Person
Priestley, Anthony John (Tony) (1946 - )
- Born
- 1946
Nambour, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Chemical engineer and Water supply expert
Summary
Tony Priestley is a leading expert in water supply quality and water treatment technologies. He began his career developing as part of a CSIRO team pioneering SIROFLOC water clarification system which led him to specialise in the area of urban water supply improvement. In 1995 Priestley initiated and succeeded in a bid to establish the first Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality & Treatment, which operated from 1995 to 2008. Priestley retired from the CSIRO in 2010 and returned as an Honorary Fellow to pursue his research into repurposing wastewater and other ways to achieve sustainable urban water supplies.
Details
Priestley was awarded the following CSIRO medals:
1989 - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with D. E. Weiss and colleagues) for development of the SIROFLOC process for preparation of potable water;
1999 - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with Mat Ballard and coleagues) for the MIEX® project for purifying water.
Chronology
- 1968
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (BE(Hons)), University of Queensland
- 1968 - 1973
- Education - PhD scholarship, Monash University
- 1971 - 1974
- Career event - Collaborated on the development of the SIROFLOC water clarification system
- 1971 - c. 1974
- Career position - Quality control engineer, Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd
- 1974
- Career event - Joined CSIRO
- 1980
- Award - Humphreys & Glasgow Medal and Prize
- 1989
- Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with colleagues)
- 1993
- Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award
- 1995 - 2008
- Career position - Deputy CEO at The CRC for Water Quality & Treatment
- 1999
- Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with colleagues)
- 2003 -
- Career position - Adjunct Professor, RMIT University
- 2010
- Career event - Retired from the CSIRO
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Published resources
Resources
- 'Priestley, A J (1946-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-529952. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'Anthony John Priestley', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Priestley-Anthony-John. Details
See also
- Ward, Colin, 'CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2013, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/csiro-entrepreneurship-award/. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 3 May 2012, Last modified: 23 April 2024