Tanya Monro
| Tanya Mary Monro | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 1973 |
| Residence | Adelaide |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Fields | Physics (optical physics, photonics, sensing) |
| Institutions | University of South Australia, University of Adelaide |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
Professor Tanya Mary Monro FAA FTSE FOSA FAIP GAICD (born 1973)[1][2] is an award-winning Australian physicist known for her work in photonics. She is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation (DVCR&I) at the University of South Australia, and is an ARC Georgina Sweet Laureate Fellow. She was the inaugural chair of photonics, the inaugural director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics and the inaugural director of the Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS),[3] and the inaugural director of the Centre of Expertise in Photonics (CoEP) within the School of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Adelaide (now known as the School of Physical Sciences). She is currently an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Adelaide.
External roles include membership of the Australian Prime Minister's Commonwealth Science Council, vice president of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), the South Australian Economic Development Board, and the Adelaide Riverbank Authority.
Career
1995: BSc (Hons, 1st class) 1998: PhD (Bragg Gold Medal), University of Sydney. 1998–2004: Royal Society University Research Fellowship at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton. Tanya Monro went to the University of Adelaide in 2005 as inaugural chair of photonics and Director of the Centre of Expertise in Photonics (CoEP) within the School of Chemistry & Physics in partnership with DSTO and the SA State Government. Since that time and while at the University of Adelaide she has been: ARC Federation Fellow; Director of the Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS)[3] and the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Nanoscale Biophotonics at the University of Adelaide.
Honours and awards
- 2015 Fellow, Optical Society of America (FOSA)
- 2015 Beattie Steel Medal, Australian Optical Society
- 2013–18 ARC Georgina Sweet Laureate Fellowship
- 2012 Pawsey Medal[4]
- 2012 Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)[1]
- 2011 Scopus Young Researcher of the Year, Physical Sciences, Australia
- 2011 Eureka Prize for Science Leadership, finalist
- 2011 Selected by the Australian Academy of Science to conduct a speaker series in the European region
- 2011 Australian of the Year, South Australia
- 2010 Telstra Business Woman of the Year, White Pages Community & Government Category (National & South Australian winner)
- 2010 Winner, Science category, South Australian of the Year Awards
- 2010 South Australian Scientist of the Year
- 2010 Finalist, Eureka Prize for Science Leadership
- 2009 Fellow, Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering, ATSE (FTSE)
- 2009 Winner, Science Category, Emerging Leaders Award (by Weekend Australian Magazine)
- 2008–13 ARC Federation Fellowship[5]
- 2008 Prime minister's Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
- 2007–08 Awarded the Women in Physics Lecture Tour (Australian Institute of Physics)[5]
- 2007 Rising Star Award, South Australia's "Top 50" across all fields under 35
- 2006 Bright Spark Award (for Australia's Top 10 Scientific Minds under 45 – Cosmos Magazine)[5]
- 2005 Inaugural chair of photonics
- 2000 Royal Society University Research Fellowship (UK)[5]
- 1998 Eleanor Sophia Wood Travelling Fellowship[5]
- 1998 The Bragg Gold Medal for Excellence in Physics for the best PhD thesis by a student from an Australian university[5]
Professional associations
- Fellow, Optical Society of America (FOSA)
- Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- Bragg Fellow, RI Aus (Royal Institution Australia)
- Fellow, ATSE (FTSE)
- Fellow, AIP (FAIP)
- Member, IEEE
- Member, AOS
Publications
Monro has published over 500 papers in journals and refereed conference proceedings.
- 18 patent families
- 4 book chapters
- 129 refereed journal articles
- 1 paper in refereed conference proceedings
- 176 conference papers
Personal
Monro was raised in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown. She is an alumna of the National Youth Science Forum, a selective youth camp at the Australian National University for potential leaders in science. She married David in 1995. They moved to England in 1998. They have three sons, their first born in 2003, followed by twin boys born in 2006.[6]
References
- 1 2 2012 Pawsey Medal for outstanding research in physics, science.org.au
- ↑ Prof. Tanya Monro, Royal Institution of Australia, riaus.org.au
- 1 2 Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing, University of Adelaide
- ↑ The Pawsey Medal is awarded annually by the Australian Academy of Science to recognise outstanding research in the field of physics by an Australian scientist under the age of 40. 2012 Early-career research awards, 2012 Academy awards for scientific excellence announced, Media release, 6 December 2011, Australian Academy of Science
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Professor Tanya Monro, Biographies of 2008 round of Federation Fellows, Australian Research Council
- ↑ Abbie Thomas (25 January 2012) "A fetish for photons", ABC Science