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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-02-24 human Rebecca Rigby and Helen Cohn updated 2026-04-28 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004980b.htm person Evans Robert AACR2 8 July 1949 Place of Birth Paddington, New South Wales, Australia Wood scientist Robert Evans is noted for is research into wood and its properties, including colloidal polymer chemistry and physics, paper strength improvement and pulping kinetics. His research led to the development of the SilviScan™ rapid wood analysis system which has been adopted world-wide. He received the 2001 Wallenberg Prize for this research. Having joined the CSIRO Division of Chemical and Wood Technology in 1988, Evans was appointed a CSIRO Fellow in the Division of Materials Science and Engineering in 2007.

In 2001 Evans was awarded the CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as leader of the SilviScan team, for the development of SilviScan technology and its application to the rapid assessment of wood quality in forest resources.

1972 1972 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney 1976 1976 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), on 'Steric Stabilisation', Physical Chemistry Department, University of Sydney in 1976 1976 1978 Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow at the Empire State Paper Research Institute, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA 1978 Career position - Member, Appita 1978 1982 Career position - Research Officer, Research Division, Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd (AMP) 1983 1984 Career position - Senior Research Officer, Research Division, Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd (AMP) 1985 1987 Career position - Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Chemical and Wood Technology 1988 1989 Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Biotechnology 1989 1993 Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering 1994 1997 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering 1997 Award - Fellow, International Association of Scientific Papermakers 1997 1997 Award - L. R. Benjamin Medal, Appita 1997 2002 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Molecular Science 2001 Award - 18th Marcus Wallenberg Prize, Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden 2001 2001 Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence (as team leader) 2002 2002 Career position - Distinguished Lecturer, University of Toronto, Quebec, Canada 2003 2005 Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Molecular Science 2004 Career position - Member, International Association of Wood Anatomists 2004 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 2004 2004 Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 2004 2004 Award - Josef Umdasch Prize (joint), Umcasch Group, Austria 2005 2006 Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies 2007 2007 Career position - Fellow, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering 2007 2008 Career position - Fellow, CSIRO Forest Biosciences Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Elected Fellow 2004

 Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1991 - 2015)

Received the Award 2004

 Appita Inc (1947 - )

Awarded the L. R. Benjamin Medal 1987

 CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1991 - )

Awarded the Medal in 2001 (with colleagues)

 CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2005 - )

Chief Research Scientist 2005 - 2006

 CSIRO Division of Molecular Science, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1997 - 2005)

Chief Research Scientist 2003 - 2005

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 'Evans, Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Evans, Robert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Fellows of the Academy 2024 Resource Section: Robert Evans Gartner, Steve Robert Evans Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Resource: The Chair's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence Ward, Colin The Chair's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence CSIRO 2023 CSIROpedia