SA Scientist of the Year

The SA Scientist of the Year is awarded by the South Australian State Government for eminence in science as part of the annual SA Science Excellence and Innovation Awards. ^[1]

Recipients

• 2007 John Ralston, ^[2] University of South Australia
• 2008 John Hopwood, ^[3] SAHMRI
• 2009 Robert Norman, ^[4] University of Adelaide
• 2010 Tanya Monro, ^[5] University of Adelaide and Angel F Lopez, ^[6] SA Pathology
• 2011 Peter Langridge, ^[7] University of Adelaide
• 2012 Karen Reynolds, ^[8] Flinders University
• 2013 Graeme Young, ^[9] Flinders University
• 2014 Tony Thomas, ^[10] University of Adelaide
• 2015 Craig Simmons, ^[11] Flinders University
• 2016 Alan J. Cooper, ^[12] University of Adelaide
• 2017 James Paton, ^[13] University of Adelaide
• 2018 Richard Hillis, ^[14] University of Adelaide
• 2019 Jozef Gécz, ^[15] University of Adelaide for research of neurodevelopmental disability
• 2020 Colin Raston ^[16] Flinders University and Sharad Kumar University of South Australia
• 2021 Shizhang Qiao, ^[17] University of Adelaide for energy conversion and storage technologies

Finalists

• 2022 Maria Makrides, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and Niki Sperou, Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development (CMBD) at Flinders University ^[18]

See also

• List of general science and technology awards
• List of awards named after people

References

1. "Previous Winners". SA State Government.
2. "Achievements and Announcements". University of South Australia. August 2011. SA Science Excellence Awards open.
3. "Citation for John Hopwood" (PDF). University of Adelaide.
4. "Annual Report" (PDF). Robinson Institute.
5. "From part-time Dublin music store worker to UniSA Vice-Chancellor". The Advertiser.
6. "Professor Angel F Lopez". SA Pathology. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
7. "Peter Langridge". University of Adelaide.
8. "SA's Scientist of the Year". Flinders University.
9. "Flinder's SA Scientist of the Year". Flinders University. 19 August 2013.
10. "Professor Anthony Thomas: Australian Laureate Fellow and Elder Professor of Physics at the University of Adelaide". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 August 2014.
11. "Professor Craig Simmons named SA Scientist of the Year for groundwater research". Goyder Institute.
12. "University of Adelaide Professor Alan Cooper is SA Scientist of the Year". The Advertiser.
13. "James Paton is Scientist of the Year". University of Adelaide.
14. "Richard Hillis". University of Adelaide.
15. "Professor Jozef Gecz is SA Scientist of the Year". University of Adelaide . Retrieved 5 February 2020.
16. "Flinders at forefront of science awards". 12 February 2021.
17. Taylor-Brown, Karen (2021-12-10). "Globally renowned Professor Shizhang Qiao crowned SA Scientist of the Year - Science Meets Business". sciencemeetsbusiness.com.au. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
18. Vourdoumpa, Argyro (2022-08-11). "Two Greek Australians among finalists for South Australia's science and innovation awards". Greek Herald. Retrieved 2022-10-21.