30-09-2008, 01:59 PM
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Astronomer is new Chief Scientist
Penny Sackett, an astronomer at ANU, has been appointed as Australia's new Chief Scientist. It's nice to see an astronomer in such a position and great to see another woman in such a leading position.
See http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...30/2377828.htm
BTW the CEO of the Australian Research Council is also a woman - Margaret Shiel. Back in '91 when she taught me analytical chemistry she was a senior lecturer. Since them she has risen to full professor, then Dean of Science, Pro Vice Chancellor (Research) and now CEO of the ARC. And she is a mass spectrometerist!!
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