Media Release
June 10 2008
Queen's Birthday Honour for Prof Ralston
Laureate
Professor John Ralston has been made an Officer of the Order of
Australia (AO) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Director and founder of UniSA’s Ian Wark Research Institute (The Wark™), Prof Ralston received the honour “for service to science and to scientific research, particularly in the field of physical chemistry and minerals processing, to education and the creation and application of new scientific knowledge to industry”.
The Queen’s Birthday Honour is the latest award for Prof Ralston, who is the 2007 South Australian of the Year and SA Scientist of the Year.
The Wark™ is one of the world’s leading centres for particles and materials research and the lead institute for the Australian Minerals Science Research Institute (AMSRI). The Wark™ is engaged in research into a range of fields including minerals processing technologies, biomaterials, biotechnology and bio and polymer interfaces feeding into a broad range of industries.
Joining Prof Ralston in the Queen’s Birthday Honours were distinguished businessman, export development leader and UniSA Honorary Doctor Richard Allert AM (also made an AO), and aged care industry leader Ian Hardy, an Honorary Fellow of the University (awarded an AM).
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