The Australian Academy of Science announces its J G Russell Awards for ECRs: Jing He renewable energy in protected cropping (Adelaide U), Rocio Comacho Morales, bio-imaging (ANU), Jake Robinson, noise pollution and soil health (Flinders U), Jackie Webb, human-made waterways and climate change.
Plus. the Academy releases its annual honours list.
Macfarlane Burnet Medal: Alan Cowman, Walter and Eliza Hall IMR, Payne-Scott Medal: Zaiping Guo (Adelaide U)
Career awards: Philip Gale (UTS and Uni Groningen), Graham Heinson (Adelaide U), Tony Murphy (CSIRO), Neil Saintilan (Macquarie U), Hala Zreiqat (Uni Sydney)
Mid-career awards: Sarah-Jane Dawson (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre), Sant-Rayn Pasricha (Walter and Eliza Hall IMR)
Early-career awards: Kai Xun Chan (ANU), Caroline Eakin (ANU), Jianguang Fang (UTS), Mark Hoggard (ANU), Cullan Howlett (Uni Queensland), David Khoury (UNSW), Yu Heng Lau (Uni Sydney) and Karolina Matuszek (Monash U), Adele Morrison (ANU), Stephen Muirhead (Monash U) and Belinda Phipson (Walter and Eliza Hall IMR), Miguel Renteria (Queensland IMR Berghofer MRI) and Nicole Warrington (Uni Queensland), Liang Zheng (ANU)
Ilze Brennan is in-coming director of Alumni Engagement at Griffith U. It is an internal appointment.
Adam Goodes (Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation) becomes Adelaide U’s inaugural First Nations Ambassador, (yes, that Adam Goodes).
Paul Mazerolle starts as VC at Uni Southern Queensland. He moved from University of New Brunswick, in Canada.
Georgia Pike-Rowney (ANU) receives a Leadership in Community and Practice award from the (US) Consortium of Humanities Centres and Institutes.