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Professor Andrews is an eminent scientist and bio-entrepreneur. He was appointed as Queensland’s first Chief Scientist in 2003, retiring in December 2010. Professor Andrews completed his PhD in the pharmacological applications of quantum chemistry at the University of Melbourne in 1969. He has since led multidisciplinary scientific teams at several Australian ... Continue Reading »

Martyn Myer is a non-executive director of three publicly listed companies: Cogstate Ltd; SP Ausnet Group (Singapore Power's Australian listed subsidiary which owns electricity and gas transmission and distribution assets) since 2005, and Diversified United Investments Ltd (a listed equity investment company) since 1991. He was also a director of ... Continue Reading »

Brad Partridge is a National Health and Medical Research Centre (NHMRC) Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Public Health, investigating the use of pharmaceuticals by healthy people to enhance their cognition. His background in psychology led him to research public attitudes towards a range of new areas of research and technology, as ... Continue Reading »

Susan Greenfield is a neuroscientist at the University of Oxford and has been awarded 30 Honorary Degrees from British and foreign universities. She heads a multi-disciplinary research group exploring novel brain mechanisms linked to neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, she has published a neuroscientific theory of consciousness: The Private Life of ... Continue Reading »

Dr John Edwards' expertise is in pharmacology, toxicology and occupational and environmental health. His research work focuses on monitoring of occupational and environmental exposure to chemicals, particularly pesticides and solvents, and the biochemical and cytogenetic effects these chemicals may cause. He also has experience investigating ... Continue Reading »

Born: 1898, Adelaide Died: 1968, Oxford Howard Florey was educated at the University of Adelaide and Oxford. As a Rhodes scholar, he studied physiology before transferring to Cambridge, where he gained his PhD. He went on to lecture in pathology at Cambridge and worked on the flow of blood ... Continue Reading »