King’s College London and Arizona State University. He…
Dr Graham MitchellFAA FTSE Graham Mitchell is a veterinary graduate and University gold medallist of the University of Sydney. At The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) he made discoveries in immunology and obtained a PhD in 1969. After post-doctoral experience in California, England and Switzerland, he returned to Australia in 1973…
Emeritus Professor Malcolm GilliesAM FAHA Malcolm Gillies is a retired vice-chancellor of two universities in London, where he was also chair of the mission group, London Higher, during 2010–2014. Malcolm Gillies is a retired vice-chancellor of two universities in London, where he was also chair of the mission group, London Higher, during 2010–14. A musicologist,…