WA Tall Poppies : Research : The University of Western Australia

The Tall Poppy Campaign was created in 1998 by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science (AIPS) to recognise and celebrate Australian intellectual and scientific excellence and to encourage younger Australians to follow in the footsteps of our outstanding achievers. It has made significant achievements towards building a more publicly engaged scientific leadership in Australia.

The Western Australian Young Tall Poppy Campaign was launched in May 2010 and has seen nominations and winners from across all the major universities. Ceremonies are held each year in Perth.

2022 Winners

Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg
Telethon Kids Institute
Professor
Katie Attwell
School of Social Sciences
Associate Professor

2021 Winners

Christopher Blyth
Paediatrics
Associate Professor
Joanna Melonek
ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology
Research Fellow
Alex Tang
School of Biological Sciences
Lecturer

2020 Winners

Hayley Christian
Telethon Kids Institute
Senior Research Fellow

2019 Winners

Chris Brennan-Jones
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Paediatrics
Willem (Joost) Lesterhuis
Cancer Biology
Senior Research Fellow
Asha Bowen
Paediatrics
Clinical Associate Professor

2018 Winners

Ben Jackson
School of Human Sciences
Senior Lecturer
Luke Davies
ICRAR
Research Fellow
Verena Schoepf
Oceans Graduate School
Research Fellow
Andrew Guzzomi
School of Engineering
Research Fellow

2017 Winners

Monika Murcha
ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology
Future Fellow

2016 Winners

Danail Obreschkow
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)
Senior Research Fellow
Ivy Wong
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)
Super Science Fellow
Olivier Van Aken
ARC Centre of Excellence Plant Energy Biology
Research Fellow
Ruth Thornton
School of Paediatrics and Child Health
BrightSpark Research Fellow