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To Editors, Reporters, Producers, Presenters ...
To keep your listeners up with the latest developments
in science during the holiday season, CSIRO has compiled a list
of some top researchers.
These scientists are good 'talent', able to speak entertainingly
and with authority on their special areas of research , what
they do as scientists, and scientific topics in general.
Star light, star bright, what's that shining bright?
Ray Norris 02-9372 4416 (b) 0417 288 307 (m) 02-9369 9591
Australia Telescope National Facility
What
are the chances of the Truth being Out There? Or Other Life?
There have been at least seven planets found since 1995 ...
Letting the kids loose in the lab:
Simon Torok 02-6276 6472 (b) 02-6248 6972 (h)
CSIRO Double Helix Science Club, and The Helix magazine
20,000 kids doing real experiments on pests ... termites, fruit
flies, myna birds.
Insects - what's that? That one with all the legs?
Kim Pullen (from 16 Jan) 02-6246 4263 (b)
Graham Crompton (from 11 Jan) 02-6246 4036
CSIRO Entomology 02-6246 4001
Everybody
loves the sounds of summer … buzzzzzzz whine zzzzzz…
Lurking in the kitchen cupboard while we are away …
David Rees 02-6246 4198 (b)
CSIRO Entomology
Insects of stored grain (and other foods), munching while our
backs are turned.
Good health! But watch what you eat:
David Topping 08-8303 8898 (b) 0418 847 009 (m)
CSIRO Human Nutrition
'Tis the season to think again about what we put into our mouths
…
This land is our land … and it needs renewal:
Graham Harris 02-6246 5621 (b) 0417 463 158 (m)
CSIRO Land & Water
Some of our soils and rivers and lakes have reached the point-of-no-return
in environmental degradation. What are we doing about it?
Urban water: what's the plan (if any)?
Andrew Speers 02-9490 5437
CSIRO Building Construction and Engineering
Billions of dollars are spent on replacing and maintaining our
fresh water systems. Urban water services (including the dunny)
need a rethink.
Can Australia's motor industry make it?
David Lamb 03-9662 7787 (b) 0417 302 230 (m)
CSIRO Manufacturing Technology (Australian Automotive
Technology Centre)
The car of the future? It will be one which bridges the transition
from fossil fuel to electric energy.
Climate change - hot, cold, wet, dry?:
Chris Mitchell 03-9239 4550 (b) 03-5974 3292
Willem Bouma (from 11 Jan) 03-9239 4657 (b) 03-9787 4342
(h)
CSIRO Atmospheric Research
Does the evidence stack up? Is this the hottest/coldest/wettest/driest
year on record?
Body parts, implants and biomaterials
Clive McFarland 02-9490 5128 (b) 02-9874 2327 (h)
CSIRO Molecular Science
Will we be walking about with body parts made of new custom-designed
biomaterials?
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