Jim Peacock

James (Jim) Peacock AC is the former Chief Scientist of Australia [cite news | url = http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1581186.htm | title = New chief scientist makes waves | author = Karen Percy | work = The World Today | date = March 1, 2006 | accessdate = 2007-01-29 ] , and the current President of the Australian Academy of Science.

He was Chief of CSIRO Plant Industry 1978-2003.

Dr. Peacock is a Member of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) and the National Innovation Council and has served on the Australian Research Grants Committee, ASTEC and the Recombinant DNA Committee (ASCORD). In 2000, Dr. Peacock was joint recipient of the inaugural Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.

Dr. Peacock has had a distinguished career in science and has received many honours. He was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1994 and is a Fellow of The Royal Society of London, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences, Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, and a Foundation Member Academia Bibliotheca Alexandrinae.

He was appointed Chief Scientist of Australia on a part-time basis in March 2006, and his term concluded on 31 August 2008. Dr. Penny Sackett was appointed as his replacement, to take up the position on a full-time basis in November 2008. [Davis, Mark: [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/astronomer-announced-as-new-chief-scientist/2008/09/30/1222651085451.html Astronomer announced as new chief scientist] , "The Sydney Morning Herald", 1 October 2008.]

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External links

* [http://www.chiefscientist.dest.gov.au/ The Chief Scientist]
* [http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/science_innovation/office_of_the_chief_scientist/ Office of the Chief Scientist]
* [http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060710/full/nj7099-220a.html Jim Peacock, chief scientist, Canberra, Australia] , in Nature (journal)