We are glad to announce a number of key changes to the memberships of the Bragg Institute Advisory Committee, which gives the Institute top-level strategic advice, and our Program Advisory Advisory Committee, which makes recommendations to us regarding prioritisation and balance in our user program, following external peer review of neutron beam time proposals.
Regarding the Bragg Institute Advisory Committee, Profs. Brian O'Connor(Curtin U.) and Yasuhiko Fujii(Japan Atomic Energy Agency) are both stepping down, after serving us in this capacity since the Institute's birth in 2002.
We thank them both for their advice, support and feedback over the last 7 years. As replacements, we welcome Prof. Peter Colman (Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, and current Vice-President of the International Union of Crystallography) and Prof. Masa Arai (J-PARC Centre, in Japan) to the committee. The Bragg Institute Advisory Committee will meet next on 26 and 27 March 2009.
Regarding the Program Advisory Advisory Committee, Prof. Jill Trewhella has stepped down, as the inaugural chair of the committee, following her appointment as DVC-Research at Sydney University. We thank her for leading us through the first 18 months of the user program at OPAL.
In her place as one of AINSE's two representatives, Prof. Anton Middelberg (U. of Queensland) will join us, as will Prof. Paul Curmi, (University of New South Wales), with special reference to proposals for the National Deuteration Facility which will enter the user program in the coming round.
The Australian Neutron Beam Users Group (ANBUG) has also just held elections, and Prof. Brendan Kennedy (U. of Sydney) has been elected as President of ANBUG, succeeding Prof. Craig Buckley (Curtin U.): the ANBUG president serves on the committee ex officio. Prof. Calum Drummond (CSIRO) has also agreed to take over as chair of the Program Advisory Committee.
The Program Advisory Committee will likely next meet in June 2009, following a call for proposals in March 2009.
Published: 16/02/2009