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The Australian National University Annual Report 2000
 
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Cooperation with Government and other public 
institutions
 
The Australian National University encourages mem-
bers of the academic staff to give specialist advice and
assistance to Federal and State Government depart-
ments and to other public institutions, both within
Australia and internationally. This help takes many
forms — consultancies, membership of committees, in-
volvement in particular projects, secondments, etc. The
following list records such cooperation for 2000. This is
not necessarily comprehensive.
 
Institute of Advanced Studies
 
Research School of Astronomy and 
Astrophysics
 
Prof M BESSELL, president, Astronomical Society of
Australia; member, National Committee of Astronomy;
member, Editorial Board of 
 
PASA
 
; member, AAO
Schmidt Telescope Panel; Immediate Past President of
IAU Commission 29 on Stellar Spectra.
Dr G BICKNELL, member, Scientific Organising
Committee, Workshop on AGN Variability.
Dr M COLLESS, chair, Anglo–Australian Observatory
Users’ Committee; member, Australia Gemini Science
Advisory Committee’ chair, 6dF Science Advisory
Group; member, Mid-term Review Working Group of
the National Committee for Astronomy.
Dr G DA COSTA, president, IAU Commission 37 (to
August); Immediate-Past President and member, Or-
ganizing Committee IAU Commission 37 (from
August); member, Organizing Committee, IAU Divi-
sion VII; Australian Gemini Project Scientist,
Committee Memberships; chair, Committee of Gemini
Offices; member, Gemini Science Committee; chair,
Australian Gemini Science Advisory Committee; mem-
ber, Australian Time Allocation Committee; member,
Scientific Organizing Committee, Joint Discussion 5
"Mixing and Diffusion in Stars: Theoretical Predictions
and Observational Constraints", IAU General Assem-
bly; member, Scientific Organizing Committee,
"Extragalactic Star Clusters", IAU Symposium propos-
al, Pucon, Chile; member, Scientific Organizing
Committee, "The Dynamics, Structure and History of
Galaxies", Dunk Island; chair, Local Organizing Com-
mittee, "The Dynamics, Structure and History of
Galaxies", Dunk Island.
Prof M DOPITA, president, IAU Division VI & Com-
mission 34 on Interstellar Matter (1997–2000); chair,
IAU Executive Committee Working Group for the In-
ternational Development of Antarctic Astronomy
(1997–2000); Co-chair, Scientific Organising Com-
mittee, IAU Symposium 209, “Planetary Nebulae:
Their Role in the Universe”; member, Scientific Organ-
ising Committee, IAU Symposium 205, “Galaxies and
their Constituents at the Highest Angular Resolutions”;
member, Scientific Organising Committee, IAU Joint
Discussion 11, “First Results of the FUSE Mission”;
member, Board of Editors, 
 
Astrophysics and Space Sci-
ence
 
 (1993–); member, Visiting Committee of the
Capodimonte Observatory; member, NASA Science
Oversight Committee for the Wide Field Camera-3;
member, Antarctic Astronomy Working Group 1993–.
Dr P FRANCIS, member, Astronomical Society of
Australia Education sub-committee; Consultant to de-
sign part of a WWW Astrophysics course for Swinburne
University.
Prof K FREEMAN, member, Parkes Multibeam Work-
ing Group, Australia Telescope National Facility;
president, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Di-
vision VII and IAU Commission 33 (Structure and
Dynamics of the Galactic System); Receiving Editor,
 
New Astronomy
 
 (Elsevier); member, Scientific Organis-
ing Committee, Conference on "Dynamics of Star
Clusters and the Milky Way", Heidelberg; member,
Scientific Organising Committee, Conference on "Gas
and Galaxy Evolution", Socorro; member, Scientific
Organising Committee, Conference on "Galaxy Disks
and Disk Galaxies, Rome.
Dr R FUX; member, IAU Commission 33, Structure &
Dynamics of the Galactic System.
Dr C JACKSON; member, Australia Telescope Users’
Committee.
Dr A KALNAJS; member, Organising Committee IAU
Commission 33 “Structure and Dynamics of the Galac-
tic System”.
Prof J MOULD; chair, Anglo–Australian Telescope
Board; member, National Committee for Astronomy;
member, AURA Board (Association of Universities for
Research in Astronomy); ANU member, of the AURA
Board of Member Representives; chair, Visiting Com-
mittee of the European Southern Observatory;
member, Faulkes Telescope P/L Board of Directors.
Dr B SCHMIDT; member, Australian Time Assign-
ment Committee; member, Square Kilometer Array
Steering Committee.
Dr M SEVENSTER; member, Australia Telescope Us-
ers’ Committee; member, Australia Telescope Time
Assignment Committee.
Dr P WOOD; member, Local Organising Committee,
IAU Symposium 209; member, Scientific Organising
Committee, IAU Symposium 209.

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Cooperation with Government and other public institutions
 
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In consultation with JACKSON, JERJEN, SCHMIDT
and VENNES, DA COSTA provided oversight for two
4-day visits of approximately 30 Monash third-year as-
trophysics undergraduates.
 
Research School of Biological Sciences
 
Director
 
HEARN JP, Scientific Adviser, Parliamentary Commit-
tee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Inquiry into
Cloning (1999–); member, Biotechnology Consultative
Group (BIOCOG), Department of Industry, Science
and Resources (1999–); Deputy Director, Pest Animal
Control CRC (1999–); member, Board, Greenhouse
Accounting CRC (1999–); Honorary Research Fellow,
CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, Gungahlin; member,
Asia and Pacific Regional Panel for Research in Repro-
ductive Health, WHO (1998–); member, Council,
Center for Research Resources, National Institutes for
Health, Washington (1995–); chair, Australian Society
for Reproductive Biology (2000–); member, Board,
ANUTECH (1999–); member, Board, Australian Cen-
tre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (2000–);
Referee, National Health and Medical Research Coun-
cil; reviewer, Reproduction, Fertility and Development,
American Primatology.
 
Developmental Neurobiology and 
Endocrinology
 
MARK, RF, Past President, Australian Neuroscience
Society; referee, Australian Research Council, National
Health and Medical Research Council, New Zealand
Neurological Foundation and academic journals, Be-
havioural Brain Research; Representative, Australian
Neurosciences Society on Federation of Australian Sci-
entific and Technological Societies; member, Initial
Review Board of the Medical and Scientific Advisory
Council of the Alzheimers Association.
MAROTTE, LR, Public Officer, Australian Neuro-
science Society, referee, National Health and Medical
Research Council grant application.
TYNDALE-BISCOE, H, member, Board of CSIRO
Publishing; member, Board of Standards of the Austral-
ian Journals of Scientific Research; Academy of Science
project Video Histories of Australian Scientists; Referee,
2 Australian Research Council major research grants.
VIDOVIC, M, referee, Australian Research Council
grant applications; referee, 
 
Journal of Dairy Research
 
.
VIGGERS, K, overall Convener and Session Convener,
Australian Veterinary Association Annual Conference,
Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biol-
ogists, Perth 2000; referee, Large Australian Research
Council grant application; referee, Antarctic Science,
Wildlife Research; ACT Representative, Wildlife
Health Australia; Steering Committee Member, Wild-
life Health Australia.
 
Ecosystem Dynamics
 
BALL, MC, Elected Discipline Representative for Eco-
physiology, Council of the Australian Society of Plant
Physiologists; member, Planning Committee for the
Photosynthesis Congress (Brisbane, 2001); member,
Editorial Boards of 
 
Oecologia, Global Change Biology,
Plant Biology and Trees: Structure and Function.
 
NOBLE, IR, CEO, CRC for Greenhouse Accounting;
adviser, NSW Premiers Department; adviser, Indone-
sian Government; adviser, ALP Environment
Committee; chair, Scientific Steering Committee of
Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE);
member, Scientific Committee of the International Ge-
osphere Biosphere Program (IGBP) and the Scientific
Steering Committee of Global Analysis, Interpretation
and Modelling (GAIM). In these capacities he made
presentations at conferences and took part in workshops
in Australia, Mexico, South Africa and the USA; lead
author, Third Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change Assessment Report and Co-Chair of the IPCC
Special Report on Land Use, Land Use Change and
Forestry; attended Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change meetings in Canada, Poland, Switzerland and
the USA; member, Global Change Advisory Commit-
tee to the Minister for the Environment; adviser to
Environment Australia; member, Scientific Advisory
Panel of the CRC on the Sustainable Use of Savanna
Ecosystems; Expert Adviser, NAFI Forum, Canberra;
Expert Adviser, Sydney Futures Exchange Workshop,
Sydney; Expert Adviser, National Farmers Federation,
Canberra; Expert Adviser, Briefing of Greenpeace Inter-
national and Australian Conservation Foundation on
the IPCC Special Report, Canberra; member, Editorial
Boards, 
 
Advances in Global Change Research, Climate
Policy, Ecosystems, Diversity & Distributions
 
 and the
 
Journal of Vegetation Science
 
.
O'BRIEN, M, developed Clean Development Mecha-
nism (CDM) case studies for plantation forestry,
revegetation, avoided deforestation and an integrated
catchment scale project; developed a CDM “How-to-
Guide” for potential use by Australia and the interna-
tional community; participant, committee briefing by
the CRC for Greenhouse Accounting for the Senate En-
vironment, Communications, Information Technology
and the Arts References Committee’s inquiry into Aus-
tralia’s response to global warming; presenter, Climate
Action Network Australia on behalf of the CRC for
Greenhouse Accounting about the LULUCF Special
Report and the issue of carbon sinks in the Kyoto
Protocol.
ROXBURGH, SH, Referee, 
 
Journal of Vegetation Sci-
ence and Plant Ecology
 
.
SLATYER, RO, chair, Rainforest CRC; adviser, Envi-
ronment Australia, scientific assessment of the natural
heritage significance of the Eucalypts; member, Selec-
tion Committee for the Chair of Tropical Plant
Sciences.

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