A UNIVERSITY of New England academic now has a prestigious national science medal to add to his mantelpiece.
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Associate Professor John Paterson was yesterday awarded the 2016 Anton Hales Medal by the Australian Academy of Science.
Named after the founder of the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University, the Anton Hales Medal recognises distinguished research in the earth sciences.
Professor Paterson, an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, is a world-leading researcher on the earliest animals in the fossil record, using exceptionally preserved Australian fossils to answer pressing questions relating to the evolution and ecology of marine fauna over half a billion years ago.
“I am extremely honoured and grateful to the academy for awarding me the medal, and I’d also like to acknowledge my collaborators who have taken part in my research,” he said this week.
“I believe this award will highlight the global significance of Australian fossils, the evolutionary stories they tell, and the need to conserve this part of the country’s natural heritage.”
The award will be formally presented at the academy’s annual three-day celebration of Australian science in Canberra in May next year.
