Australian Academy of Science
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| founding | 1954 |
| place | Canberra , Australia |
| president | John Shine |
| Website | science.org.au |
The Australian Academy of Science (AAS) is a non-governmental academy of science in Australia , located in Canberra at 15 Gordon Street (“Shine Dome”).
history
The AAS was founded in 1954 by members of the Royal Society . The first president was Sir Mark Oliphant . The academy was organized along the lines of the British Royal Society.
In Australia, the Australian Academy of the Humanities , the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering have also established themselves as science academies. The four academies have been cooperating in the “National Academies Forum” since 1995.
organization
The academy heads a council elected by the members, which conducts the official business. It is supervised by an "Executive Committee" under the Academy President. John Shine has held this office since May 2018 .
The Academy has (as of March 2019) around 550 full members, who are known as Fellows . Up to 20 new members can be accepted annually through "ordinary election" (and up to four additionally through "special election"). Furthermore, up to two "Corresponding Members" from overseas can be accepted.
Founding members
- Keith Edward Bullen , mathematician and geophysicist
- Frank Macfarlane Burnet , virologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize winner
- David Guthrie Catcheside , geneticist
- Thomas MacFarland Cherry , mathematician
- Ian Clunies Ross , parasitologist
- Edmund Alfred Cornish , statistician
- John Carew Eccles , neurologist, Nobel Prize winner
- Edwin Sherbon Hills , geologist
- Leonard George Holden Huxley , physicist
- Raymond James Wood Le Fèvre , chemist
- Max Rudolf Lemberg , biochemist
- Hedley Ralph Marston , biochemist
- Leslie Harold Martin , physicist
- David Forbes Martyn , physicist
- Douglas Mawson , geologist
- Alexander John Nicholson , entomologist
- Mark Oliphant , physicist
- Joseph Lade Pawsey , radiation physicist and astronomer
- James Arthur Prescott , agricultural scientist
- Albert Cherbury David Rivett , chemist and science manager
- Thomas Gerald Room , mathematician
- Sydney Sunderland , neurologist
- Oscar Werner Tiegs , zoologist
- Richard van der Riet Woolley , astronomer
Academy presidents
- Mark Oliphant (1954-1957)
- John Carew Eccles (1957–1961)
- Thomas MacFarland Cherry (1961–1964)
- Frank Macfarlane Burnet (1965-69)
- David Forbes Martyn (1969-1970)
- Dorothy Hill (1970)
- Rutherford Robertson (1970–1974)
- Geoffrey Badger (1974-1978)
- Lloyd Evans (1978-1982)
- Arthur Birch (1982-1986)
- David Curtis (1986-1990)
- David P. Craig (1990-1994)
- Gustav Nossal (1994-1998)
- Brian Anderson (1998-2002)
- Jim Peacock (2002-2006)
- Kurt Lambeck (2006-2010)
- Suzanne Cory (2010-2014)
- Andrew Holmes (2014-2018)
- John Shine (since 2018)
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.science.org.au/about-us/academy/president
- ↑ https://www.science.org.au/about-us/shine-dome
- ↑ https://www.science.org.au/about-us/academy
- ↑ https://www.science.org.au/about-us/governance
- ^ The President. Australian Academy of Science, accessed April 24, 2019 .
- ↑ See also: Category: Member of the Australian Academy of Science
- ^ Election to the Academy. Australian Academy of Science, accessed April 24, 2019 .