Three AuScope collaborators named 2025 ARC laureates
Three AuScope Collaborators who have been awarded ARC laureate fellowships: Professor Anya Reading, Professor Matt King, and Professor Hrvoje Tkalčić (L-R). Image: Australian Research Council
This year, three AuScope collaborators who have dedicated their lives to advancing our understanding of Earth’s processes have been awarded the 2025 ARC Laureate Fellowship in recognition of their outstanding research contributions.
What is the ARC Laureate Fellowship?
The ARC Laureate Fellowship is one of Australia’s most prestigious research awards, granted annually by the Australian Research Council. The fellowship provides five years of funding to support high-impact, ground-breaking research, along with mentoring and collaboration. The award recognises excellence and enables recipients to tackle major scientific challenges of national and global relevance.
Each of the three researchers is advancing our understanding of Earth – and beyond – from a different perspective, supported by advanced instruments, collaborative infrastructure and open-access, high-quality data.
Celebrating AuScope’s Collaborators
Professor Anya Reading (University of Tasmania) is leading critical research using seismic and computational methods to investigate Antarctica’s hidden landscapes, geothermal heat, and subglacial water. Her research (which received $3,760,000 in ARC funding) aims to enhance the ability of researchers to predict ice sheet behaviour and sea-level rise. Anya’s ongoing work is underpinned by AuScope’s investment in national-scale geophysical tools and modelling platforms. Anya is also the project leader of the AuScope Geophysical Research Infrastructure for Antarctica (GRIT) and GLACier Collaborative Infrastructure projects.
Also from the University of Tasmania, Professor Matt King uses AuScope’s geodetic infrastructure to track ice sheet dynamics and sea-level change. His Laureate Fellowship (which received $3,914,319 in ARC funding) aims to improve projections of the East Antarctic ice sheet’s long-term contribution to sea-level rise by integrating new data, methods, and modelling tools. The research supports climate models, risk assessments, and policy planning, while also advancing Australia’s leadership in Antarctic science through the AuScope-supported GRIT project.
Thirdly, Professor Hrvoje Tkalčić (Australian National University) utilises AuScope’s national seismic infrastructure and data to image Earth’s deep interior. His fellowship (which received $3,888,099 in ARC funding) will use advanced seismic imaging to transform our understanding of Earth’s core and its role in sustaining life. Going forward, this research may extend to researching planetary bodies like the Moon, Mars and other icy moons. The project will foster global collaboration, train future STEM leaders and position Australia as a leader in Earth and planetary science.
On behalf of the AuScope team, we congratulate Professors Reading, Professor Tkalčić and Professor King on this achievement and are proud to play a part in the research environments that make their work possible.
AUTHORS
Dr Cintya Dharmayanti, Scientell
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