James Chin Moody

James Bradfield Moody is a Director at the CSIRO Division of Land and Water, the largest water research and development organisation in Australia. In this role he undertakes work with major government enterprises and private companies, focussing on some of the key areas of water and catchment management, interoperability and data use for environmental outcomes.

He sits on a number of company and industry association boards, including the Brisbane Institute and the National Australia Day Council and advisory boards for the Bureau of Meteorology and Australian Bureau of Statistics. In the last five years James Moody has been heavily involved with the United Nations, and from 2000 to 2002 was co-facilitator and Australian representative of the 40 strong youth advisory council to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). He was also a founder and co-chair of the Space Generation Advisory Council in support of the UN Programme on Space Applications. James was also a member of the Science and Technology delegation to the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, is a member and executive secretary of the taskforce on Science and Technology for the Millennium Development Goals and was invited to attend the World Economic Forum as a Global Leader of Tomorrow in 2003.

In 2000, James was named Young Professional Engineer of the Year and in 2005 was named one of the 100 most influential engineers in Australia. While holding this title he promoted the engineering profession and his particular brand of ‘socially conscious engineering’. In 2000 James was also awarded Young Queenslander of the Year and in 2001 was awarded Young Australian of the Year in Science and Technology. He is also a panel member of the ABC Television show “The New Inventors” and is a member of the Federal Government’s National Environmental Education Council.