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 - Doctor of Philosophy (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
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- McDougall, Trevor; Church, John; and Zillman, John, 'Vale Dr Angus McEwan FAA FTSE', Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Supplement (2018), 8, https://view.joomag.com/bamos-vol-31-special-issue-october-2018-bulletin-vol-31-special-issue-01-2018/0218810001540846020?short. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21166460. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/101576956. Details
- NSW Premier's Prizes for Science and Engineering, NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer, Sydney, 2023. https://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/events/nsw-premiers-prizes-for-science-and-engineering. Details
- Department of Industry, Science and Resources, The 2022 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science have been announced, Australian Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Canberra, 2022. https://www.industry.gov.au/news/2022-prime-ministers-prizes-science-have-been-announced. Details
- 'McDougall, Trevor John (1952-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475679. Details
Resource Sections
- McDougall, Trevor, 'Interview with Dr Shirley Jeffrey', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 27 June 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/j/sj.html. Details
- McDougall, Trevor, 'Interview with Professor Stewart Turner', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2004, https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/professor-stewart-turner. Details
- McDougall, Trevor, 'Interview with Dr Angus McEwan', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2011, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/m/mcewan.html. Details
- Ward, Colin, 'Trevor John McDougall', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 2013. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/McDougall-Trevor-John/. Details
See also
- Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Australia Day 2018], Governor General's Office, Canberra, 2018, https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-02/ad18_media_notes_-_ac.pdf. Details
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
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