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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-07-03 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-08 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007760b.htm person Green Anne Josephine AC FTSE AACR2 Barwick, Anne Astrophysicist University Administrator 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. 1972 1974 Award - Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany 1973 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 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 2016 Career position - Chair, Astronomy Australia Limited 2017 Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney 2017 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 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 Astronomy Australia Limited (2007 - )

Deputy Chair and Director 2010 - 2015; Chair 2016

 CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2009 - )

Chair, Science Review 2011

 Molonglo Radio Observatory, The University of Sydney (1965 - 2023)

Director 1994 - 2006

 The Science Foundation for Physics, The University of Sydney (1954 - )

President 2017 - 2020

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 2014 - ; Chair, New South Wales Division 2018 -

 Macquarie University (1964 - )

Member, Advisory Board, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astrophotonics Research Centre 2011 - 2014

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Professor of Astrophysics 2008 - 2016; Head, School of Physics 2007 - 2009

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

Fellow 2019 -

 Australian Institute of Physics (1963 - )

Fellow 2006 -

 National Committee for Astronomy [II], Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Member 2003 - 2005

 Australia Telescope National Facility - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1989 - )

Member, Steering Committee 2004 - 2007

 Astronomical Society of Australia (1966 - )

President 2003 - 2004; Honorary Fellow 2013 -

 'Green, Anne Josephine', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Green, Anne Josephine 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: Anne Green Prize Astronomical Society of Australia Anne Green Prize Astronomical Society of Australia 2020 Resource Section: Emeritus Professor Anne Josephine Green: Companion of the Order of Australia Emeritus Professor Anne Josephine Green: Companion of the Order of Australia Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet 2022 It's an Honour Australian Awards ahd Honours Secretariat Journal Article: Gender diversity in Australian astronomy: the Astronomical Society of Australia 1966 - 2023 Stevenson, Toner and Lomb, Nick Gender diversity in Australian astronomy: the Astronomical Society of Australia 1966 - 2023 2025 Historical Records of Australian Science 36 1-15