[ASA] Awards to sociey members

[Andrew Hopkins]

Dear ASA Members,

     As I'm sure many of you have heard already, among the awards announced 
earlier
this week by the Australian Academy of Science were two to members of the ASA:

Tamara Davis has been awarded the 2015 Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science
and
Naomi McClure Griffiths has been awarded the 2015 Pawsey Medal for research in 
physics

On behalf of the ASA I extend congratulations to both Tamara and Naomi for these
fantastic accomplishments!

The full citations for the awards are reproduced below. The full list of 
awards can be
found here:
https://www.science.org.au/20162015-honorific-awards-scientific-excellence


      2015 Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science


      Associate Professor Tamara Davis

Associate Professor Tamara Davis
School of Mathematics and Physics
University of Queensland

Associate Professor Davis uses astrophysics to test our fundamental laws of 
physics, and study the nature of dark energy and dark matter. She is one of 
the most highly cited astrophysicists in the world. Her contributions include 
testing advanced theories of gravity, measuring time-dilation of distant 
supernovae, using galaxies to measure the mass of the lightest massive 
particle in nature (the neutrino), and discovering that active galaxies 
fuelled by black holes can be used as standard candles.

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      2015 Pawsey Medal for research in physics


      Dr Naomi McClure-Griffiths

Dr Naomi McClure-Griffiths
Australia Telescope National Facility
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science

Dr McClure-Griffiths is an internationally recognised radio astronomer, who 
has used "The Dish" at Parkes and other Australian telescopes to make stunning 
new discoveries about our home Galaxy, the Milky Way. Her research has 
provided unprecedented insights into how the Milky Way is structured, lives 
its life, and interacts with its neighbours. She has unravelled the 
complicated pinwheel-like structure of our home Galaxy and has helped explain 
how the Milky Way keeps finding fresh gas to make new stars.


Andrew Hopkins
President, ASA

-- 
Prof. Andrew Hopkins, Head of Research and Outreach
Australian Astronomical Observatory
P.O. Box 915, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia
ph: +61 2 9372 4849  fax: +61 2 9372 4880

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