We also congratulate Professor Anita Ho-Baillie (@anitaho-baillie.bsky.social) of the University of Sydney, who received the NSW Premier's Prize for Excellence in Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Chemistry or Physics. She was the recipient of the Academy's Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science in 2024

The NSW Premier's Prizes for Science and Engineering also recognised Professor Brajesh Singh FAA (@prof-braj-singh.bsky.social) – elected a Fellow of the Academy in 2023 – a world-leading soil microbial ecologist from Western Sydney University. He was awarded for Excellence in Biological Sciences.

Dame Anne McLaren FRS was an embryologist and developmental biologist who laid the foundations for human IVF (in vitro fertilization) technologies. #AdaLovelaceDay artsandculture.google.com/story/JwWB6b...

Rosalind Franklin was a chemist & X-ray crystallographer whose work on X-ray diffraction images of DNA helped lead to the discovery of its structure, but her efforts were only recognised posthumously. #AdaLovelaceDay bit.ly/2Hl8bkA

Under the theme 'Data for Positive Change', Prof Sheil highlighted the Academy's two-decade partnership with the global data community through CODATA & the World Data System, emphasising data science as essential to tackling pressing challenges from digital transformation to geopolitical tensions –