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Foley joined CSIRO in 1985 as a National [[Research fellow|Research Fellow]] and was promoted to Senior Research Scientist in 1991, [[Chief scientific officer#:~:text=A%20chief%20science%20officer%20(C.S.O.,performing%20significant%20scientific%20research%20projects|Principal Research Scientist]] in 1996, Senior Principal Research Scientist in 2000, and Chief Research Scientist in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-13|title=Catherine Patricia (Cathy) Foley|url=https://csiropedia.csiro.au/foley-catherine-patricia/|access-date=2020-08-17|website=CSIROpedia|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cathy Foley|url=https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/profile/cathy-foley/|access-date=2020-08-17|website=Science and Technology Australia|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-28|title=Research Scientist Classification|url=https://www.psc.nsw.gov.au/workforce-management/workforce-management-tools/research-scientist-classification|access-date=2021-07-29|website=NSW Public Service Commission|language=en-AU}}</ref> Dr Foley was also previously the deputy director of CSIRO's manufacturing business unit, as well as Chief of the Division of Materials Science and Engineering in 2011 CSIRO's Materials Science and Engineering division.<ref>{{Cite web|last=CSIRO|title=Physicist appointed as CSIRO Chief Scientist|url=https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2018/Physicist-appointed-as-CSIRO-Chief-Scientist|access-date=2020-08-17|website=www.csiro.au|language=en-AU}}</ref>
Foley joined CSIRO in 1985 as a National [[Research fellow|Research Fellow]] and was promoted to Senior Research Scientist in 1991, [[Chief scientific officer#:~:text=A%20chief%20science%20officer%20(C.S.O.,performing%20significant%20scientific%20research%20projects|Principal Research Scientist]] in 1996, Senior Principal Research Scientist in 2000, and Chief Research Scientist in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-13|title=Catherine Patricia (Cathy) Foley|url=https://csiropedia.csiro.au/foley-catherine-patricia/|access-date=2020-08-17|website=CSIROpedia|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cathy Foley|url=https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/profile/cathy-foley/|access-date=2020-08-17|website=Science and Technology Australia|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-28|title=Research Scientist Classification|url=https://www.psc.nsw.gov.au/workforce-management/workforce-management-tools/research-scientist-classification|access-date=2021-07-29|website=NSW Public Service Commission|language=en-AU}}</ref> Dr Foley was also previously the deputy director of CSIRO's manufacturing business unit, as well as Chief of the Division of Materials Science and Engineering in 2011 CSIRO's Materials Science and Engineering division.<ref>{{Cite web|last=CSIRO|title=Physicist appointed as CSIRO Chief Scientist|url=https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2018/Physicist-appointed-as-CSIRO-Chief-Scientist|access-date=2020-08-17|website=www.csiro.au|language=en-AU}}</ref>


Foley joined the editorial board of the physics journal ''[[Superconductor Science and Technology]]'' in 2003<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-13|title=Catherine Patricia (Cathy) Foley|url=https://csiropedia.csiro.au/foley-catherine-patricia/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=CSIROpedia|language=en-AU}}</ref> and subsequently became its Editor in Chief''.''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-07-17|title=Editor-in-Chief of Superconductor Science and Technology awarded IEEE Award|url=https://ioppublishing.org/news/editor-in-chief-of-superconductor-science-and-technology-awarded-ieee-award/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=IOP Publishing|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Editorial Board - Superconductor Science and Technology|url=https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0953-2048/page/Editorial%20Board|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-16|website=iopscience.iop.org|publisher=IOPscience}}</ref>
Foley joined the editorial board of the physics journal ''[[Superconductor Science and Technology]]'' in 2003<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-13|title=Catherine Patricia (Cathy) Foley|url=https://csiropedia.csiro.au/foley-catherine-patricia/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=CSIROpedia|language=en-AU}}</ref> and subsequently became its Editor in Chief''.''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-07-17|title=Editor-in-Chief of Superconductor Science and Technology awarded IEEE Award|url=https://ioppublishing.org/news/editor-in-chief-of-superconductor-science-and-technology-awarded-ieee-award/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=IOP Publishing|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Editorial Board - Superconductor Science and Technology|url=https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0953-2048/page/Editorial%20Board|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-16|website=iopscience.iop.org|publisher=IOPscience|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506000009/https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0953-2048/page/Editorial%20Board |archive-date=6 May 2021 }}</ref>


=== Office of the Chief Scientist ===
=== Office of the Chief Scientist ===
On 1 January 2021, Foley replaced [[Alan Finkel]] as [[Chief Scientist of Australia]].<ref name="McCulloch" /> She has stated as priorities: development of a national Open Access strategy, supporting emerging technologies (including establishing of a working group for quantum technologies), strengthening the role of the National Science & Technology Council in advising Government, and increasing understanding of scientific capability across Australian public service.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chief Scientist Workplan|url=https://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/workplan|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-16|website=www.chiefscientist.gov.au}}</ref>
On 1 January 2021, Foley replaced [[Alan Finkel]] as [[Chief Scientist of Australia]].<ref name="McCulloch" /> She has stated as priorities: development of a national Open Access strategy, supporting emerging technologies (including establishing of a working group for quantum technologies), strengthening the role of the National Science & Technology Council in advising Government, and increasing understanding of scientific capability across Australian public service.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chief Scientist Workplan|url=https://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/workplan|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-16|website=www.chiefscientist.gov.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016101551/https://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/workplan |archive-date=16 October 2021 }}</ref>


== Research ==
== Research ==
Foley made significant contributions for the comprehension of [[Superconductivity|superconducting materials]] and to the evolution of devices that use superconductors to detect magnetic fields and locate deposits of minerals.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foley|first=Cathy|last2=|title=Director's Colloquium - How a single grain boundary found billions of dollars of mineral deposits: An overview of the use of SQUIDs for mineral exploration|url=https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?EventID=72|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-29|website=physics.anu.edu.au|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-03|title=Dr Cathy Foley, Chief Scientist of CSIRO|url=https://www.rd-alliance.org/about/organization/key-profiles/dr-cathy-foley-chief-scientist-csiro|access-date=2020-08-17|website=RDA|language=en}}</ref>
Foley made significant contributions for the comprehension of [[Superconductivity|superconducting materials]] and to the evolution of devices that use superconductors to detect magnetic fields and locate deposits of minerals.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foley|first=Cathy|last2=|title=Director's Colloquium - How a single grain boundary found billions of dollars of mineral deposits: An overview of the use of SQUIDs for mineral exploration|url=https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?EventID=72|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-29|website=physics.anu.edu.au|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325134227/https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?EventID=72 |archive-date=25 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-03|title=Dr Cathy Foley, Chief Scientist of CSIRO|url=https://www.rd-alliance.org/about/organization/key-profiles/dr-cathy-foley-chief-scientist-csiro|access-date=2020-08-17|website=RDA|language=en}}</ref>


At Macquarie University, Foley and Tansley authored a series of highly regarded papers on indium nitride semiconductor films.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Tansley|first1=T. L.|last2=Foley|first2=C. P.|year=1986|title=Optical band gap of indium nitride|journal=Journal of Applied Physics|publisher=AIP Publishing|volume=59|issue=9|pages=3241–3244|doi=10.1063/1.336906|issn=0021-8979}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Tansley|first1=T.L.|last2=Foley|first2=C.P.|year=1984|title=Electron mobility in indium nitride|journal=Electronics Letters|publisher=Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)|volume=20|issue=25–26|page=1066-1068|doi=10.1049/el:19840729|issn=0013-5194}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Foley|first1=C. P.|last2=Tansley|first2=T. L.|date=1986-01-15|title=Pseudopotential band structure of indium nitride|journal=Physical Review B|publisher=American Physical Society (APS)|volume=33|issue=2|pages=1430–1433|doi=10.1103/physrevb.33.1430|pmid=9938421|issn=0163-1829}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Tansley|first1=T. L.|last2=Foley|first2=C. P.|date=1986-09-15|title=Infrared absorption in indium nitride|journal=Journal of Applied Physics|publisher=AIP Publishing|volume=60|issue=6|pages=2092–2095|doi=10.1063/1.337213|issn=0021-8979}}</ref> The work of Tansley and Dr Foley is considered central to the development of [[diode laser|semiconductor lasers]] in the blue-green region of the spectrum.
At Macquarie University, Foley and Tansley authored a series of highly regarded papers on indium nitride semiconductor films.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Tansley|first1=T. L.|last2=Foley|first2=C. P.|year=1986|title=Optical band gap of indium nitride|journal=Journal of Applied Physics|publisher=AIP Publishing|volume=59|issue=9|pages=3241–3244|doi=10.1063/1.336906|issn=0021-8979}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Tansley|first1=T.L.|last2=Foley|first2=C.P.|year=1984|title=Electron mobility in indium nitride|journal=Electronics Letters|publisher=Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)|volume=20|issue=25–26|page=1066-1068|doi=10.1049/el:19840729|issn=0013-5194}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Foley|first1=C. P.|last2=Tansley|first2=T. L.|date=1986-01-15|title=Pseudopotential band structure of indium nitride|journal=Physical Review B|publisher=American Physical Society (APS)|volume=33|issue=2|pages=1430–1433|doi=10.1103/physrevb.33.1430|pmid=9938421|issn=0163-1829}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Tansley|first1=T. L.|last2=Foley|first2=C. P.|date=1986-09-15|title=Infrared absorption in indium nitride|journal=Journal of Applied Physics|publisher=AIP Publishing|volume=60|issue=6|pages=2092–2095|doi=10.1063/1.337213|issn=0021-8979}}</ref> The work of Tansley and Dr Foley is considered central to the development of [[diode laser|semiconductor lasers]] in the blue-green region of the spectrum.


Subsequently, her work at CSIRO lead to the development of high temperature superconducting [[Josephson effect|Josephson junctions]] used in high-sensitivity magnetic field detectors used in applications such as underground deep mineral deposit detection.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr Cathy Foley|url=https://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/DrCathyFoley|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-16|website=www.chiefscientist.gov.au}}</ref>
Subsequently, her work at CSIRO lead to the development of high temperature superconducting [[Josephson effect|Josephson junctions]] used in high-sensitivity magnetic field detectors used in applications such as underground deep mineral deposit detection.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr Cathy Foley|url=https://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/DrCathyFoley|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-16|website=www.chiefscientist.gov.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105111314/https://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/drcathyfoley |archive-date=5 January 2021 }}</ref>


==Awards and accomplishments==
==Awards and accomplishments==

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Cathy Foley
AO PSM FAA FTSE
9th Chief Scientist of Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2021
Preceded byAlan Finkel
Personal details
Born
Catherine Patricia Foley

(1957-11-10) 10 November 1957 (age 66)
Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia[1]
ProfessionPhysicist, administrator
Alma materMacquarie University
Known forcomprehension of superconducting materials
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsCSIRO

Catherine Patricia Foley AO PSM FAA FTSE (born 10 November 1957)[2] is an Australian physicist. She is the Chief Scientist of Australia (since January 2021),[3][4] before which she had been the Chief Scientist for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) since August 2018.[5]

Foley's research is in solid-state physics and its applications in superconductivity, combining material science, quantum physics, and research translation.[6] In addition to her research science, she has also contributed significantly to the advancement of women in physics, and to professional scientific organisations.[7]

Foley and her group at CSIRO have performed pioneering work on SQUID systems for geomagnetic exploration of minerals, which were transitioned to industry and resulted in the discovery of mineral ores worth many billions of dollars.[8] "Her team is responsible for the development and commercialisation of LANDTEM which has led to the discovery of over $6B of mines worldwide."[9]

Education

Foley attended Macquarie University for her undergraduate degrees, studying a Diploma of Education in High School Physics (1979) and a Bachelor of Science majoring in Physics (1980). She remained at Macquarie to do a PhD in Physics (1984) investigating indium nitride, under the supervision of Trevor Tansley. She also spent six months on a scholarship as a Research Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, at Oregon State University, USA in Corvallis while writing up her PhD.[2]

Career

CSIRO

Foley joined CSIRO in 1985 as a National Research Fellow and was promoted to Senior Research Scientist in 1991, Principal Research Scientist in 1996, Senior Principal Research Scientist in 2000, and Chief Research Scientist in 2008.[10][11][12] Dr Foley was also previously the deputy director of CSIRO's manufacturing business unit, as well as Chief of the Division of Materials Science and Engineering in 2011 CSIRO's Materials Science and Engineering division.[13]

Foley joined the editorial board of the physics journal Superconductor Science and Technology in 2003[14] and subsequently became its Editor in Chief.[15][16]

Office of the Chief Scientist

On 1 January 2021, Foley replaced Alan Finkel as Chief Scientist of Australia.[3] She has stated as priorities: development of a national Open Access strategy, supporting emerging technologies (including establishing of a working group for quantum technologies), strengthening the role of the National Science & Technology Council in advising Government, and increasing understanding of scientific capability across Australian public service.[17]

Research

Foley made significant contributions for the comprehension of superconducting materials and to the evolution of devices that use superconductors to detect magnetic fields and locate deposits of minerals.[18][19]

At Macquarie University, Foley and Tansley authored a series of highly regarded papers on indium nitride semiconductor films.[20][21][22][23] The work of Tansley and Dr Foley is considered central to the development of semiconductor lasers in the blue-green region of the spectrum.

Subsequently, her work at CSIRO lead to the development of high temperature superconducting Josephson junctions used in high-sensitivity magnetic field detectors used in applications such as underground deep mineral deposit detection.[24]

Awards and accomplishments

Foley's awards include the 2015 Australian Academy of Science's Clunies-Ross Award, 2013 Premier's Award for Woman of the Year, and in 2011 the AUSIMM MIOTA prize.[25] Preceding this award, she was a fellow of the Institute of Physics in the UK, past president of the Australian Institute of Physics, and a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ASTE).[26] She has been president of Science and Technology Australia, where she represented 68,000 Australian scientists and technologists.[27]

Foley was awarded a public service medal on Australia Day in 2003 and in the same year won the Eureka Prize for the promotion of science.[28] She sits on the Scientific Advisory Committee of Australia's Centre for Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies.[29]

In May 2020 Foley was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science[30] and in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours she was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "distinguished service to research science, to the advancement of women in physics, and to professional scientific organisations".[31]

References

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  3. ^ a b McCulloch, Daniel (9 November 2020). "Cathy Foley appointed next chief scientist". Canberra Times. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ Smith, Belinda (9 November 2020). "Physicist Cathy Foley appointed Australia's next chief scientist". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ CSIRO. "CSIRO Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley to be next Australian Chief Scientist". www.csiro.au. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Cathy Foley". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours for five Academy Fellows | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  8. ^ ABC article
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Catherine Patricia (Cathy) Foley". CSIROpedia. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Cathy Foley". Science and Technology Australia. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Research Scientist Classification". NSW Public Service Commission. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  13. ^ CSIRO. "Physicist appointed as CSIRO Chief Scientist". www.csiro.au. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Catherine Patricia (Cathy) Foley". CSIROpedia. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Editor-in-Chief of Superconductor Science and Technology awarded IEEE Award". IOP Publishing. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Editorial Board - Superconductor Science and Technology". iopscience.iop.org. IOPscience. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Chief Scientist Workplan". www.chiefscientist.gov.au. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  18. ^ Foley, Cathy. "Director's Colloquium - How a single grain boundary found billions of dollars of mineral deposits: An overview of the use of SQUIDs for mineral exploration". physics.anu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Dr Cathy Foley, Chief Scientist of CSIRO". RDA. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  20. ^ Tansley, T. L.; Foley, C. P. (1986). "Optical band gap of indium nitride". Journal of Applied Physics. 59 (9). AIP Publishing: 3241–3244. doi:10.1063/1.336906. ISSN 0021-8979.
  21. ^ Tansley, T.L.; Foley, C.P. (1984). "Electron mobility in indium nitride". Electronics Letters. 20 (25–26). Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET): 1066-1068. doi:10.1049/el:19840729. ISSN 0013-5194.
  22. ^ Foley, C. P.; Tansley, T. L. (15 January 1986). "Pseudopotential band structure of indium nitride". Physical Review B. 33 (2). American Physical Society (APS): 1430–1433. doi:10.1103/physrevb.33.1430. ISSN 0163-1829. PMID 9938421.
  23. ^ Tansley, T. L.; Foley, C. P. (15 September 1986). "Infrared absorption in indium nitride". Journal of Applied Physics. 60 (6). AIP Publishing: 2092–2095. doi:10.1063/1.337213. ISSN 0021-8979.
  24. ^ "Dr Cathy Foley". www.chiefscientist.gov.au. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  25. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  26. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  27. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  28. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  29. ^ "Dr Foley biography". Centre for Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  30. ^ "Cathy Foley". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 25 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  31. ^ "Dr Catherine Patricia Foley PSM". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 12 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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