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News & events > News Releases
Government appoints senior academnic to key Marine Research post
14 May 2001
MINISTER FOR STATE DEVELOPMENT
Dr John Keesing
Western Australia State Development Minister Clive Brown has announced the appointment of Dr John Keesing as Research Director for a major marine environment research project.
The $20 million Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment, created in November last year, is a joint venture between the State Government and the CSIRO in Perth.
Dr Keesing, presently the Director of Research and Development at Murdoch University, was Chief Scientist (Aquatic Sciences) at South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) from 1994-1999.
He will take up his new appointment at the beginning of May, reporting to a Joint Venture Management Committee made up of senior representatives of key stakeholder State Government agencies and the CSIRO.
Mr Brown said that Dr Keesing was selected from a strong field of national and international applicants and had an exemplary background in significant marine research projects.
"I congratulate Dr Keesing on his appointment and am confident that he will help deliver important research which will be of great benefit to Western Australia in particular and Australia as a whole."
"At both the SARDI, where he managed strategic and applied fisheries, aquaculture and marine and freshwater environmental research, and latterly at Murdoch University, Dr Keesing has also demonstrated excellence in technology transfer and commercialisation."
Dr Keesing is a member of the National Oceans Advisory Group, which advises the Commonwealth government on Oceans Policy, and until recently he was national President of the Australian Marine Sciences Association.
