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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003582b.htm person McDougall Trevor John AC FAA FRS AACR2 1 July 1952 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Oceanographer Climate scientist 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. 1973 1973 Education - Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BMechEng (hons)), University of Adelaide 1973 1974 Career position - Research Officer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide 1974 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 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 1982 Education - Graduate Diploma in Economics, Australian National University 1983 1987 Career position - Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Oceanography, Hobart 1985 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 1988 Award - Frederick White Prize, Australian Academy of Science 1989 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 1992 Award - David Rivett Medal, CSIRO Staff Association 1997 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1997 1997 Award - Humboldt Research Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany 1997 2006 Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Oceanography, Hobart 1998 1998 Award - M. R. Banks Medal, Royal Society of Tasmania 1999 2003 Career position - Member, Sectional Committee 4, Australian Academy of Science 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 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 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 2009 Award - Anton Bruun Medal, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission 2011 2011 Award - Prince Albert I Medal, International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans 2012 Career position - Scientia Professor of Physical Oceanography, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales 2012 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 2012 Award - Fellow, Institute of Physics, United Kingdom 2012 2012 Career position - Visiting Rossby Fellow, University of Stockholm, Sweden 2012 2015 Career position - Member, Sectional Committee 4, Australian Academy of Science 2013 2013 Award - Royal Society of Tasmania Medal 2015 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales 2015 2015 Award - Jaeger Medal, Australian Academy of Science 2015 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 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 2018 Career position - Peterson Excellence Professorship, Christian-Abrechts University of Kiel, Germany 2018 2018 Award - Prize of Excellence, Werner Petersen Foundation, Kiel, Germany 26 Jan 2018 26 Jan 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 2019 Career position - President, International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans 2022 2022 Award - Prime Minister's Prize for Science, Commonwealth of Australia 2023 2023 Award - Scientist of the Year, New South Wales Premier's Prizes in Science 2023 2023 Award - Fellow, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 2025 2025 Award - Alfred Wegener Medal & Honorary Membership, European Union of Geosciences Royal Society of Tasmania Medal (1927 - )

Awarded the Medal 2013

 CSIRO Division of Oceanography, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1981 - 1997)

Technology Program Manager 1991 - 1993; Chief Research Scientist 1997 - 2006

 Prime Minister's Prize for Science, Commonwealth of Australia (2000 - )

Awarded the Prize 2022

 New South Wales Premier's Prizes in Science (2015 - )

Awarded the Prize for Excellence in Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Chemistry and Physics 2017

 The University of New South Wales (1958 - )

Scientia Professor of Physical Oceanography, School of Mathematics and Statistics 2012 -

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

Fellow 2015 -

 M. R. Banks Medal, Royal Society of Tasmania (1998 - )

Awarded the Medal 1998

 Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) (1987 - )

Fellow 2004 -

 Jaeger Medal, Australian Academy of Science (1990 - )

Awarded the Medal 2015

 Frederick White Medal, Australian Academy of Science (1984 - )

Awarded the Frederick White Prize 1988

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 1997; Member of Council 2004 - 2007; Member, Sectional Committee 4 1999 - 2003 and 2012 - 2015

 New South Wales Premier's Prizes in Science (2015 - )

Scientist of the year 2023

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 'McDougall, Trevor John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McDougall, Trevor John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Angus McEwan 1937 - 2018 McDougall, Trevor J., Church, John A. and Zillman, John Angus McEwan 1937 - 2018 2024 Historical Records of Australian Science 36 1-7 Resource Section: Interview with Dr Angus McEwan (1937-2018), oceanographer McDougall, Trevor Interview with Dr Angus McEwan (1937-2018), oceanographer Australian Academy of Science 2011 Interviews with Australian scientists Journal Article: Vale Dr Angus McEwan FAA FTSE McDougall, Trevor; Church, John; and Zillman, John Vale Dr Angus McEwan FAA FTSE 2018 Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Supplement 8 Resource Section: Interview with Dr Shirley Jeffrey McDougall, Trevor Interview with Dr Shirley Jeffrey Australian Academy of Science 2002 Interviews with Australian scientists Resource Section: Interview with Professor Stewart Turner, geophysicist McDougall, Trevor Interview with Professor Stewart Turner, geophysicist Australian Academy of Science 2004 Interviews with Australian scientists Resource: Jaeger Medal Australian Academy of Science Jaeger Medal Australian Academy of Science 2025 Resource: Frederick White Medal Australian Academy of Science Frederick White Medal Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2022 Resource: NSW Premier's Prizes for Science and Engineering NSW Premier's Prizes for Science and Engineering Sydney NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer 2023 Resource: The 2022 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science have been announced Department of Industry, Science and Resources The 2022 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science have been announced Canberra Australian Department of Industry, Science and Resources 2022 Resource Section: Trevor John McDougall Ward, Colin Trevor John McDougall Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation 2013 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 2019 Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor Who's who in Australia 2019 55th Southbank, Vic. AAP Directories 2018 Resource: Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Australia Day 2018] Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Australia Day 2018] Canberra Governor General's Office 2018