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Prize for Science Writing: Judges 2009
| Danielle Clode (convenor)Dr Danielle Clode is a freelance writer and researcher. She began her academic career in the politics and psychology before completing her DPhil in zoology at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Her research covers fields ranging from conservation biology to mental health, while her books explore topics ranging from giant wombats to French history. Danielle has been a Thomas Ramsay Fellow at Museum Victoria, a Creative Fellow at the State Library of Victoria and, most recently, the Redmond Barry Fellow at the University of Melbourne. She teaches non-fiction writing at Melbourne University and the Victorian Writers Centre. |
| Robin HirstFollowing his PhD studies in infrared astronomy, Robin lectured in physics and astronomy before joining Museum Victoria in 1981 as director of the Melbourne Planetarium. He subsequently played a key role in the development of Scienceworks, Museum Victoria’s highly successful centre for science and technology. Robin led the team developing exhibitions for Melbourne Museum, which opened in October 2000. For the last nine years he has led the development of Museum Victoria’s research, collections, exhibitions and publications. He is also an award-winning children’s author. |
| Frederick MendelsohnFrederick Mendelsohn is an honorary research fellow at the Florey Neuroscience Institutes. Until recently he was director of the Howard Florey Institute and R Douglas Wright Professor of Experimental Physiology and Medicine at the University of Melbourne (from 1997 to 2009). He was founding scientific director of the newly created Florey Neuroscience Institutes. He held a personal chair in Medicine at the University of Melbourne until 1996 and was senior physician at the Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre. His research focuses on the chemistry of neural communication. He has published over 300 scientific papers. He has been a chairman of the Angiotensin Gordon Conference in the USA (1998), member of the Wills Committee on Health and Medical Research Strategic Review (1998-2000) and Eccles Lecturer to the Australian Neuroscience Society (2001). He was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2003 and is a past president of the Australian Neuroscience Society. He received an Order of Australia in 2004. | |
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