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Farquhar, Graham Douglas (1947 - )

FAA, FRS

Plant biologist

Born: 8 December 1947

Graham Douglas Farquhar is Distinguished Professor and Leader of the Environmental Biology Group at the Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, in Canberra. He has published over 200 hundred scientific publications in the field, presented a multitude of invited lectures and talks and has been involved in over fifty scientific committees, societies and groups. Because of his phenomenal output and contribution to science, Farquhar has also received many, many honours and awards including fellowship to the Royal Society and the Australian Academy of Science, the P.L. Goldacre Award from the Australian Society of Plant Physiologists and the Leading Australian Citation Laureate for 2001.

Career Highlights

URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.rsbs.anu.edu.au/Profiles/Graham_Farquhar/

Chronology
1968 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the Australian National University in Canberra
1969 Bachelor of Science (BSc) Queensland Honours in Biophysics
1973 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the Australian National University
1973 - 1975 Research Associate at the Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University in the USA
1975 - 1976 Research Specialist at the Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory
1976 - 1980 Research Fellow, then Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University
1980 P.L. Goldacre Award received from the Australian Society of Plant Physiologists
1980 - 1988 Fellow then Senior Fellow at the Australian National University
1982 Fullbright Senior Scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA
1983 Gottschalk Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
1986 - 1993 Member of the International Photosynthesis Committee
1988 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1988 - 1989 Leader of the Plant Environmental Biology Group at the Research School of Biological Sciences at the Australian National University
1988 - 2003 Professor of Environmental Biology at the Research School of Biological Sciences
1991 Corresponding Member of the American Society of Plant Physiologists
1994 - Leader of the Environmental Biology Group at the Research School of Biological Sciences
1994 - 1996 Chairman of the Australian Committee for International Geosphere Biosphere Programme
1994 - 1997 Chairman of the Global Change Confederation
1995 - Fellow of Royal Society (FRS)
1996 - 1997 Vice President of the Australian Academy of Science
1998 - 2001 Deputy Chief-Executive Officer and Program Leader of the CRC (Cooperative Research Centre) for Greenhouse Accounting
2003 - Distinguished Professor of Environmental Biology at the Research School of Biological Sciences
2003 - Board member of the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
2003 Centenary Medal received from the Australian Government
2004 - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry

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Prepared by: Annette Alafaci
Created: 17 October 2005

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