Person
Green, Anne Josephine
AC FTSE
- Occupation
- Astrophysicist and University Administrator
- Alternative Names
- Barwick, Anne (maiden name)
Summary
Anne Green is a physicist and astronomer, throughout her career being a trailblazer for women in physics. She was Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Sydney from 2008 to 2016 and the first woman to head the University's School of Physics. Much of her research focused on the Milky Way Galaxy, radio astronomy surveys of star-forming complexes and astrophysical masers as well as searching for cosmic sparklers, and radio supernova remnants (the shocks that live on after massive stars die). She has made significant contributions to telescope technology and the planning for the Square Kilometre Array. For over ten years Green was Director of the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST) at the University's Molonglo Radio Observatory. Green has taken leading roles in Australian astronomical organisations, including as President of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Chair of Astronomy Australia Ltd, and a Member of the National Committee for Astronomy. For the International Astronomical Union she has been active as a member and chair of a number of Commissions and Divisions including Commission 55 Communicating Astronomy with the Public, and the Committee WG Women in Astronomy. The Anne Green Prize, awarded annually since 2018 by the Astronomical Society of Australia, recognises a significant advance or accomplishment by a mid-career scientist.
Details
Chronology
- 1972 - 1974
- Award - Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany
- 1973
- Education - PhD, University of Sydney
- 1991 - 1997
- Career position - Research Associate (later Lecturer) (part-time), University of Sydney
- 1994 - 2006
- Career position - Director, Molonglo Radio Observatory
- 1997 - 2002
- Career position - Chair, Australian Telescope Users Committee
- 1998 - 2006
- Career position - Senior Lecturer (later Associate Professor) (part-time), University of Sydney
- 2000 - 2002
- Career position - Vice-President, Astronomical Society of Australia
- 2003 - 2004
- Career position - President, Astronomical Society of Australia
- 2003 - 2005
- Career position - Member, National Committee for Astronomy, Australian Academy of Science
- 2003 - 2005
- Career position - Member, Australia Gemini Steering Committee
- 2004 - 2006
- Career position - Member, International Steering Committee, Array Project
- 2004 - 2007
- Career position - Member, Steering Committee, Australia Telescope National Facility
- 2006 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics
- 2006 - 2007
- Career position - Member, Operations Working Group, Square Kilometre Array
- 2006 - 2009
- Career position - Director, Science Foundation for Physics, University of Sydney
- 2007 - 2009
- Career position - Head, School of Physics, University of Sydney
- 2008 - 2017
- Career position - Professor of Astrophysics, University of Sydney
- 2010 - 2015
- Career position - Deputy Chair and Director, Astronomy Australia Limited
- 2011
- Career position - Chair, Science Review, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
- 2011 - 2014
- Career position - Member, Advisory Board, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astrophotonics Research Centre, Macquarie University
- 2013 -
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Astronomical Society of Australia
- 2013 - 2016
- Career position - Deputy President, Science Foundation for Physics, University of Sydney
- 2013 - 2019
- Career position - Member, Advisory Committee, Australian Astronomical Observatory
- 2013 - 2019
- Career position - Member, Science Advisory Board, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany
- 2014 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
- 2015 - 2017
- Career position - Member of Committee, New South Wales Branch, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 2016
- Career position - Chair, Astronomy Australia Limited
- 2017 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
- 2017
- Life event - Retired
- 2017 - 2020
- Career position - President, Science Foundation for Physics, University of Sydney
- 2018 -
- Career position - Chair, New South Wales Division, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 2019 -
- Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 13 Jun 2022
- Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - for eminent service to science, particularly physics and astrophysics, as an educator and researcher, as a mentor to colleagues and students, and a role model to women
Related entries
Published resources
Resources
- 'Professor Anne Green - Biography at time of election', Fellows of the Academy, 2024, https://www.atse.org.au/who-we-are/our-fellows/all-fellows/anne-green/. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Emeritus Professor Anne Josephine Green: Companion of the Order of Australia', in It's an Honour, Australian Awards ahd Honours Secretariat, Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2022, https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2011507. Details
- Astronomical Society of Australia, 'Anne Green Prize', 2020. https://asa.astronomy.org.au/prizes_and-grants/prizes-awards/anne-green-prize/. Details
See also
- Stevenson, Toner and Lomb, Nick, 'Gender diversity in Australian astronomy: the Astronomical Society of Australia 1966 - 2023', Historical Records of Australian Science, 36 (2025), 1-15, https://doi.org/doi:10.1071/HR24022. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 3 July 2025