Jim Peacock

Dr Jim Peacock is the current Chief Scientist of Australia, appointed in 2006, and President of the Australian Academy of Science.

He was Chief of CSIRO Plant Industry 1978-2003.

Dr Peacock is a Member of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) and the National Innovation Council and has served on the Australian Research Grants Committee, ASTEC and the Recombinant DNA Committee (ASCORD).

In 2000, Dr Peacock was joint recipient of the inaugural Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.

Dr. Peacock has had a distinguished career in science and has received many honours. He was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1994 and is a Fellow of The Royal Society of London, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, a Foreign Associate of the US Academy of Sciences, Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, and a Foundation Member Academia Bibliotheca Alexandrinae.