Rate My Professor Anne Green

Green directed the Molonglo Observatory for more than a decade and was appointed the first female Head of the School of Physics in 2007, serving until her retirement in 2017. She held key leadership positions including President of the Astronomical Society of Australia from 2003 to 2005, inaugural co-Chair of the Women in Astronomy Working Group of the International Astronomical Union, and Chair and Director of Astronomy Australia Ltd for several years. She currently serves as President of Sydney’s Physics Foundation. Her contributions earned her the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2022 for eminent service to science, particularly physics and astrophysics, as an educator, researcher, mentor, and role model for women. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, the Royal Society of NSW, the Australian Institute of Physics, and the Astronomical Society of Australia. Upon her retirement, the Astronomical Society of Australia established the Anne Green Prize to honor mid-career scientists. With 229 publications cited over 9,500 times, her work has profoundly influenced galactic radio astronomy. In 2019, a portrait by Archibald Prize-winning artist Yvette Coppersmith was unveiled in the Physics Foundation Room.