Honorary Professor Malcolm Walter
Contact details are only visible to registered journalists. To register click hereFoundation Director, Australian Centre for Astrobiology (Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences)
The University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Expertise
Geology, palaeontology, early life marsastrobiology.Media
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Previous media experience
At least 20 TV appearances including one half hour Quantum program
Hundreds of radio interviews
opinion page pieces in print media
articles in The Conversation
Science in the Pub
interviews in Australia, the US and the UK
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Biography
Malcolm Walter is Professor of Astrobiology at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is the Founding Director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology. He has worked for 50 years on the geological evidence of early life on Earth, including the earliest convincing evidence of life. During 1999 his book "The Search for Life on Mars" was published by Allen & Unwin. He has published more than 130 articles and several other books. In 2004 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and in 2005 he was made a Fellow on the Geological Society of Australia.Personal info
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Male
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Last updated: 27 Oct 2020