Stephen Simpson (professor) explained

Thesis Title:The control of food intake in fifth-instar Locusta migratoria L. nymphs[1]
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Stephen James Simpson [2] (born 26 June 1957)[1] is the executive director of Obesity Australia and the academic director of the Charles Perkins Centre.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Born in Australia, he graduated with a BSc from the University of Queensland in 1978, and completed his PhD at King's College London in 1982 on locust feeding physiology.[10] He spent 22 years in Oxford, in Experimental Psychology, the Department of Zoology, and the University Museum of Natural History, before returning to Australia in 2005, in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Sydney.

Awards and honors

Simpson was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2007.[11] In 2009, he was awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship.[12] He was awarded the Wigglesworth Medal of the Royal Entomological Society in 2011 and was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2015.[13] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2013 and of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 2015. Simpson was awarded the Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture by the Australian Academy of Science in 2022.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brief Curriculum Vitae: Stephen James Simpson. October 3, 2022.
  2. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours: 519 recipients, with scientists the big winners. The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 June 2015 .
  3. Web site: Professor Stephen Simpson. sydney.edu.au.
  4. Web site: Forget calories and eat carbohdrates for a longer life. The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 May 2015 .
  5. Web site: Diets and drugs are not enough to tackle obesity. abc.net.au. 8 June 2015 .
  6. Web site: Sydney uni's new health research centre a world first: director. Financial Review. June 2014 .
  7. Web site: The secret to a longer life may be your protein to carb ratio, not your calories. Vogue.com.au.
  8. Web site: Science says a low protein, high carb diet could be just as effective as cutting calories. Chris Pash. Business Insider Australia.
  9. Web site: Bigger than the both of us: Obesity is best tackled at a community level. The Age. 23 April 2015 .
  10. 'SIMPSON, Prof. Stephen James', Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
  11. Web site: Steve Simpson . 31 March 2022 . Australian Academy of Science . en.
  12. News: Sydney top for new Laureate Fellowships . 22 June 2009 . . 3 May 2020 .
  13. Web site: 8 June 2015 . Professor Stephen James Simpson . 31 March 2022 . It's an Honour.
  14. Web site: 2022 awardees . 31 March 2022 . Australian Academy of Science . en.

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