| 词条 | Jim Peacock |
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Peacock was born in Leura, New South Wales[3] and educated at the University of Sydney, where he studied botany and zoology and gained a PhD in genetics. He followed this with post-doctoral positions in genetics at the University of Oregon in Eugene and molecular biology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, before returning to Australia to work with the CSIRO.[2] Peacock is a Member of the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) and the National Innovation Council and has served on the Australian Research Council (ARC) Grants Committee, the Australian Science, Technology and Engineering Council (ASTEC) and the Academy of Science's Committee on Recombinant DNA Molecules (ASCORD). In 2000, Dr Peacock was joint recipient of the inaugural Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. Peacock was appointed Chief Scientist of Australia on a part-time basis in March 2006, and his term concluded on 31 August 2008. Penny Sackett was appointed as his replacement, to take up the position on a full-time basis in November 2008.[4] Honours and awardsPeacock has had a distinguished career in science and has received many honours. He was awarded the Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture in 1989 and made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1994. Peacock was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in March 1982,[5] a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences, Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, and a Foundation Member Academia Bibliotheca Alexandrinae. References1. ^{{cite news | url = http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1581186.htm | title = New chief scientist makes waves | author = Karen Percy | work = The World Today | date = 1 March 2006 | accessdate = 2007-01-29 }} 2. ^1 Virginia Gewin, Jim Peacock, chief scientist, Canberra, Australia, Nature Vol 442, No 7099, pg 220, 12 July 2006. Retrieved 2009-11-04. 3. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000699b.htm |title= Peacock, William James (1937 – ) |author1= G.J. McCarthy |author2= Helen Cohn |work= Biographical entry |publisher= Encyclopaedia of Australian Science |date= 12 December 2017 }} 4. ^Davis, Mark: Astronomer announced as new chief scientist, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 October 2008. 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/Lists-of-Royal-Society-Fellows-1660-2007/ |title=Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660–2007 |publisher=The Royal Society |accessdate=15 July 2010 |location=London |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324095152/http://royalsociety.org/Lists-of-Royal-Society-Fellows-1660-2007/ |archivedate=24 March 2010 }} External links
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