2013
Winners of the Eureka Prizes.
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News & Views item - September 2013 |
2013
Winners of the Eureka Prizes.
(September 5, 2013)
The
Australian Museum Eureka Prizes were announced on 4 September in the presence of
700 science, government, cultural and media leaders.
2013 Eureka Prizes Award Dinner: photo Daniel O’Doherty
© Australian Museum
CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science
Winner: Professor Frank Caruso, University of Melbourne
Macquarie University Eureka Prize for Outstanding Young
Researcher
Winner: Dr Kerrie Wilson, University of Queensland
University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Scientific
Research
Winner: Dr Lars Kjer-Nielsen and Professor James
McCluskey, University of Melbourne, and Professor Jamie Rossjohn, Monash
University
University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Excellence
in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research
WInner: Quantum Bio-probes, University of Melbourne
University of Sydney Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize –
Primary
Winner: What is Friction?, Nathan Gori, Reuben
Shepherd, Billy McLeod, Jack Dougall and Sacha Balme, Beauty Point Public
School, NSW
Caring for our Country Landcare Eureka Prize for Sustainable Agriculture
Winner: The Future Farm Industries CRC Enrich Project
Team, CSIRO, University of Western Australia and South Australian Research and
Development Institute
ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology
Winner: Zebedee Team, CSIRO
Australian Government Eureka Prize for Science Journalism
Winner: Ian Townsend, ABC
Australian Government Eureka Prize for Promoting
Understanding of Australian Science Research
Winner: Professor Rob Brooks, University of New South
Wales
NSW Health Jamie Callachor Eureka Prize for Medical Research Translation
Winner: Professor Steve Wilton and Professor Sue
Fletcher, Murdoch University
University of Technology, Sydney Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young
Researchers
Winnner: Professor Rick Shine AM FAA, University of
Sydney
Australian Museum University of Sydney Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize –
Secondary
Winner: The Spectacular Spider, Brandon Gifford,
Casino High School, NSW
Rio Tinto Eureka Prize for Commercialisation of Innovation
Winner: Scanalyse/Outotec, Scanalyse Pty Ltd/Outotec
and Curtin University
NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Eureka Prize for Environmental Research
Winner: Professor Chris Johnson, University of
Tasmania; Dr Michael Letnic, University of New South Wales; Dr Euan Ritchie,
Deakin University; Dr Arian Wallach, James Cook University; and Adam O'Neill,
Evelyn Downs Station
New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography
Winner: Richard Wylie, Euakafa Island Research Centre
Defence Science and Technology Organisation Eureka Prize
for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia
Winner: DMTC Armour Applications Program, Defence
Materials Technology Centre
2013 Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka
Prize for Infectious Diseases Research
Winners: Professor Scott O'Neill, Monash University;
Professor Ary Hoffmann, University of Melbourne; Professor Scott Ritchie, James
Cook University; Dr Elizabeth McGraw, Monash University; Dr Luciano Moreira,
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation; and Professor Brian Kay, Queensland Institute of
Medical Research
2013 3M Eureka Prize for Emerging Leader in Science
Associate Professor David Wilson, Kirby Institute,
University of New South Wales
The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes were announced on 4 September in the presence of 700 science, government, cultural and media leaders.
2013 Eureka Prizes Award Dinner
Daniel O’Doherty © Australian Museum
The 2013 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes reward excellence in 17 fields: research and innovation; leadership and commercialisation; science communication and journalism;and school science.
CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in
Science
Winner: Professor Frank Caruso, University of Melbourne
Macquarie University Eureka Prize for Outstanding Young
Researcher
Winner: Dr Kerrie Wilson, University of Queensland
University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Scientific
Research
Winner: Dr Lars Kjer-Nielsen and Professor James McCluskey,
University of Melbourne, and Professor Jamie Rossjohn, Monash University
University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Excellence in
Interdisciplinary Scientific Research
WInner: Quantum Bio-probes, University of Melbourne
University of Sydney Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize – Primary
Winner: What is Friction?, Nathan Gori, Reuben Shepherd, Billy
McLeod, Jack Dougall and Sacha Balme, Beauty Point Public School, NSW
Caring for our Country Landcare Eureka Prize for Sustainable
Agriculture
Winner: The
Future Farm Industries CRC Enrich Project Team, CSIRO, University of Western
Australia and South Australian Research and Development Institute
ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology
Winner:
Zebedee Team, CSIRO
Australian Government Eureka Prize for Science Journalism
Winner: Ian
Townsend, ABC
Australian Government Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of
Australian Science Research
Winner: Professor Rob Brooks, University of New South Wales
NSW Health Jamie Callachor Eureka Prize for Medical Research
Translation
Winner:
Professor Steve Wilton and Professor Sue Fletcher, Murdoch University
University of Technology, Sydney Eureka Prize for Outstanding
Mentor of Young Researchers
Winnner:
Professor Rick Shine AM FAA, University of Sydney
Australian Museum University of Sydney Sleek Geeks Science Eureka
Prize – Secondary
Winner: The
Spectacular Spider, Brandon Gifford, Casino High School, NSW
Rio Tinto Eureka Prize for Commercialisation of Innovation
Winner: Scanalyse/Outotec, Scanalyse Pty Ltd/Outotec and Curtin
University
NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Eureka Prize for
Environmental Research
Winner:
Professor Chris Johnson, University of Tasmania; Dr Michael Letnic,
University of New South Wales; Dr Euan Ritchie, Deakin University; Dr Arian
Wallach, James Cook University; and Adam O'Neill, Evelyn Downs Station
New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography
Winner: Richard Wylie, Euakafa Island Research Centre
Defence Science and Technology Organisation Eureka Prize for
Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia
Winner: DMTC Armour Applications Program, Defence Materials
Technology Centre
2013 Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize
for Infectious Diseases Research
Winners: Professor Scott O'Neill, Monash University; Professor Ary
Hoffmann, University of Melbourne; Professor Scott Ritchie, James Cook
University; Dr Elizabeth McGraw, Monash University; Dr Luciano Moreira,
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation; and Professor Brian Kay, Queensland Institute of
Medical Research
2013 3M Eureka Prize for Emerging Leader in Science
Associate
Professor David Wilson, Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales
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