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Bruce H J McKellar Honorary Professorial Fellow University of Melbourne Vic , Australia 3010 Office Phone: +61 3 8344 5122 Office fax: +61 3 8344 5449 Mobile : + 61 4 1110 4608 Email: bhjm@unimelb.edu.au mckellar@ozemail.com.au bhjmckellar@mac.com |
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Professor Bruce McKellar is a theoretical physicist who primarily works on elementary particle physics and has a particular interest in neutrino physics and in the violation of matter-antimatter symmetries. His curiosity has led him to work in many other fields, including nuclear physics, remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols, cosmology, and particle production by high intensity lasers. He recently retired from the Professorship of Theoretical Physics at Melbourne University , a position he held for 36 years. He has been a Vice President of the Australian Academy of Sciences and of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, and was a Foreign Secretary of the Australian Academy of Science. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics and on the Council of the Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies for many years. His research has been recognised by the award of several medals, including the 2007 Massey Medal of the Institute of Physics (UK) and the Australian Institute of Physics, and the 2009 Flinders Medal of the Australian Academy of Science. |
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Dewi Fortuna Anwar, Ph.D.. |
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| Prof. Dewi Fortuna Anwar was C.V. Starr Distinguished Visiting Professor in Southeast Asian Studies at the SAIS (Johns Hopkins University) in Washington DC from January to May 2007. She is Director for Program and Research at The Habibie Center, Research Professor and Deputy Chairman for Social Sciences and Humanities at The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), and member of the Board of Advisors of CIDES (Center for Information and Development Studies) in Jakarta, Indonesia. Dr Anwar briefly held the position of Assistant to the Vice President for Global Affairs (May-July 1998) and that of Assistant Minister/State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (August 1998-November 1999), during the Habibie administration. Dr Anwar had worked as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore (1989) and as a Congressional Fellow at the US Congress in Washington D.C. (1990-1991). Dr. Anwar is a member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmarment Matters, a Member of the International Council, the Asia Society, New York, a member of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC), based in Stockholm, a member of the International Advisory Board of the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, ANU, Australia and a Council Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies IISS (London). She obtained her PhD from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, while her BA (Hons) and MA were obtained from SOAS, University of London. |
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Motonori HOSHI |
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| Professor Motonori Hoshi works in the field of developmental and reproductive biology, and in glycobiology. He was a Professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (1985-2000), Visiting Professor, University of the Philippines , Diliman (1991), Miller Visiting Professor, University of California , Berkeley (1992), and Professor at Keio University (2000-2006). At Tokyo Institute of Technology, he served also as Department Chairman, Dean and Chief Presidential Aide, and has been Professor Emeritus, since 2000. He is currently Professor at The University of The Air (2006- ), Senior Visiting Researcher at Riken Genomic Sciences Center (2001-present), and Fellow of International Institute for Advanced Sciences (2006-). Professor Hoshi is active in several learned societies and was the President, International Society of Invertebrate Reproduction (1990-1992), and President, Zoological Society of Japan (1999-2002), and is currently serving as the President, International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) (2004-2007). He served also as the Editor-in-Chief, Development Growth and Differentiation (1994-1996), and Asian-Pacific Editor for Zygote (1996-2000). He was a member of the Science Council of Japan (1997-2005) and is Senior Academic Advisor, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2001- present). In ICSU, he serves as a member of the Committee for Scientific Pl anning and Review (2006-). |
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Marshall Cyriacus Noble Jayasuriya |
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| M.C.N. Jayasuriya is an Animal Nutritionist with a basic degree in Agriculture from the University of Ceylon (1968) and a PhD from the University of Reading, UK (1974). His areas of specialization includes the development and application of analytical and diagnostic laboratory techniques in animal production, in vitro and invo feed evaluation techniques, the improved utilization of locally available feed resources and the development of feed supplementation packages, and the use of nuclear techniques in animal nutrition and reproduction research. Having served the University of Peradeniya as an Associate Professor of Animal Science, he joined the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations in 1984 and served both the FAO and the IAEA for over 14 years. During this period he travelled widely in developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America providing technical expertise in the use of nuclear techniques in animal nutrition and reproduction. On his return to Sri Lanka he was recruited as the Director, National Science and Technology Commission in (2001) and then as Director, National Science Foundation (2004), both being institutions coming under the purview of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Dr. Jayasuriya is life member of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science and a Chartered Biologist and Fellow of the Institute of Biology, United Kingdom. |
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Mingsarn Kaosa-ard Social Research Institute Chiang Mai University Chiang Mai , 50200 Thailand Tel. (+66 53) 892 353, 942 593 Fax. (+66 53) 892 649, 942 572 Email. mingsam  chiangmai.ac.th |
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| Dr. Mingsarn is a Professor of Economics, Chiang Mai University , Thailand and is the Director of its Social Reserach Institute. Her research includes environmental planning and environmental sector priority setting, water resources management; Mekong basin management (natural resources and environment); integrated development of sustainable tourism in the Mekong Basin, sustainable agriculture, trade and investments, and trade competitiveness (in trade, development and agriculture) and in public participation. She has served with UNESCAP (1979-1989) and with the Thailand Development Research Institute as its Research Director of Sectoral Economics Programme (1991-1992), Research Director of the Natural Resources and Environment Programme (1993-1995) and was its Vice President (1996-1998). S he has won several prestigious national research awards and was National Best Researcher in 2005. Dr. Mingsarn has served in a number of international and national committees. These include the Technical Advisory Committee of the DANIDA Forest Seed Centre (2002-2004), Member of the Board of Trustees of ICRAF (1998-2004), the National Water Resources Committee in Thailand . She is a Member of Advisory Committee, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA). |
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Jaime C. Montoya Section of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine UP-Philippine General Hospital Taft Avenue , Manila Tel : (632) 525-10-62 Email: mnty_jm@yahoo.com |
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| Dr. Montoya is Professor in Infectious Disease at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine and currently the Executive Director of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development. He is also currently the President of the National Research Council of the Philippines, Secretary of the Philippine College of Physicians and Vice-President of the Science Council of Asia. He is a highly trained infectious disease specialist and public health expert certified by both the Royal College of Physicians, London, U.K. and the Philippine Board of Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease specialty. He is the recipient of over 20 prestigious professional awards in the fields of medical research, education, medical writing, medical society leadership and community service including Outstanding Young Scientist of the Philippines, 1998 awarded by the National Academy of Science and Technology , Distinguished Physician Researcher awarded by the Philippine College of Physicians in 2001, Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines, 2001 and conferment of the rank of National Academician in 2008 by the National Academy of Science and Technology. He has also published at least 30 scientific papers in peer-reviewed local and international journals. He is the Founding President of the Philippine Alliance for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases and Past President of the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Philippine Hospital Infection Control Society, Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics and the Philippine Coalition Against Tuberculosis. |
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Ali. A Moosavi-Movahedi |
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| Ali. A Moosavi-Movahedi works in the field of thermodynamics and kinetics of proteins, enzymes and DNA and is the Vice-chancellor for Research and Technology at the University of Tehran . He is a member of Biophysical Society (USA), Protein Society (USA), Biochemical Society (UK),Iranian Chemical Society, Iranian Biochemical Society and is currently the President of Iran Society of Biophysical Chemistry (ISOBC). He is the author of 8 books and 220 research papers, and is currently a member of Editorial Board of Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society (JICS), Advisory Research Board of the American Biographical Institute (ABI) and the Editor-in-Chief of Rahyaft (Quarterly Science Policy Journal of National Research Institute for Science Policy). He has won several awards including the International Khawarazmi Prize (1990), National Distinguished Professor (1997), University of Tehran 's research prizes (1990-2003), The First Class Medal for Research, University of Tehran , 2003, National Eminent Character 2003, University of Tehran Distinguished Scientist Award and first rank medal for basic science research in Razi Medical Science National Festival 2005. |
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Kan Zhang Institute of Psychology CAS, 10-A, Da Tun Lu Beijing, 1001 China Tel. (+86 10) 6483 7096 Fax. (+86 10) 6483 7182 Email. zhangk  psych.ac.cn |
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Hong Kum LEE |
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Dr. Lee is Principal Researcher of Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) and works in the field of microbial diversity and marine biotechnology. She is a member of the European Society of Marine Biotechnology, Society for General Microbiology (UK), Korean Society of Microbiology, and the Korean Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Since 2008, she is a member of a trustee of the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies and currently Vice-President of the Women Bioscience Forum in Korea. As Head of National Research Laboratory for Marine Microbial Diversity, she has worked on marine biofilm and biological control of harmful algal blooms. She has also published at least 80 scientific papers in international journals. Since May, 2007 she is the Director-General of KOPRI and active in international cooperation in polar science, especially environmental changes in polar regions. Moreover, as a national delegate for polar logistics and operation she is in charge of enhancing national and international polar research activities. |
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| Nordin Hasan has been involved in research on the ecosystem approach in environmental management and biodiversity conservation at the local and international levels. He has led research in the health of a large scale ecosystems in Malaysia and in the development of ecosystem status indicators at the international level. He is a Commissioner with the Commission on Ecosystem Management ( CEM ) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and was the Founding Director of the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia), President of the Environmental Management and Research Association of Malaysia, President of the Malaysian Society of Applied Biology and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Worldwide Fund for Nature, Malaysia. He is Emeritus Professor (Environment and Development), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia . He has been awarded the Rotary International Research Foundation Gold Medal for Excellence in Research and Development on the Environment. |
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