Person

Batley, Graeme (1941 - )

AM

Born
7 January 1941
Young, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Chemical analyst and Inorganic chemist

Summary

Graeme Batley is a chemist who's area of expertise is water sediment and quality assessment. Batley worked at the Australian Atomic Energy Commission for 12 years before being appointed to the CSIRO in 1981 where he was still employed in 2012. In 1996 he shared the CSIRO Chairman's Medal for his research team's work on the Port Phillip Bay Environmental Study. Batley was instrumental in developing the CSIRO's influential Handbook for Sediment Quality Assessment and has published over 350 highly cited publications.

Details

In 1996 Batley was awarded the CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as a member of the Port Phillip Bay Environmental Study team (with team members including Grahan Harris and David Fox), for their four-year Port Phillip Bay environmental study resulting in a model of the Bay system.

Chronology

c. 1958 - 1962
Education - Bachelor of Science (Hons 1), University of Sydney
c. 1963 - 1964
Education - Masters of Science, University of Sydney
c. 1964 - c. 1967
Education - Doctor of Philosophy in analytical and inorganic chemistry, University of Sydney
1969 - 1981
Career position - Research Scientist at the Australian Atomic Energy Commission
1981 - ?
Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Energy Chemistry
1990
Career event - Established the Centre for Advanced Analytical Chemistry
1994
Education - Doctor of Science, University of Sydney
1996
Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence (jointly)
1997 - 2003
Career position - Foundation President, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Asia/Pacific
2001 -
Award - Honorary Life Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
2004 - 2010
Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Environmental chemistry
2006 -
Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Land and Water
2022
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to environmental toxicology and chemical science

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See also

Rebecca Rigby

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