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Albert Percival Rowe
Albert Percival Rowe was a British physicist and senior research administrator who had a major role in the development of Radar before and during World War II.
Albert Percival Rowe was a British physicist and senior research administrator who had a major role in the development of Radar before and during World War II.
Andrew Taylor (poet)
Andrew McDonald Taylor (born 19 March 1940) is an Australian poet and academic.
Andrew McDonald Taylor (born 19 March 1940) is an Australian poet and academic.
Anthony William Thomas
Anthony William Thomas is an Australian physicist, Professor of Physics at the University of Adelaide since 1984 and Elder Professor of Physics since 1990.
Anthony William Thomas is an Australian physicist, Professor of Physics at the University of Adelaide since 1984 and Elder Professor of Physics since 1990.
Arthur Mills Lea
Arthur Mills Lea (10 August 1868 – 29 February 1932) was an Australian entomologist.
Arthur Mills Lea (10 August 1868 – 29 February 1932) was an Australian entomologist.
Barry Brook (scientist)
Barry William Brook (born 28 February 1974, in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian scientist.
Barry William Brook (born 28 February 1974, in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian scientist.
Basil Briggs
Basil Hugh Briggs was an English/Australian physicist, Reader in physics at the University of Adelaide, winner of the Harrie Massey Medal and Prize for outstanding contribution to physics in Aus...
Basil Hugh Briggs was an English/Australian physicist, Reader in physics at the University of Adelaide, winner of the Harrie Massey Medal and Prize for outstanding contribution to physics in Aus...
Bill Griggs
Dr William "Bill" Middleton Griggs AM ASM, began his medical career in 1976 as a volunteer paramedic while studying as a medical student.
Dr William "Bill" Middleton Griggs AM ASM, began his medical career in 1976 as a volunteer paramedic while studying as a medical student.
Bruce R. Davis
Bruce Raymond Davis was born in Adelaide, 1939, and is an electronic engineer notable for his research in mobile communication systems, satellite communications, and high frequency data communic...
Bruce Raymond Davis was born in Adelaide, 1939, and is an electronic engineer notable for his research in mobile communication systems, satellite communications, and high frequency data communic...
Charles E. M. Pearce
Charles Edward Miller Pearce (29 March 1940, Wellington) is a New Zealand/Australian mathematician.
Charles Edward Miller Pearce (29 March 1940, Wellington) is a New Zealand/Australian mathematician.
Derek Abbott
Derek Abbott (3 May 1960, in South Kensington, London, UK) is a physicist and electronic engineer.
Derek Abbott (3 May 1960, in South Kensington, London, UK) is a physicist and electronic engineer.
Edward Charles Stirling
Sir Edward Charles Stirling was an Australian anthropologist and the first professor of physiology at the University of Adelaide.
Sir Edward Charles Stirling was an Australian anthropologist and the first professor of physiology at the University of Adelaide.
Ernie Tuck
Professor Ernest Oliver (Ernie) Tuck BSc (Hons)(Adel), PhD (Camb), FAA, FTSE, FACS, FAustMS was an Australian applied mathematician, notable for his sustained work in ship hydrodynamics, and for...
Professor Ernest Oliver (Ernie) Tuck BSc (Hons)(Adel), PhD (Camb), FAA, FTSE, FACS, FAustMS was an Australian applied mathematician, notable for his sustained work in ship hydrodynamics, and for...
Gavan McCormack
Gavan McCormack is a researcher specialising in East Asia who is currently Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow, Division of Pacific and Asian History of the Australian National University.
Gavan McCormack is a researcher specialising in East Asia who is currently Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow, Division of Pacific and Asian History of the Australian National University.
Geoff Harcourt
Geoffrey Colin Harcourt is an Australian academic economist who studied at the University of Melbourne and then at the King's College, Cambridge.
Geoffrey Colin Harcourt is an Australian academic economist who studied at the University of Melbourne and then at the King's College, Cambridge.
Geoffrey Reed
Sir Geoffrey Sandford Reed was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Australia and the first Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
Sir Geoffrey Sandford Reed was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Australia and the first Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
Ghil'ad Zuckermann
Ghil'ad Zuckermann is an Israeli-Italian-British-Australian linguist, expert of language revival, contact linguistics, lexicology and the study of language, culture and identity.
Ghil'ad Zuckermann is an Israeli-Italian-British-Australian linguist, expert of language revival, contact linguistics, lexicology and the study of language, culture and identity.
Gordon Reid (governor)
Gordon Stanley Reid AC (22 September 1923 – 26 October 1989) was an Australian academic who was Governor of Western Australia from 1984 to 1989.
Gordon Stanley Reid AC (22 September 1923 – 26 October 1989) was an Australian academic who was Governor of Western Australia from 1984 to 1989.
Hans Schwerdtfeger
Hans Wilhelm Eduard Schwerdtfeger (9 December 1902 in Göttingen – 26 June 1990 in Adelaide) was a German-Canadian-Australian mathematician who worked in Galois theory, matrix theory, theory of g...
Hans Wilhelm Eduard Schwerdtfeger (9 December 1902 in Göttingen – 26 June 1990 in Adelaide) was a German-Canadian-Australian mathematician who worked in Galois theory, matrix theory, theory of g...
Ian Lowe
Ian Lowe is President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Professor of Science, Technology and Society and former Head of the School of Science at Griffith University, as well as an adjun...
Ian Lowe is President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Professor of Science, Technology and Society and former Head of the School of Science at Griffith University, as well as an adjun...
Ian Plimer
Ian Rutherford Plimer (born 12 February 1946) is an Australian geologist, academic, professor of mining geology at the University of Adelaide, and a director of four mining companies.
Ian Rutherford Plimer (born 12 February 1946) is an Australian geologist, academic, professor of mining geology at the University of Adelaide, and a director of four mining companies.
J. J. C. Smart
John Jamieson Carswell "Jack" Smart AC (born 16 September 1920) is an Australian philosopher and academic who is currently Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Monash University, Australia.
John Jamieson Carswell "Jack" Smart AC (born 16 September 1920) is an Australian philosopher and academic who is currently Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Monash University, Australia.
James Arthur Prescott
James Arthur Prescott, CBE, FRS, (7 October 1890 – 6 February 1987) was an agricultural scientist.
James Arthur Prescott, CBE, FRS, (7 October 1890 – 6 February 1987) was an agricultural scientist.
James McWha
James Alexander McWha is a botanist who received the Order of Australia in 2011.
James Alexander McWha is a botanist who received the Order of Australia in 2011.
John La Nauze
John Andrew La Nauze (1911-1990) was born in Western Australia and completed degrees in Arts at the University of Western Australia and (as Rhodes Scholar for 1931) at Balliol College, Oxford be...
John Andrew La Nauze (1911-1990) was born in Western Australia and completed degrees in Arts at the University of Western Australia and (as Rhodes Scholar for 1931) at Balliol College, Oxford be...
Jozef Gécz
Dr Jozef Gécz is a senior researcher at The University of Adelaide studying the various mutations of a small part of the X chromosome that lead to mental retardation.
Dr Jozef Gécz is a senior researcher at The University of Adelaide studying the various mutations of a small part of the X chromosome that lead to mental retardation.
Kamran Eshraghian
Kamran Eshraghian is an electronic engineer notable for being a key early pioneer of VLSI in Australia.
Kamran Eshraghian is an electronic engineer notable for being a key early pioneer of VLSI in Australia.
Keith Hancock
Sir Keith Hancock KBE was an Australian historian.
Sir Keith Hancock KBE was an Australian historian.
Kym Anderson
Kym Anderson (born 26 February 1950 in Adelaide) is an Australian economist, specialising in trade policy and issues related to the World Trade Organization.
Kym Anderson (born 26 February 1950 in Adelaide) is an Australian economist, specialising in trade policy and issues related to the World Trade Organization.
Leslie Melville
Sir Leslie Galfreid Melville KBE (26 March 190230 April 2002) was a renowned Australian economist, academic and public servant.
Sir Leslie Galfreid Melville KBE (26 March 190230 April 2002) was a renowned Australian economist, academic and public servant.
Lew Mander
Lewis Norman Mander, FAA, FRS (b.
Lewis Norman Mander, FAA, FRS (b.
Malcolm Gillies
Professor Malcolm George William Mutombo Gillies is Vice-Chancellor of London Metropolitan University.
Professor Malcolm George William Mutombo Gillies is Vice-Chancellor of London Metropolitan University.
Mark Oliphant
Sir Marcus 'Mark' Laurence Elwin Oliphant, AC, KBE, FRS (8 October 190114 July 2000) was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played a fundamental role in the first experimental demonstr...
Sir Marcus 'Mark' Laurence Elwin Oliphant, AC, KBE, FRS (8 October 190114 July 2000) was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played a fundamental role in the first experimental demonstr...
Mathai Varghese
Mathai Varghese is a mathematician and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Professorial Fellow at the University of Adelaide.
Mathai Varghese is a mathematician and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Professorial Fellow at the University of Adelaide.
Michael Pitman
Michael George Pitman OBE was an English-born Australian biologist, who was Chief Scientist of Australia from 1992 to 1996.
Michael George Pitman OBE was an English-born Australian biologist, who was Chief Scientist of Australia from 1992 to 1996.
Michael Thalbourne
Michael A. Thalbourne, Ph.D., was an Australian psychologist and parapsychologist.
Michael A. Thalbourne, Ph.D., was an Australian psychologist and parapsychologist.
Paul Davies
Paul Charles William Davies, AM (born 22 April 1946) is an English physicist, writer and broadcaster, currently a professor at Arizona State University as well as the Director of BEYOND: Center ...
Paul Charles William Davies, AM (born 22 April 1946) is an English physicist, writer and broadcaster, currently a professor at Arizona State University as well as the Director of BEYOND: Center ...
Peter Harold Cole
Peter Harold Cole is an electronic engineer notable for pioneering research in the area of RFID technology, holding over 30 patents.
Peter Harold Cole is an electronic engineer notable for pioneering research in the area of RFID technology, holding over 30 patents.
Renfrey Potts
Professor Renfrey Burnard (Ren) Potts AO, (1925–2005), BSc(Hons) (Adel), D Phil (Oxon), DSc (Oxon), FAA, FTSE, FACS, FAustMS, was an Australian mathematician and is notable for the Potts model a...
Professor Renfrey Burnard (Ren) Potts AO, (1925–2005), BSc(Hons) (Adel), D Phil (Oxon), DSc (Oxon), FAA, FTSE, FACS, FAustMS, was an Australian mathematician and is notable for the Potts model a...
Rod Crewther
Rodney James Crewther (born 1945) is a physicist, notable in the field of gauge field theories.
Rodney James Crewther (born 1945) is a physicist, notable in the field of gauge field theories.
Rosemary Owens
Rosemary Owens is the Dean of Law at the University of Adelaide Law School and the current Head of School.
Rosemary Owens is the Dean of Law at the University of Adelaide Law School and the current Head of School.
Susan Magarey
Professor Susan Margaret Magarey AM, FASSA, is an Australian historian and author, most notable for her historic works and biographies of Australian women.
Professor Susan Margaret Magarey AM, FASSA, is an Australian historian and author, most notable for her historic works and biographies of Australian women.
T. L. Burton
T. L. Burton (Thomas Lingen (Tom) Burton; born 1944) is a professor at the University of Adelaide and a reputed scholar of medieval English literature, language, and dialectics.
T. L. Burton (Thomas Lingen (Tom) Burton; born 1944) is a professor at the University of Adelaide and a reputed scholar of medieval English literature, language, and dialectics.
Tim Flannery
Timothy Fridtjof Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist.
Timothy Fridtjof Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist.
Tristram Cary
Tristram Ogilvie Cary, OAM was a pioneering English-Australian composer.
Tristram Ogilvie Cary, OAM was a pioneering English-Australian composer.
Varghese Mathai
Mathai Varghese is a mathematician and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Professorial Fellow at the University of Adelaide.
Mathai Varghese is a mathematician and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Professorial Fellow at the University of Adelaide.
William Henry Bragg
Sir William Henry Bragg OM, KBE, PRS (2 July 1862 – 10 March 1942) was a British physicist, chemist, mathematician and active sportsman who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son William Law...
Sir William Henry Bragg OM, KBE, PRS (2 July 1862 – 10 March 1942) was a British physicist, chemist, mathematician and active sportsman who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son William Law...
William Mitchell (philosopher)
Sir William Mitchell (27 March 1861 – 24 June 1962) was Professor of English Language, Literature and Mental and Moral Philosophy at the University of Adelaide from 1894–1922, Vice-Chancel...
Sir William Mitchell (27 March 1861 – 24 June 1962) was Professor of English Language, Literature and Mental and Moral Philosophy at the University of Adelaide from 1894–1922, Vice-Chancel...
William Noel Benson
William Noel Benson FRS FRGS (26 December 1885 – 20 August 1957) was a research geologist and academic.
William Noel Benson FRS FRGS (26 December 1885 – 20 August 1957) was a research geologist and academic.