AustralasianScience Prize 2009

Thursday 29 September 2009.

Dr Michael Roderick, a science researcher from the ANU Research School of Biology and the Research School of Earth Sciences, was awarded the 2009 Australasian Science Prize for climate change research into water evaporation rates in Australia and around the world.

The Research School of Biology is the only School to have received this award twice. In 2001, Professor Mandyam Srinivasan, Dr Shaowu Zhang and Dr Javaan Chahl were awarded the prize for extending knowledge of the behaviour and intelligence of bees to artificial intelligence.

Now in its tenth year, the Australasian Science Prize recognises outstanding achievement by an Australasian scientist or small research team. Judging criteria include scientific originality, breadth of impact and communication to both the scientific and broader communities.


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