I have been a member of the Royal Society since 2014 and my career has been in applied science.
I graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1978 BSc Honours with a major in geology and geophysics. I started my professional career as Geophysicist for Hydro Tasmania later that year, undertaking geophysical and geological investigations in remote parts of Tasmania for the next 12 years. In 1992 I undertook additional studies in surface water hydrology at the University of New South Wales and worked in the field of hydrology, eventually as The of Manager of Hydrology and then Business Development Manager with Entura – Hydro Tasmania Consulting. Much of this work was based overseas working on hydro power and water projects, for the most part, in developing Asian countries. In 2010 my work returned more to geological assignments, spending a year living in Papua New Guinea and then as an independent consultant in Sarawak, Borneo. I am now semi retired with interests in philosophy, bee keeping and photography.

 

Peter has a business and corporate career spanning over 40 years.
He was Managing Director and Chief Executive of several US corporate organisations in countries throughout the Middle East, Africa and the Indian Sub-continent and represented the parent company on the boards of subsidiaries.
He spent a further four years at the company’s world headquarters in the USA. From 1984, he worked in Sydney with another global corporation where he became the director of a business unit for the South Pacific Region and a member of the management committee.
Since 1993, Peter has contributed his extensive international experience and knowledge to companies in commercialisation and capital raising, in sourcing joint venture partners and facilitating acquisitions, but he particularly enjoyed assisting start-ups. Peter, who grew up in Switzerland, holds a precision engineering degree and has studied at further learning institutions including INSEAD, Brown, Macquarie and Sydney.
He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Member of the New York Academy of Sciences and supports the MIT Open Courseware efforts.

http://www.utas.edu.au/profiles/staff/imas/taryn-noble

Austen hails from Melbourne, where he was involved with the Royal Society of Victoria as a high school student. While in Melbourne, he was involved in coordinating roles in different aquatic leisure centres. He moved to Hobart in 2015 to commence University while pursuing his love of wilderness activities and sailing. Last year Austen was an elected to the Tasmanian University Student Union and enjoyed seeing how the university was administered. Austen is now in 2nd year, completing a Bachelor of Science with a major in physical geography. Austen works part-time at Briota, the University and volunteers with the State Emergency Service Search and Rescue Team.

Dr. Robert Johnson researches and thinks about the microscopic life that lives in the sea – the phytoplankton. These are the microscopic plants responsible for almost half the photosynthesis and primary production on our planet; they produce oxygen and soak up carbon in every body of water on earth. Consider that the oxygen in every second breath we take comes from phytoplankton, and their vital importance to our everyday lives and the health of the planet then becomes apparent.
Rob is a senior environmental scientist with the Australian Government’s Bureau of Meteorology where he uses and develops bio-geochemical satellite remote sensing algorithms for the monitoring of marine water quality, including algal blooms, around the Australian coastline. He completed his undergraduate degree in Zoology at the University of Tasmania, then a Masters degree working on photosynthesis in Southern Ocean phytoplankton – when he began developing a wide network of international collaborators and held a visiting fellowship at the University of Magallanes, Chile. He spend three years working for the Australian Antarctic Division as a Southern Ocean phytoplankton specialist responsible for running their phytoplankton analytical chemistry laboratory, and undertook three Antarctic expeditions during this time. This work led to him completing a PhD in biological oceanography combining his expert knowledge of in-situ observations and computational modelling to reveal that NASA’s mathematical models were significantly unreliable in the Southern Ocean and to develop new, more accurate, bio-geochemical satellite remote sensing models that are now used by several international research institutes.
Rob has been a visiting scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute of Polar and Marine Research in Germany; an inaugural ocean colour Fellow with the International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group in France; an Australian representative on the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research; the editor of the biological component of a review of Southern Ocean remote sensing commissioned by the World Meteorological Organisation and Southern Ocean Observing System; and is currently the phytoplankton and remote sensing expert advisor to the Great Barrier Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program.
The mission of the Royal Society of Tasmania aligns with Rob’s personal interests in advancing and communicating scientific knowledge beyond the traditional boundaries. He aims to contribute by providing diligent service, harnessing his international network of collaborators and scholars to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in Tasmania and beyond, with a particular focus on quality science communication. He is strongly committed to giving back to the community that supported him during his education and training by aligning himself with an agency that has a strong reputation and impact on the community.

John was born in Launceston and after training as a teacher at the University of Tasmania was in 1959 teaching mainly mathematics and science at Brooks High School, Launceston. Requested by the Education department, John went to Melbourne and trained as a teacher of the deaf – returned to Hobart and became the Foundation Principal of the Tasmanian School for the Hearing Impaired (know as Lady Rowallan House) in 1961.

After appointments at several schools John gained a scholarship to study in the USA – a Masters degree in Management and Supervision … but studied with a class that included several mature profoundly deaf students. On return again to Tasmania John completed his PhD at the University of Tasmania with a focus on evaluation of informal adult learning especially with parents of severely disabled children.

John, with his wife Shirley participates in a number of voluntary activities including the Royal Society of Tasmania and for many years has served Rotary International as a senior leader throughout Australia and overseas. They have two married daughters, two great sons-in-law and five wonderful grandchildren.

http://www.utas.edu.au/profiles/staff/set/Adele-Wilson

Anita Hansen was educated at the University of Tasmania and the University of Newcastle where her studies have focused on natural history illustration.
Before returning to Tasmania in 2003 to complete a Masters and PhD, Anita worked interstate and overseas in scientific illustration, graphic design and project management, most recently with the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) as an Education Officer/Projects and Publications.

Janet Carding is the Director of Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Margaret Davies was educated at the University of Tasmania, the ANU and the University of Adelaide from where she retired in 2002 after an academic career at that institution of 30 years.
Her research focused on the taxonomy and systematics of the Australopapuan frog fauna with an interest in osteology. She has discovered and named 34 species of frog during that research career and has published 118 papers, books and edited works.
An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of South Australia, she served as Secretary, Editor (for 13 years), Vice-President, President and Minute Secretary before returning to Tasmania where she became Honorary Editor of the Royal Society of Tasmania, a position she claims is to keep the brain active.

http://www.utas.edu.au/profiles/staff/plant-science/james-reid