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.[2]
Life
He earned 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.[3]
He 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. [4]
He was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Science in 2015 for his modelling of photosynthesis. [5]
References
- ^ http://energy.anu.edu.au/person/graham-farquhar
- ^ http://biology.anu.edu.au/graham_farquhar/
- ^ http://www.anu.edu.au/climatechange/content/author/Graham%20Farquhar
- ^ "Prime Minister's Prize for Science - Professor Graham Farquhar AO". Australian Government. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Prime Minister's Prize for Science". Australian Government. Retrieved 6 December 2015.