Dr Mildred Barnard
Australian statistician
Australian statistician
Australian plant molecular biologist and a chief scientist at the plant division of CSIRO Canberra.
She was the Science Leader for Millimetre Wave and Microwave Technologies with the CSIRO ICT Centre, Sydney, Australia. Her research highlights include the development of novel integrated circuits such as InP HEMT oscillators, InP HEMT bidirectional amplifiers, GaAs HEMT low noise amplifiers, GaAs Schottky diode mixers (all at 50 and 100 GHz) and GaAs HEMT voltage-controlled oscillators from 12.5 to 30 GHz.
Australian microbiologist who held the post of Vice-Chancellor at the University of New England (UNE) from 2014-2019
Dr Beth Fulton’s models were the first ones in the world to give equal attention to biophysical and human components of marine ecosystems.
CSIRO’s first statistician.
South African marine ecologist with over 20 years of experience in temperate and tropical marine ecosystems at international and regional levels. She was a key contributor to the bioeconomic model that aided the development of the Prawn fishing industry in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Dr Foley became Australia’s ninth Chief Scientist in January 2021.
Dr Taisa Demediuk began her chemistry career amidst the upheavals of wartime Western Europe. In 1950s Australia, she applied her great intellect and character to almost a decade of research at the CSIRO.
Australian mathematician and computer scientist who’s worked on finite geometry, information security, and data privacy.