Professor Thomas W Healy AO
AO
Particulate Fluids Processing Centre, The University of Melbourne

Researcher biography
Qualifications
MSc(Melb), PhD(Columbia), DSc(Hon), FRACI, FAA, FTSE, AO
Research interests
- Colloid and Surface Chemistry
- Structure properties and function of aqueous interfaces
- Control of the stability and rheology of colloidal dispersions
- Adsorption of simple and complex ions, molecules, surfactants, polymers at aqueous interfaces
- Mineral and materials processing fundamentals
Awards and honours
- Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship (1965)
- Rennie Medal (1968)
- Grimwade Prize, University of Melbourne (1974)
- Liversidge Lecturer, ANZAAS (1985)
- ICI (Aust) Inaugural Bicentennial RACI Lectureship (1988)
- AE Alexander Lectureship, RACI and the University of Sydney (1991)
- Royal Society of Victoria, Medallist (1992)
- The Ian Wark Medal & Lecture of the Australian Academy of Science (1999)
- Centenary of Federation Medalist (2003)
- The Royal Australian Chemical Institute 40 year Membership Award (2003)
- Senior Australian of the Year 2004, Victorian Finalist (2004)
- Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 40 Year Membership Award (2005)
- Admitted as an Officer in the order of Australia for services to science as a researcher and academic in the area of physical chemistry, and to the community through support for the activities of the Ian Potter Foundation and Philanthropy Australia (2005)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, May-June (2006)
- A.M.Gaudin Award of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) (2007)
- Elected as a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Engineering (2008)
- Certificate of Merit Journal of Colloid & Interface Science Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Colloids and Interface Science (2008)
- Awarded the inaugural NATURE Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Australasian Science (2009)
- Sir Eric Rideal Medallist, a joint award of the Royal Society of Chemistry UK and the Society of Chemical Industry UK (2010)