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Revision as of 03:54, 9 November 2020

Cathy Foley
AO PSM FAA FTSE
9th Chief Scientist of Australia
Assuming office
December 2020
SucceedingAlan 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 October 1957)[2] is an Australian physicist. As of November 2020 Foley is the Chief Scientist for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and from December 2020, Chief Scientist of Australia.[3]

Foley's research is in solid-state physics and its applications, combining material science, quantum physics, and research translation.[4] She is also renowned for her significant contributions to research science, the advancement of women in physics, and to professional scientific organisations.[5]

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.[6] "Her team is responsible for the development and commercialisation of LANDTEM which has led to the discovery of over $6B of mines worldwide."[7]

Education

Foley has a Diploma of Education in High School Physics, from Macquarie University (1979), a Bachelor of Science (Hons 1) majoring in Physics from Macquarie University (1980), and a PhD in Physics, also from Macquarie University (1984). 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.[8]

At 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.[9][10] 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.[11]

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.[12]

At Macquarie University, Foley and T. L. Tansley authored a series of highly regarded papers on indium nitride semiconductor films.[13][14][15][16] The work of Tansley and Dr Foley is considered central to the development of semiconductor lasers in the blue-green region of the spectrum.

Awards and accomplishments

Foley's awareds include the 2015 Australian Academy of Science's Clunies-Ross Award, 2013 Premier's Award for Woman of the Year, and the 2011 award for the AUSIMM MIOTA prize.[17] 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).[18] Adding to the list of her achievements, she is the immediate past president of Science and Technology Australia, where she represented 68,000 Australian scientists and technologists.[19]

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.[20] She sits on the Scientific Advisory Committee of Australia's Centre for Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies.[21]

In May 2020 Foley was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science[22] 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".[23]

In December 2020, Foley will replace Alan Finkel as Chief Scientist of Australia.[3]

References

  1. ^ Who's Who in Australia. ConnectWeb. 2020.
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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. ^ "Cathy Foley". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours for five Academy Fellows | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. ^ http://snf.ieeecsc.org/pages/abc-science-news-article-cathy-foley-csiro
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ http://www.csiropedia.csiro.au/display/CSIROpedia/Foley,+Catherine+Patricia
  9. ^ "Catherine Patricia (Cathy) Foley". CSIROpedia. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Cathy Foley". Science and Technology Australia. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  11. ^ CSIRO. "Physicist appointed as CSIRO Chief Scientist". www.csiro.au. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Dr Cathy Foley, Chief Scientist of CSIRO". RDA. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. ^ "Dr Foley biography". Centre for Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Cathy Foley". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 25 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ "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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