Order of Australia to nuclear physicist who turned to renewable energy
Monica Oliphant: ‘tree-hugging’ physicist turned to renewables, Verity Edwards THE AUSTRALIAN JUNE 08, 2015 Monica Oliphant considers herself one of the pioneering tree-huggers — an unusual analogy for a physicist who began her career in atomic energy.The 74-year-old resident of southern Adelaide has spent her career setting standards for women in science and environmental and renewable energy research, after being the only female to complete her honours in physics at the University of Adelaide.
She has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia, for her long career and distinguished service to the renewable energy sector as a research scientist, through pioneering roles in solar photovoltaics and power generation, and to national and international organisations……
She spent 18 years focusing on renewable energy at utilities company ETSA.
Associate Professor Oliphant has spent more than 20 years on boards and energy associations, and counts her presidency of the International Solar Energy Society as among her career highlights….
- her current work —..included travelling to Beijing late last month to lead a team of scientists from Malaysia, Russia and China to undertake a feasibility study on renewable energy in China..
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