Tanya Monro

Professor Tanya Mary Monro FAA FTSE FOSA FAIP GAICD (born 1973)[2][3] is an Australian physicist known for her work in photonics. She has been Australia's Chief Defence Scientist since 8 March 2019. Prior to that she was the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation (DVCR&I) at the University of South Australia. She was awarded the ARC Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship in 2013. She was the inaugural chair of photonics, the inaugural director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics and the inaugural director of the Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS),[4] and the inaugural director of the Centre of Expertise in Photonics (CoEP) within the School of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Adelaide (now known as the School of Physical Sciences). Monro has remained an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Adelaide following her departure from the institution.

Tanya Monro
Tanya Monro in 2011
Born
Tanya Mary Feletto

1973 (age 47–48)
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Sydney (PhD)
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisSelf-written waveguides (1998)
Websitewww.adelaide.edu.au/directory/tanya.monro

External roles include membership of the Australian Prime Minister's Commonwealth Science Council,[5] the Board of the CSIRO,[6] the South Australian Economic Development Board[7] in which she chairs the Arts subcommittee, and the Defence SA board.[8]

Monro took up the role of Chief Defence Scientist in March 2019, the first woman in this position.[9][10]

Education

Monro was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with first class honours in 1995[11] followed by a PhD in 1998 from the University of Sydney for research on waveguides. Monro credits a teacher at Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar with inspiring her interest in physics.[12]

Career and research

From 1998 to 2004, Monro was a Royal Society University Research Fellowship at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton.[1] She joined the University of Adelaide in 2005 as inaugural chair of photonics and Director of the Centre of Expertise in Photonics (CoEP) within the School of Chemistry & Physics in partnership with DSTO and the SA State Government. Since that time and while at the University of Adelaide she has been: ARC Federation Fellow; Director of the Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS)[4] and the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Nanoscale Biophotonics at the University of Adelaide. From 2014-2019 she was the Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President, Research and Innovation at the University of South Australia.[13]

Publications

Monro has published a few book chapters, and 600 papers including refereed journal articles and conference papers.[14] These have led to over 13000 citations[15] in journals and refereed conference proceedings. Monro has also registered 18 patent families.[16]

Honours and awards
  • 2015 Fellow, Optical Society of America (FOSA)
  • 2015 Beattie Steel Medal, Australian Optical Society
  • 2013–18 ARC Georgina Sweet Laureate Fellowship
  • 2012 Pawsey Medal[17]
  • 2012 Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)[2]
  • 2011 Scopus Young Researcher of the Year, Physical Sciences, Australia
  • 2011 Eureka Prize for Science Leadership, finalist
  • 2011 Selected by the Australian Academy of Science to conduct a speaker series in the European region
  • 2011 Australian of the Year, South Australia
  • 2010 Telstra Business Woman of the Year, White Pages Community & Government Category (National & South Australian winner)
  • 2010 Winner, Science category, South Australian of the Year Awards
  • 2010 South Australian Scientist of the Year
  • 2010 Finalist, Eureka Prize for Science Leadership
  • 2009 Fellow, Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering, ATSE (FTSE)
  • 2009 Winner, Science Category, Emerging Leaders Award (by Weekend Australian Magazine)
  • 2008–13 ARC Federation Fellowship[18]
  • 2008 Prime minister's Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
  • 2007–08 Awarded the Women in Physics Lecture Tour (Australian Institute of Physics)[18]
  • 2007 Rising Star Award, South Australia's "Top 50" across all fields under 35
  • 2006 Bright Spark Award (for Australia's Top 10 Scientific Minds under 45 – Cosmos Magazine)[18]
  • 2005 Inaugural chair of photonics
  • 2000 Royal Society University Research Fellowship[1][18]
  • 1998 Eleanor Sophia Wood Travelling Fellowship[18]
  • 1998 The Bragg Gold Medal for Excellence in Physics for the best PhD thesis by a student from an Australian university[18]

Professional associations
  • Fellow, Optical Society of America (FOSA)
  • Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)[19]
  • Bragg Fellow, RI Aus (Royal Institution Australia)
  • Fellow, ATSE (FTSE)[19]

Personal life

Monro was raised in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown. She is an alumna of the National Youth Science Forum, a selective youth camp at the Australian National University for potential leaders in science. She married David in 1995. They moved to England in 1998. They have three sons, their first born in 2003, followed by twin boys born in 2006.[20] Monro is a science fiction fan, and plays cello in the Burnside Symphony Orchestra.[12]

References
  1. Anon (2005). "Dr Tanya Monro Research Fellow". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017.
  2. 2012 Pawsey Medal for outstanding research in physics Archived 5 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine, science.org.au
  3. Prof. Tanya Monro, Royal Institution of Australia, riaus.org.au
  4. Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing, University of Adelaide
  5. "New council to advise PM on science | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  6. Industry, Department of (29 February 2016). "CSIRO Board strengthened by new appointment". Ministers for the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  7. "Economic Development Board renewed with new agenda". www.statedevelopment.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  8. "Minister welcomes new DefenceSA Advisory Board members - Jay Weatherill, Premier of South Australia". www.premier.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  9. "New Chief Defence Scientist announced". Defence Science and Technology Group. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  10. "Academy Fellow appointed Chief Defence Scientist". www.science.org.au. Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  11. "Student & Graduate profiles". The University of Sydney. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  12. "Tanya Monro's brilliant career | Cosmos". cosmosmagazine.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  13. UniSA. "Top Australian scientist to lead research at UniSA". www.unisa.edu.au. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  14. ORCID. "Tanya Monro (0000-0003-0063-8293) - ORCID | Connecting Research and Researchers". orcid.org. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  15. "Tanya Monro - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  16. "Tanya Monro Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  17. The Pawsey Medal is awarded annually by the Australian Academy of Science to recognise outstanding research in the field of physics by an Australian scientist under the age of 40. 2012 Early-career research awards Archived 6 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine, 2012 Academy awards for scientific excellence announced, Media release, 6 December 2011, Australian Academy of Science
  18. Professor Tanya Monro Archived 7 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Biographies of 2008 round of Federation Fellows, Australian Research Council
  19. "Featured Fellow—Tanya Monro | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  20. Abbie Thomas (25 January 2012) "A fetish for photons", ABC Science
Government offices
Preceded by
Alex Zelinsky		 Chief Defence Scientist of Australia
2019–		 Incumbent
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