<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues<br>   please join me in congratulating Keith Bannister (CSIRO) for winning the 2021 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year.<br><br>   Keith&#39;s award was announced yesterday as part of the Prime Minister&#39;s Prizes for Science. The award recognises his ground-breaking research using ASKAP to investigate FRBs.<br><br>   Details of the work and Keith&#39;s acceptance speech can be found <a href="https://www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/prime-ministers-prizes-for-science-2021/2021-malcolm-mcintosh-prize-for-physical-scientist-of-the-year" target="_blank">here</a>.<br><br>   Congratulations to Keith and everyone associated with the work.<br><br>   John L<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(142,124,195)">I </span><span style="color:rgb(53,28,117)">a</span><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">m</span> <span style="color:rgb(106,168,79)">a</span><span style="color:rgb(241,194,50)">n</span><span style="color:rgb(230,145,56)"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255)"><span style="color:rgb(230,145,56)">L</span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">G</span></span><span style="color:rgb(142,124,195)">B</span><span style="color:rgb(53,28,117)">T<span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">I</span></span><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79)">Q</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,255,0)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(241,194,50)">A</span><span style="color:rgb(230,145,56)">l</span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">l</span><span style="color:rgb(142,124,195)">y</span></span></span></b></font><i style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>  </b></font>    -     Find out more at <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/EpTdCr81nyt8EpWAVtzcz34?domain=monash.edu" target="_blank">monash.edu/ally</a></span></i><i><br></i></div><div><i style="font-size:12.8px"><br></i></div><div>Professor John Lattanzio</div><div>President, Astronomical Society of Australia</div><div><br>School of Physics and Astronomy<br></div><div>Monash University Victoria 3800 AUSTRALIA<br><br></div><div>Ph:  +61 (0)3 9905-4428<br>WWW: <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/gJbiCwV1vMfGK72L8IKgqyh?domain=maths.monash.edu.au/" target="_blank">users.monash.edu.au/~johnl/</a><br><div><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/p71KCyojxQTrZgpNXuALXI9?domain=orcid.org" target="_blank">orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-859X</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Open Sans Condensed&quot;,sans-serif">&quot;May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if that is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.&quot;  Leonard Cohen</span></div><div style="font-family:&quot;Open Sans Condensed&quot;,sans-serif;margin-top:16px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div></div></div></div>