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Achievements
Members of the University community have been recognised for their outstanding
achievements, winning a number of prestigious awards and honoured for excellence
in their field. We are proud to acknowledge the exceptional accomplishments of
those individuals.
SA Science Excellence
and Innovation Awards
Other
Achievements
Professor Sharad Kumar
South Australian Scientist of
the Year
Professor Peter Veitch was one
of an eminent team of four researchers
awarded the country’s most prestigious
award in scientific research, the Prime
Minister’s Prize for Science. Professor
Veitch was awarded for his role in
the detection of gravitational waves,
produced by cataclysmic events in the
distant Universe, such as colliding black
holes and neutron stars or the massive
explosions of supernova.
Professor Kerry Wilkinson
STEMM Educator of the Year –
Tertiary Teaching
Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries
PhD Research Excellence Award
Professor Anton Middelberg
was elected as a Fellow to the US
National Academy of Inventors.
Professor Rachel Ankeny
was made a Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science.
Professor Nelson Tansu was
elevated as a Fellow of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Professor Samer Akkach was
elected as a Fellow of the Australian
Academy of the Humanities.
Professor Amanda Nettelbeck
Professor Megan Warin and
Professor Sarah Wheeler,
were elected as Fellows to the
Academy of the Social Sciences.
Professor Andre Luiten and
Professor Anton van den
Hengel were elected as Fellows
to the Academy of Technology and
Engineering.
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Professor Ngaire Naffine
was elected to the prestigious
British Academy.
Professor Ian Reid FTSE
was elected a Fellow of the
Australian Academy of Sciences.
Emeritus Professor
Purnendra Jain was awarded the
Japanese Imperial Order of the Rising
Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, by
the Consul-General of Japan, Mr Junji
Shimada.
Professor Guy Maddern was
awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the
American College of Surgeons.
Dr Vinod Phogat was awarded
the 2020 JK Taylor Gold Medal by Soil
Science Australia.
Professor Andrew Somogyi
was awarded the 2021 Russell Cole
Memorial ANZCA Research Award.
Associate Professor
Luke Bennetts was awarded the
2020 Australian Mathematical Society
Medal.
Professor Mathai Varghese FAA
received the Australian Academy of
Science's 2021 Hannan Medal.
University of Adelaide marine
ecologists Dr Dominic McAfee
and Dr Heidi Alleway were among
a team of scientists awarded a Eureka
Prize for their research towards
rebuilding Australia’s lost shellfish reefs.
