SOME OF PETER CULLEN'S ACHIEVEMENTS

摘要

Peter Cullen was Professor at the University of Canberra, and was the founding Chief Executive of the CRC for Freshwater Ecology from 1992 to June 2002. He was a Visiting Fellow at CSIRO Land and Water, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and a Member of the International Water Academy and the International Ecology Institute. He was a past president of the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS) where he drove successful initiatives like "science meets parliament". He was a Commissioner to the National Water Commission (NWC), chair of the Victorian Water Trust Advisory Council, a member of the Natural Heritage Trust Advisory Committee and a Director of Land and Water Australia. The Australian Water Association recognised Prof Cullen's remarkable contribution to the water industry in 2003, awarding him the Association's highest honour, the Peter Hughes Water Award, for outstanding contribution to the conservation of water resources. He was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Environmentalist of the Year in 2001 for his work on the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality and appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2004 for service to freshwater ecology and the Naumann-Thienemann Medal of the International Limnology Society 2004 "for his exemplary scientific leadership".