Graham Farquhar

Graham Douglas Farquhar, AO, FAA, FRS (born 8 December 1947) is an Australian biophysicist, Distinguished Professor at Australian National University,[1] and leader of the Farquhar Lab. In 2018 Farquhar was named Senior Australian of the Year.[2][3]

Graham Farquhar, AO, FAA, FRS

Life

Farquhar attended Wesley College, finishing in 1964,[4] and went on to earn a BSc from Australian National University in 1968, a BSc with Honours in Biophysics from University of Queensland in 1969, and a PhD from Australian National University in 1973.[5]

Farquhar was appointed Professor of the Australian National University’s Research School of Biology and Chief Investigator of the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis. His work to model plant biophysics has helped to understand how cells, whole plants and whole forests work, and to create new water-efficient wheat varieties. His latest project is attempting to determine which trees will grow faster in a high carbon dioxide atmosphere.[6]

Farquhar was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Science in 2015 for his modelling of photosynthesis [7] and the Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture by the Australian Academy of Science in 2016.[8] In 2017 he is the recipient of the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (Biology).[9]

On 25 January 2018 Farquhar was named Senior Australian of the Year.

See also

References
  1. "Professor Graham Farquhar". Energy Change Institute. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. RSB, Director; director.rsb@anu.edu.au (13 November 2013). "Farquhar Group - Coordination of CO2 fixation and transpiration in plants". RSB.
  3. "Graham Farquhar named 2018 Senior Australian of the Year". Australian National University. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  4. "Australian of the Year Professor Graham Farquhar AO - Wesley College". www.wesleycollege.net.
  5. Director; climate@anu.edu.au. "Climate Change Institute". Climate Change Institute.
  6. "Prime Minister's Prize for Science - Professor Graham Farquhar AO". Australian Government. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  7. "Prime Minister's Prize for Science". Australian Government. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  8. "Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  9. "Kyoto Prize, Inamori Foundation". Kyoto Prize, Inamori Foundation.
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