Dr Marianne Horak, AO (Chairperson)

 

Dr Horak retired in 2010 as head of Lepidoptera Research at ANIC and is 

currently an Honorary Research Fellow. She was the recipient of the inaugural JO Westwood Medal by the Royal Entomological Society and is editor in chief of the series, Monographs of Australian Lepidoptera. She is best known for her work on Australian Tortricidae and the iconic scribbly gum moths.

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Dr Douglas Hilton, AO

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After nearly forty years at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research studying blood cells, Doug became Chief Executive of CSIRO in 2023. He is also an amateur entomologist with an interest in tiny day flying moths in the family Heliozelidae, which were last studied in detail by the late Ebbe Nielsen. Doug is a fellow of the Australian Academies of Science, Technological Sciences and Engineering and Health and Medical Sciences.

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Dr John Stocker, AO

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Prof. Stocker is an immunologist who worked for many years in the private sector. He served as CEO of CSIRO from 1990 to 1995 and as Chief Scientist of Australia from 1995 to 1999. He returned to CSIRO in 2007 as Chairman, a position he held until 2010. The Koala scat moth, Telanepsia stockeri Common & Horak was named after John Stocker in appreciation of his great interest in biodiversity and his support for the ANIC. 

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Acknowledgements to CSIRO Publishing for the scat moth image from Horak et al., 2012.

 

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