Category: Who’s Who

A Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic who has inspired generations of agriculture students, contributed to the development of conservation farming, and shaped education policy has been honoured on Australia Day.

Well-respected agricultural figure, Nick Gardner will officially retire in December 2018 following 45 years in the industry, a period during which major leaps in technology have resulted in significant changes internationally and in Australia.

The National Museum of Australia’s director, Dr Mathew Trinca has been reappointed to lead the organisation for a second term.

Charles Darwin University has won a national excellence award for a series of research projects designed to better understand the needs of Indigenous Territorians in higher education.

Queensland journalist Pete Lewis is the incoming Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists president, following the ACAJ’s recent annual general meeting.

A commitment to making a difference to agriculture in developing countries has been awarded with a prestigious fellowship for CQUniversity’s Dr Shahla Hosseini Bai.

Professor Wallace Cowling, associate director of The University of Western Australia’s Institute of Agriculture has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.