Dr Cathy Foley AO will be Australia’s next Chief Scientist
CSIRO Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley has been named as Australia’s next Chief Scientist.
Dr Foley is currently Chief Scientist at CSIRO, where as Deputy and Science Director of CSIRO Manufacturing, she engaged Australian manufacturers and researchers to translate research into economic prosperity. Her contributions to the understanding of superconducting electronics and devices were recognised with the 2014 International IEEE Award for Continuing and Significant Contributions to Applied Superconductivity.
She is Chair of the Australian National Fabrication Facility Victorian Node Collaboration Committee and the ARC Steel Hub Advisory Committee. She was awarded the Clunies Ross Medal of the Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering in 2015, and the Australian Institute of Physics’ Outstanding Service to Physics Award in 2016.
Earlier this year she was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her distinguished service to research science, to the advancement of women in physics and to professional scientific organisations, and in May 2020 was named as a new Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, recognising her significant contributions to physics (high-temperature superconductors, and to the development of field-deployable superconducting devices that locate valuable mineral deposits) and to science more generally through promoting and supporting science across the wider community.
FLEET is very fortunate to have the benefit of Dr Foley’s advice on the Centre’s Advisory Committee.