Kerry Gardner and Fraser Thompson become deputy chairs of Climateworks Centre, (“an independent not for profit within Monash U. They are already board members.
Colin Grant (DVC Global UNSW) is off to the UK to become Aston U VC.
Paul Hodgson is incoming CEO of the Solving Plastic Waste CRC. He moves from CQU’s Centre for Hydrogen and Renewable Energy.
Ravi Ravitharan (Monash U) receives a lifetime achievement award at the Heavy Rail Conference.
Ana Sequeira (ANU) makes the long-ish shortlist for one of three US$1m awards for “transformational” environment research from the (Swiss) Frontiers Research Foundation. It is for her work on marine megafauna.
Julian Vieceli is moving from Swinburne U to become Deputy Dean, Learning and Teaching at RMIT.
The Victorian Premiers Awards for Health and Medical Research go to: Brooke Patterson (La Trobe U): Premier’s award, Karyn Ferguson (Uni Melbourne): Aboriginal researcher. Catherine Jan (Uni Melbourne): health services, Hannah Jarman (Deakin U): public health. Ebony Monson (La Trobe U): basic science.