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| Born | 26 June 1957  |
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| Fields | Entomology, nutrition |
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Stephen James Simpson AC FAA FRS FRS FAA (born 26 June 1957) is an Australian scientist. He is the executive director of Obesity Australia and the academic director of the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney.
Stephen James Simpson [1] was born on 26 June 1957 in Melbourne, Australia. [2] [3]
He graduated with a BSc from the University of Queensland in 1978, and completed his PhD at King's College London in 1982 on locust feeding physiology, [4] called "The control of food intake in fifth-instar Locusta migratoria L. nymphs" [2]
Simpson spent 22 years working at Oxford University, in Experimental Psychology, the Department of Zoology, and the University Museum of Natural History. [2] [3]
He returned to Australia in 2005 as an ARC Federation Fellow, [3] joining the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Sydney. [2]
He became executive director of Obesity Australia,[ when? ] [5] and was appointed academic director of the newly-opened Charles Perkins Centre at Sydney University in June 2014. [6] [7]
Simpson co-wrote, narrated, and presented of the four-part ABC TV documentary series Great Southern Land, broadcast in September 2012. [3] The series was directed by Luke Eve. [8]
He has also co-authored articles for newspapers, such as one about the "obesity crisis" in The Age in April 2015. [9]
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