Professor Mahananda Dasgupta, Director of the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility at HIA was appointed to the National Science and Technology Council for a three-year term. The council, which consists of up to ten members at any one time, provides scientific and technological advice to the Australian government and is chaired by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, with Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic MP as deputy chair and Australia’s chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley as its executive officer.
“These appointments are also a step towards achieving greater diversity within the Council and support its mission to provide timely and tangible advice to government,” the Minister for Industry and Science congratulated.
An inspiring presence at the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility, Professor Dasgupta is an international leader in accelerator-based nuclear fusion and fission. Professor Dasgupta’s expertise in nuclear physics including complex quantum interactions, will help the NSTC advise the Government on growing Australia’s research and industry capabilities in critical technology areas.
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