Queen Elizabeth II Fellowships

The Hon. Nigel Bowen, Q.C., M.P., Minister for Education and Science  today announced the award of a further six Queen-Elizabeth II Fellowships. These Fellowships provide for two years full-time research'in the physical and  biological sciences and are tenable at an Australian university or approved  research institution. .

The new fellows include four Australians and two Englishmen and are:

Dr M.A. Coulthard B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc., Ph.D. (London), who is a National  Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellow at Dalhousie University, Canada, intends  to work at Monash University on theoretical solid state physics. .

Dr M.O. Diesendorf B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. (N.S.W.) who is a Post-Doctoral Research  Assistant at the Imperial College, London, will undertake research at Australian  National University on the application of statistical mechanics to biophysics.

Dr B.G. Livett B.Sc.'(Hons), Ph.D. (Monash) who is a Nuffield Dominions demonstrator,  Oxford University, intends to work at Monash University in the area of Biochemistry-  Neurochemistry as related to macromolecular aspects of synaptic transmission.

Dr C. Pask B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. (N.S.W.) who is a Lecturer with Department of  Applied Mathematics, University of N.S.W. Dr Pask will be working at the  Australian National University on nuclear and particle physics.

Dr D. Richmond B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. (London) who is a Lecturer in the School of  Physics, University of N.S.W., will undertake research at the Australian National  University on molecular forces in physical and biological systems.

Dr B.G, Rolfe B.Ag.Sc, (Hons), Ph.D. (Melbourne) who is Head of the Sub-division  of Molecular Biology, Ontario Cancer Institute, University of Toronto, intends to  work at Monash University on the molecular basis of membrane structure and function.

Mr Bowen commented that a total of 70 awards has now been made since the  Fellowship scheme commenced in 1963. The~Fellowships provide an opportunity for  young Australian scientists to return to Australia, for outstanding Englishmen to  be attracted to the country, and for Australians who might otherwise accept  research fellowships overseas to remain here. "In these ways the scheme is making  a valuable contribution to Australian research.

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Editorial Note

The Queen Elizabeth II Fellowships, established by the Commonwealth  Government to commemorate the visit to Australia in 1963 of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, provide for the award of up to ten Fellowships each year  to young English and Australian scientists of exceptional promise and proven  capacity for original research work. The Fellowships are normally awarded in

two lots of five each year.

