Australian Museum Eureka Prizes

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People's Choice Awards For 2008

Winners & Finalists For 2008

Leadership

• Young Leaders in Environmental Issues and Climate Change

  2008 Young Leaders in Environmental Issues and Climate Change
  LEADERSHIP
  

  • Winner
  • Nicole Kuepper
  • Nicole Kuepper

  • Finalists
  • Adriana Downie
  • Adriana Downie
  • Nicole Kuepper
  • Nicole Kuepper
  • Dr Leigh Sheppard
  • Dr Leigh Sheppard

• Leadership in Science

  2008 Leadership in Science
  LEADERSHIP
  

  • Winner
  • Professor Robert Clark, FAA
  • Professor Robert Clark

  • Finalists
  • Professor Robert Clark, FAA
  • Professor Robert Clark
  • Dr Peter Kirkland
  • Dr Peter Kirkland
  • Professor Suzanne O'Reilly
  • Professor Suzanne O’Reilly

Research & Innovation

• Science in Support of Defence or National Security

  2008 Science in Support of Defence or National Security
  RESEARCH & INNOVATION
  

  • Winner
  • Microelectronics Research Group
  • Microspectrometer Sensing Technology

  • Finalists
  • BLUElink Ocean Forecasting Science Team
  • BLUElink Ocean Forecasting
  • Microelectronics Research Group
  • Microspectrometer Sensing Technology
  • CSIRO Air Cargo Scanner Team
  • Novel Air Cargo Scanner

• Innovative Solutions To Climate Change

  2008 Innovative Solutions To Climate Change
  RESEARCH & INNOVATION
  

  • Winner
  • School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering
  • Leading the Photovoltaics Revolution

  • Finalists
  • Clean Energy for Eternity Inc
  • Clean Energy for Eternity
  • Rupert Posner
  • Weekly Greenhouse Indicator
  • School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering
  • Leading the Photovoltaics Revolution

• Water Research and Innovation

  2008 Water Research and Innovation
  RESEARCH & INNOVATION
  

  • Winner
  • Professor Matthew England, Dr Mike Pook, Dr Agus Santoso, Dr Alex Sen Gupta, Dr Caroline Ummenhofer
  • Oceanic predictors of drought cycles

  • Finalists
  • Professor Matthew England, Dr Mike Pook, Dr Agus Santoso, Dr Alex Sen Gupta, Dr Caroline Ummenhofer
  • Oceanic predictors of drought cycles
  • John Drewry, Will Higham, Carl Mitchell
  • Mackay Whitsunday Water Quality Improvement Plan
  • The Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project Team
  • The Murray Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project Team

• Medical Research

  2008 Medical Research
  RESEARCH & INNOVATION
  

  • Winner
  • Multiple Sclerosis Group
  • Brain Repair in Mutliple Sclerosis

  • Finalists
  • Dr David Booth
  • Interleukin 7 Receptor and Multiple Sclerosis
  • Multiple Sclerosis Group
  • Brain Repair in Mutliple Sclerosis

• Environmental Research

  2008 Environmental Research
  RESEARCH & INNOVATION
  

  • Winner
  • The National Carbon Accounting Team
  • National Carbon Accounting System

  • Finalists
  • Professor David Bowman, Dr Fay Johnston
  • Bushfires, fire management and human health
  • Professor David Pannell, Dr Anna Ridley
  • Salinity science: From complexity to simplicity
  • The National Carbon Accounting Team
  • National Carbon Accounting System

• Scientific Research

  2008 Scientific Research
  RESEARCH & INNOVATION
  

  • Winner
  • Professor Steve Simpson
  • Steve Simpson

  • Finalists
  • Professor Andrew Dzurak, Professor David Jamieson
  • For revolutionary si
  • Professor Steve Simpson
  • Steve Simpson
  • Associate Professor Dylan Jayatilaka, Dr Joshua McKinnon, Professor Mark Spackman
  • For highly innovativ

• Research that Contributes to Animal Protection

  2008 Research that Contributes to Animal Protection
  RESEARCH & INNOVATION
  

  • Winner
  • Dr Maxine Piggott
  • Non-invasive DNA methods for studying wildlife populations

  • Finalists
  • Dr Maxine Piggott
  • Non-invasive DNA methods for studying wildlife populations
  • Dr Glen Saunders, Trudy Sharp
  • Humane pest animal control
  • Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program
  • The Human Skin Equivalent Model

• Taxonomic Research

  2008 Taxonomic Research
  RESEARCH & INNOVATION
  

  • Winner
  • Dr Bill Humphreys
  • Global renaissance in subterranean biology

  • Finalists
  • Professor Gerry Cassis
  • Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (PBI)
  • Dr Bill Humphreys
  • Global renaissance in subterranean biology
  • Dr Winston F. Ponder
  • Biodiversity of Australian gastropods

• Ethics Research

  2008 Ethics Research
  RESEARCH & INNOVATION
  

  • Winner
  • Professor Garrett Cullity
  • The Moral Demands of Affluence

  • Finalists
  • Professor Garrett Cullity
  • The Moral Demands of Affluence
  • Associate Professor Neil Levy
  • Neuroethics
  • Dr John Tasioulas
  • Punishment, Repentance and the Liberal State

• Environmental Sustainability Education

  2008 Environmental Sustainability Education
  RESEARCH & INNOVATION
  

  • Winner
  • Birds in Backyards
  • Birds in Backyards

  • Finalists
  • BestFarms Environmental Management Systems
  • BestFarms Environmental Management System (EMS) Project
  • Birds in Backyards
  • Birds in Backyards
  • Esperance Primary Energisers
  • Esperance Primary Energisers - Making a Difference

School Science

• Sleek Geeks Science Prize - Secondary School

  2008 Sleek Geeks Science Prize - Secondary School
  SCHOOL SCIENCE
  

  • Winner
  • The Copernican System
  • The Copernican System

  • Finalists
  • Fractious Friction
  • Fractious Friction
  • Neurotic - A film about brain messages
  • Neurotic - A film about brain messages
  • The Copernican System
  • The Copernican System

• Sleek Geeks Science Prize - University

  2008 Sleek Geeks Science Prize - University
  SCHOOL SCIENCE
  

  • Winner
  • WINNER Michael van Drempt
  • A Fundamental Misunderstanding

  • Finalists
  • WINNER Michael van Drempt
  • A Fundamental Misunderstanding

• Sleek Geeks Science Prize - Primary School

  2008 Sleek Geeks Science Prize - Primary School
  SCHOOL SCIENCE
  

  • Winner
  • WINNER Eureka!
  • Eureka!

  • Finalists
  • WINNER Eureka!
  • Eureka!
  • HIGHLY COMMENDED What?!A mountain blows its top off?
  • What?! A mountain blows its top off?

• Action Against Climate Change

  2008 Action Against Climate Change
  SCHOOL SCIENCE
  

  • Winner
  • Eric and Julie go to School
  • Eric and Julie go to School

  • Finalists
  • Reducing Carbon Emissions
  • Reducing Carbon Emissions
  • making a difference
  • making a difference
  • Eric and Julie go to School
  • Eric and Julie go to School
  • Just a Drop in the Ocean
  • Just a Drop in the Ocean?

• Science Teaching

  2008 Science Teaching
  SCHOOL SCIENCE
  

  • Winner
  • Ranjith Dediwalage
  • Ranjith Dediwalage

  • Finalists
  • Dr Michael Bishop
  • Dr Michael Bishop
  • Ranjith Dediwalage
  • Ranjith Dediwalage
  • Ian Wilson
  • Ian Wilson

Science Communication & Journalism

• Promoting Understanding of Science

  2008 Promoting Understanding of Science
  SCIENCE COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM
  

  • Winner
  • Professor Richard Kingsford
  • Professor Richard Kingsford

  • Finalists
  • Macquarie University Indigenous Science Education Program
  • Engaging Indigenous Students in Science
  • Professor Richard Kingsford
  • Professor Richard Kingsford
  • Scitech Outreach Programs
  • Aboriginal Science Education Program

• Environmental Journalism

  2008 Environmental Journalism
  SCIENCE COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM
  

  • Winner
  • Mathew Murphy, Ruth Williams
  • How green is greenwash?

  • Finalists
  • Mathew Murphy, Ruth Williams
  • How green is greenwash?
  • Catalyst
  • Fire, Flood and Acid Mud
  • Sarah Curnow, Quentin McDermott, Kate Wild
  • Winds of Change
  • Sarah Clarke
  • The Global Planet

• Science Photography

  2008 Science Photography
  SCIENCE COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM
  

  • Winner
  • Phred Petersen
  • Blast Wave

  • Finalists
  • Philip Hart
  • August 2007 Total Lunar Eclipse
  • Silvina Glattauer
  • Croajingolong NP
  • Steven Morton
  • Malaria-infected Human Red Blood Cell
  • Phred Petersen
  • Blast Wave
  • Katrina Putker
  • Birefringence Binge
  • Mark Talbot
  • Rice Stem Diaphragm

• Science Journalism

  2008 Science Journalism
  SCIENCE COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM
  

  • Winner
  • Maria Ceballos-Wallis, Lile Judickas, Sonya Pemberton, Richard Smith
  • Crude

  • Finalists
  • Wendy Carlisle
  • The Climate Engineers
  • Klaus Toft
  • Thunderheads
  • Ili Baré & The Catalyst Team
  • Aging - Time Of Our Lives
  • Maria Ceballos-Wallis, Lile Judickas, Sonya Pemberton, Richard Smith
  • Crude

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