Professor Hugh Possingham has been awarded one of the global scientific community’s highest honours with his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
A world-leading ecologist, Professor Possingham is one of 90 scientific experts from across the world who have been awarded fellowship of the London-based Royal Society this year. He was elected for his contributions to biological diversity and nature conservation, including his role in co-developing a leading conservation planning tool that is used in more than 180 countries.
Professor Possingham is currently a VC Senior Research Fellow in the University of Queensland’s School of the Environment, and he is an Affiliate of both the Centre for Marine Science and the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science. He also served as Queensland’s Chief Scientist from 2020 to 2022.
The Fellowship of the Royal Society is made up of the world’s most eminent scientists,
engineers and technologists. Past Fellows include luminaries such as Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein.