John Wilcox Stocker AO FTSE

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(born 23 April 1945)Stocker, John Wilcox (1945 - )
''Bright Sparcs'' ( University of Melbourne), 7 September 2006. is an Australian immunologist and the former Chairman of the Board of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the national government body for scientific research in Australia. Stocker is a former Chief Scientist of Australia.

Education

Stocker's undergraduate studies were at the University of Melbourne, completing his Bachelor of Medical Science in 1969, and his

Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United Kin ...

in 1970. In 1976, he completed his Ph.D. at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne.

Career

On completion of his studies, Stocker joined the Basel Institute for Immunology in Switzerland and in 1979 he took a position with Hoffmann–La Roche in Basel. At Hoffmann–La Roche, his first role involved the study of

monoclonal antibodies A monoclonal antibody (mAb, more rarely called moAb) is an antibody produced from a cell Lineage made by cloning a unique white blood cell. All subsequent antibodies derived this way trace back to a unique parent cell. Monoclonal antibodies ca ...

and leading a task force investigating opportunities for scientific and commercial development of biotechnology-based vaccines. While with Hoffmann–La Roche, he would later serve as Director of Pharmaceutical Research. In 1987, Stocker returned to Australia as the founding Managing Director of the commercial

biomedical Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)

company, AMRAD Corporation Ltd.

CSIRO

Stocker was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the CSIRO in 1990 and held the role until 1995. In 1996, Stocker was appointed by the

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, to the position of Chief Scientist of Australia. The role was a part-time position, Stocker working one day a week. He left the position in 1999. Stocker returned to the CSIRO in June 2007, this time as Chairman. He completed his term at CSIRO Chairman on 27 June 2010 and was succeeded by Mr Simon McKeon. He is the chair of

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and a non-executive director of the Australian telecommunications company, Telstra.

Other appointments

Stocker is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) is a learned academy that helps Australians understand and use technology to solve complex problems. It was founded in 1975 as one of Australia's then four learned academies (now five) ...

. In 1992, '' The Australian'' newspaper named Stocker as its Australian of the Year. He was made an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) in 1999 for services to Australian scientific and technological research and in 2001 was awarded the

Centenary Medal The Centenary Medal is an award which was created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the centenary of the Federation of Australia and to recognise "people who made a contribution to Australian society or go ...

for outstanding service to science and technology. He is currently Chair of the Science and Engineering Advisory Committee for EPA Victoria.

References

External links

The Chief Scientist

Office of the Chief Scientist
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