Person

McDougall, Trevor John (1952 - )

AC FAA FRS

Born
1 July 1952
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Climate scientist and Oceanographer

Summary

Trevor McDougall was with the CSIRO division of Oceanography for over 20 years from 1983 and since 2012 has been Scientia Professor of Physical Oceanography at the University of New South Wales. He is the foremost world authority on many aspects of oceanic mixing. He has discovered four new oceanic mixing processes and has pioneered the concept of neutral surfaces along which strong lateral mixing occurs. Through his other discoveries, there has been a dramatic improvement in the ability of ocean models to simulate today's climate. In 2022 McDougall received the Prime Minister's Prize for Science.

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Chronology

1973
Education - BMechEng (hons), University of Adelaide
1973 - 1974
Career position - Research Officer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide
1974
Career position - Design Engineer, Public Buildings Department, South Australian Government
1974 - 1978
Career position - Graduate Student, St John's College and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
1978
Education - PhD, University of Cambridge
1978 - 1980
Career position - Queen's Fellow in Marine Science, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
1980 - 1983
Career position - Research Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
1982
Education - Graduate Diploma in Economics, Australian National University
1983 - 1987
Career position - Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Oceanography, Hobart
1985
Award - CSIRO Overseas Research Fellowship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1987 - 1991
Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Oceanography, Hobart
1988
Award - Frederick White Prize, Australian Academy of Science
1989
Award - CSIRO Overseas Research Fellowship, School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
1991 - 1993
Career position - Technology Program Manager, CSIRO Division of Oceanography, Hobart
1991 - 1997
Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Oceanography, Hobart
1992
Award - David Rivett Medal, CSIRO Staff Association
1997 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1997
Award - Humboldt Research Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
1997 - 2006
Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Oceanography, Hobart
1998
Award - M. R. Banks Medal, Royal Society of Tasmania
1999 - 2003
Career position - Member, Sectional Committee 4, Australian Academy of Science
2001
Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science through marine science
2003 - 2008
Career position - Member, National Committee on Earth Systems Science, Australian Academy of Science
2004 -
Award - Inaugural Fellow, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
2004 - 2005
Career position - Climate Research Group Leader, CSIRO
2004 - 2007
Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science
2005
Award - A. G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences, Royal Society of Canada
2007 - 2009
Career position - Research Group Leader, Ocean Observation and Assessment, Collaboration for Australian Weather and Climate Research
2007 - 2011
Award - CSIRO Fellow
2008 - 2011
Career position - Visiting Rossby Fellow, University of Stockholm, Sweden
2009
Award - Anton Bruun Medal, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
2011
Award - Prince Albert I Medal, International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans
2012 -
Award - Fellow, Institute of Physics, United Kingdom
2012 -
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
2012 -
Career position - Scientia Professor of Physical Oceanography, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales
2012
Career position - Visiting Rossby Fellow, University of Stockholm, Sweden
2012 - 2015
Career position - Member, Sectional Committee 4, Australian Academy of Science
2013
Award - Royal Society of Tasmania Medal
2015 -
Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales
2015
Award - Jaeger Medal, Australian Academy of Science
2015
Career position - Henry Houghton Visiting Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
2015 - 2019
Career position - Vice-President, International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans
2016 -
Award - ARC Laureate Fellow
2017
Award - Prize for Excellence in Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Chemistry and Physics, New South Wales Premier's Prizes in Science
2018 -
Award - Fellow, American Geophysical Union
2018
Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - for eminent service to science, and to education, particularly in the area of ocean thermodynamics, as an academic, and researcher, to furthering the understanding of climate science, and as a mentor of young scientists
2018
Career position - Peterson Excellence Professorship, Christian-Abrechts University of Kiel, Germany
2018
Award - Prize of Excellence, Werner Petersen Foundation, Kiel, Germany
2019 -
Career position - President, International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans
2022
Award - Prime Minister's Prize for Science, Commonwealth of Australia
2023
Award - Fellow, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
2023
Award - Scientist of the Year, New South Wales Premier's Prizes in Science

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Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn

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