NSW Tall Poppy winners announced
PrintThe Australian Institute for Policy and Science has announced the winners of the 2011 Young Tall Poppy Science Awards for NSW.
The awards were presented in the presence of the NSW Chief Scientist and Scientific Engineer, Professor Mary O’Kane, keynote speaker Professor Bryan Gaensler (Director of CAASTRO and 2008 Young Tall Poppy) and university, government, industry, education, communication and community sector participants.
Astrophyscist Dr George Hobbs from CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science received the UNSW Medal and prize for the Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year from amongst the winners presented by the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at UNSW, Professor Margaret Harding.
Other award winners are:
- A/Professor Hillary Bambrick, University of Western Sydney (Environmental Epidemiology)
- Dr Melanie Bishop, Macquarie University (Marine Ecology)
- Dr Deanna D’Alessandro, The University of Sydney (Inorganic Chemistry)
- Dr Melissa Green, The University of New South Wales (Psychiatry)
- Dr George Hobbs, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (Astrophysics)
- Dr Sakdirat Kaewunruen, RailCorp – Track Engineering (Civil & Structural Engineering)
- Dr Boris Kuhlmey, The University of Sydney (Optical fibres, photonic crystal fibres)
- Dr Peter Liddicoat, The University of Sydney (Amaterials, nanoscale microspopy)
- Dr Eddy Pasquier, Children’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research / Uiversity of New South Wales (Cancer)
- Dr Michelle Peate, The University of Sydney (Psycho-Oncology)
- Dr Nicola J. Smith, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (Basic Cardiovascular Research)
The awards were co-presented by Professor Stephen Thurgate, Chair of the 2011 NSW selection committee and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science at Macquarie University alongside Professor Jill Trewhalla, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) of the University of Sydney.