The Society's meetings are held in the Society's rooms and are open to Fellows, guests and members of the public. Meetings commence at 6.30 pm and are preceded by wine and nibbles at 6.00 pm. Entry is free, but fellows and guests are reminded that there is a $3.00 charge to cover the wine and nibbles.

2009 Program

A year to celebrate Charles Darwin (12 February 1809-19 April 1882)

Thursday, March 12th 2009 - joint meeting with the South Australian Museum, Pacific Galleries, South Australia Museum, North Terrace.

"CHARLES DARWIN AS EXPERIMENTER - One of the Many Reasons to Remember Him at 200". Presented by Dr Oliver Mayo, D.Sc., FAA., FTSE. , CSIRO Livestock Industries, Adelaide

Thusday, April 9th 2009

"THE WORK OF THE WARK". Presented by Professor John Ralston, Founding Director of Ian Wark Research Institute and Professor of Physical Chemistry and Minerals Processing, ARC Special Research Centre for Particle and Material Interfaces, University of South Australia. 

Thursday, May 14th 2009

Presented by Adjunct Professor John Cann, Geology, School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia

Thursday June 11th 2009 - Joint meeting of the Royal Society of SA, the Field Geology Club and the Geological Society of Australia (SA Division).

"HOW GREEN WERE OUR DESERTS?" Major climate change in arid Australia; how wet was our island continent, when did we dry out and what might the future hold? Presented by Professor Gerald C. Nanson, GeoQUEST Research Centre, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong.

Thursday, July 9th 2009 

"Turning nightmares into dreams - promoting ecological and environmental science in a more positive way". Presented by Dr Fleur Tiver, School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia.

Thursday, August 13th 2009 

"A night with the Hobbit". Presented by Professor Maciej Henneberg, Wood Jones Professor of Anthropological and Comparative Anatomy, The University of Adelaide.

Thursday, September 10th 2009

“EYE OF NEWT AND FILLET OF FENNY SNAKE:  the witches’ brew of coevolutionary arms races”  Professor E. D. 'Butch' Brodie Jr ., Former Head of School of Biology at University of Texas and Utah State, USA.

Among the 15 publications that Nature selected as ‘evolutionary gems’ to highlight the impact of evolutionary theory on modern biology, the 2005 paper by Edmund “Butch” Brodie, Jr., is among the ‘gems’.  Nature states that it “illustrates the breadth, depth and power of evolutionary thinking.”  Brodie is internationally renowned for his research in the evolutionary response of various amphibians and reptiles to predators. He is recipient of the Henry Fitch Award, 2007.  His work is featured in worldwide media, including Nature, Science, PBS’s Nova series, the BBC and Canada’s Discovery Channel.

Thursday, October 8th 2009 - AGM

South Australian Museum Foyer

Enter from the rear of the Museum

Meeting commences at 6.30pm

This meeting incorporates THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Finger food refreshments after presentation of the

Royal Society of SA Student Prize, the Andrewartha

and Verco Medals.

 

Medallist Addresses to follow break.

 

The Verco Medallist Address for 2009

PROFESSOR Christopher Michael BULL

B.Sc., Ph.D.,

 Professor of Biological Sciences

Associate Head of Faculty (Research)

The School of Biological Sciences

Flinders University

 

The HG  Andrewartha Medal for 2009

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Corey J. A. BRADSHAW

B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Director of The Marine  Biology Program, Environment Institute,

University of Adelaide

and at

The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)

Marine Innovation South Australia (MISA)

 

Royal Society of South Australia Student Prize for 2009

Christopher IZZO

B.Sc. Hons

Southern Seas Ecology Laboratories,

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences,

University of Adelaide

 

 

Thursday, November 12th 2009

"Organic evolution in deep time: Charles Darwin and the fossil record".  Presented by Dr. Brian McGowran, School Earth & Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide.