Past Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Ecological Society of Australia

Dr Malcolm Gill

significant contribution to ecology in Australia through his pivotal role in developing the field of contemporary fire ecology.

Prof Richard Hobbs

Uiversity of Western Australia

significant contribution to ecology in Australia, through his research in both theoretical and applied aspects of restoration ecology, and his role in improving communications amongst scientists and with practitioners in ecosystem management.

 Prof Jamie Kirkpatrick

Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania

significant contribution to ecology and conservation, through his research into vegetation and the application of ecological principles to its conservation, and his contribution as an educator, advocate and promoter of ecological science in Australia.

Prof David Goodall

Centre for Ecosystem Management , Edith Cowan University

plant and vegetation Ecology; seminal work in the development of techniques for multivariate  of ecological communities.

Prof Tony Underwood

University of Sydney and Cirector, Centre for Research on Ecological Impact of Coastal Cities.

marine ecology; pioneering work in field-based ecological experiments and data analyses

Prof Sam Lake

School of Biological  Sciences, Monash University.  

Stream ecology; conservation and management of water bodies; environmental education & research training

A/Prof Jill Landsberg

School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University 

Conservation of biodiversity in primary production landscapes; conservation of threatened species

A/Prof Paul Adam 

Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales

Ecology of coastal plant communities - particularly saltmarshes. Ecology and biogeography of Australian rainforests with a special interest in pollination ecology. Ecology and biogeography of Australian rainforests with a special interest in pollination ecology.

Prof Mark Westoby

Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University

Plant ecological strategies, vegetation dynamics and community organization. These three fields are complementary and lie at the heart of ecology and evolution.

Prof. Mike Bull

School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University

Behavioural ecology of lizards, ecological interactions of parasites and hosts, parapatric distributions.

Dr Brian Walker

Chief, Division of Wildlife & Ecology

Ecology of tropical savannahs and rangelands

Prof. Marilyn Fox

Professor of Geography, Head of Department, Geography, University of New South Wales

Plant biogeography

Dr Mike Austin

Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology

Prof. Henry Nix

Director, CRES, Australian National University

BIOCLIM, eco-physiological modelling

Prof. Ralph Slatyer

Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University

Australia's first Chief Scientist, eco-physiology

Dr David Ashton

Department of Botany, Melbourne University

Mountain ash ecology

Prof. Charles Birch

School of Biological Science, University of Sydney

distribution and abundance of insect- populations

Prof. Bert Main

Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia

Marsupial eco-physiology

Prof. HG Andrewartha

Department of Zoology, University of Adelaide

distribution and abundance of animals

Prof. Jiro Kikawa

Department of Zoology, University of Queensland

tropical bird ecology, population dynamics

Prof. Noel Beadle

Department of Botany, University of New England

vegetation pattern, Australian vegetation

Prof. Derek Anderson

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Sydney Foundation

saltbush ecology

Dr Len Webb

Formerly CSIRO; Department of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University

Australian rainforest, phytogeography